Social Networking Sites

In today’s world, social networking is a big part of the everyday life. However, each social media site has its own advantages. Twitter limits posts to 140 characters so every word counts! Twitter posts often are combined with a link to the full article/website. I see it as a “previous” to the real thing. Twitter is also good for short statement such as political opinions, what one is doing/eating and a simple thought that one wants to share. In oppose to Twitter where every word counts, Instagram focuses on photos. Users post photos, add location and hashtags. Instagram is a great tool for business, for example a fashion business could post photos of their new collection, it is free advertisement for the companies. Users could also send a that post to another user. If I see a shirt my sister would like I could send the post to her so it’s a tool for communication as well. Which leads me to WhatsApp, a Wi-Fi base messaging system that makes communication easier with people all over the world. In WhatsApp, there are a few features that are very useful such as; group chats, send photos with no limitation of quantity, sharing contacts and sharing location. I’ve been living in the United States for almost eight years while my family is in Israel and WhatsApp makes it easy to communicate and stay in touch with them on an everyday base. I am part of a few group chats with my family and friends and thanks to that I feel closer to them. Last but not the least – Facebook. Facebook is the biggest social networking site with approximately 1.5 billion monthly active users. The way I see Facebook it combines all of these three social networking sites. When one logs into Facebook, the question “What is on your mind, name?”, even though Facebook does not limit characters these posts are similar to Twitter. Moving on to Instagram, Facebook has the option to upload photos, uses hashtags and one can even link both accounts together. So that whenever a photo is posted on Instagram it is synched to Facebook automatically. Moreover, Facebook has the option to upload albums and reminds one of memories through uploaded photos. Finally, Facebook also has a great messaging system. Like in WhatsApp, one could create group chats and easily communicate with people all over the world. Facebook Messenger has a separated app with great features such as; secret conversations, sending money to a friend, transfer files and more.       


      


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  1. MarieJune 18, 2017 at 8:01 PM

    I also love WhatsApp, it is a great way to stay in touch with my family in England, Jamaica, Canada, and Spain. Our family group " Family stay in touch" allows us to communicate as a group and share all the important family events like birthdays, father's day and new addition to our family.

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  2. UnknownJune 27, 2017 at 5:23 PM

    Every social networking sites has their own advantages and many different uses. I didn't know that Facebook can be use to sending money to a friend. So I think there are more ways of using all these websites waiting us to discover.

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