Social Networking Sites

 Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest are all examples of popular social networks today. 

After it being launched in 2004, Facebook has become the world's largest social network. My first impression of Facebook is its wide use and amount of users. It can be used by corporations and businesses for marketing, or by everyday people to stay connected with family and news. Overall Facebook is very user friendly and allows anyone to talk to anyone around the world with the use of Messanger, or stay posted with what friends and family are doing. It is easy to start conversations, create groups, and discussions. On the other hand, the number of targeted ads can be overwhelming. In Twitter, people can post statuses of what they are doing, their opinions, pictures, videos, and links. These are limited to 280 characters, which in a way it's good since most tweets are kept short to allow for faster navigation. Personally, I don't use Twitter but I can see it's entertaining and it's a fast way to stay connected to what is happening in the world, or your followers. A cool feature of Twitter is how you can view almost any topic by searching hashtags. 

Unlike Twitter and Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest focus on mainly being visual platforms. Instagram, allows people to share stories and pictures. You can choose to only view the posts of people you follow or go to the feed and see posts from different people and businesses. In a way, I think it's a great feature. The feed is a perfect way to look for fashion (you can even shop), recipe ideas, discover other people, etc. Pinterest is a visual discovery engine full of creativity and inspirational pictures. You can find ideas like recipes, fashion, home and style decor, and so much more. Overall Pinterest is easy to navigate and look for search for specific pins. It also allows you to save pins for future use. 

 



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