Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Social Networking Sites

Facebook:
a relationship-oriented form of social media. Facebook contains everything from short text updates, pictures, and videos. Friends, friends of friends, and family all can post regular updates that are shared with you. If you are feeling extra social, you can set your profile to public for the world to see. There are many different features on Facebook including fan pages which can connect a community.

Twitter:
a short form opinion outlet of social media. Like Facebook, you can use it between your friends and family, but encourages public sharing. The web will see your thoughts if your profile is not set to private. Similar to fan pages on Facebook, famous public figures use this as a safe medium to communicate with fans.

YouTube:
a video form of social media that connects people through its use of comments and its large reach through peer sharing. Comments can be a source of discussion, but most times they are meaningless. YouTube relies heavily on user shared content and spread, so Facebook and Twitter have a mutual benefit with this website. Content creators also use this platform to make a living creating interesting, funny, or informative videos. Recently, there have been some complaints about YouTube's policies which hurt content creators.

Instagram:
a picture sharing form of social media. Content is predominantly pictures. Most times, captions are provided alongside images to give some context. Like YouTube, comments are a main form of discussion.

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