This newer generation of social networking sites began to flourish with the emergence of SixDegrees.com in 1997, followed by Makeoutclub in 2000, Hub Culture and Friendster in 2002, and soon became part of the Internet mainstream.
Zgodnja socialna mreženja se na svetovnem spletu pojavijo v obliki pot_spletnih]] skupnostih, kot so Theglobe.com (1995) , Geocities (1994) in Tripod.com (1995).