Editing 2000s (section)

=== Internet ===
* Prominent websites and apps launched during the decade were [[Wikipedia]] (2001), [[Google Earth]] (2001), [[Internet Archive]] (2001), [[iTunes]] (2001), [[MySpace]] (2003), [[4chan]] (2003), [[Facebook]] (2004), [[Flickr]] (2004), [[Mozilla Firefox]] (2004), [[YouTube]] (2005), [[Google Maps]] (2005), [[Reddit]] (2005), [[Twitter]] (2006), [[Pornhub]] (2007), [[Google Chrome]] (2008), [[Spotify]] (2008), [[Waze]] (2009).
* [[Wisdom of the crowd]] – during the decade, the benefits of the "Wisdom of the crowd" are pushed into the spotlight by social information sites such as [[Wikipedia]], [[Yahoo! Answers]], [[Reddit]] and other web resources that rely on human opinion.<ref>Baase, Sara (2007). ''A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet''. 3rd edition. Prentice Hall. pp. 351–357. {{ISBN|0-13-600848-8}}.</ref>

In early 2001, [[Wikipedia]] was launched, which quickly became the largest and most popular online encyclopedia, and one of the most viewed sites on the web. In 2003, the first beta version of the [[Skype]] telephony software was launched. By the end of the decade, Skype will have over 600 million users. In 2004, the social network [[Facebook]] was launched. By the end of the decade, the site will be ranked 7th in its popularity on the web, and will have over 350 million active users worldwide. Co-founder [[Mark Zuckerberg]] pictured above in the site's infancy. [[YouTube]] was launched in 2005 and it quickly became the main site for video sharing,
[[MySpace]] was one of the most popular social media sites in the 2000s but declined after the popularity of Facebook in 2008. Facebook launched in 2004. In 2008, Facebook surpassed MySpace as the most used social network. Facebook was mostly used by college students. [[Twitter]] was founded in 2006, and by 2009, moved up to the third-highest-ranking social networking site. [[WhatsApp]], founded in 2009, rose to success and was eventually purchased by Facebook in the next decade.