What made online social networking so popular?

November 11, 2007



What events in history online network did go online to Myspace, a Facebook, or a random blog so popular? Surely there must be a catalyst. I understand why people are now (to connect to long lost friends, so that businesses compete, to gather ideas, and so on.), But as the online network has grown into the largest current trend on the planet? How did all this come to be?