From the get go one will notice that many different social
media sites exist and they all operate differently. Some are used for
Microblogging (posting a sentence or two a time) or some are just like a
chatroom. We shall look at the differences between sites like Facebook, Tumblr,
Twitter and Pinterest.
Facebook
Facebook is a social media site. Users have to register a
profile either using their own name or some kind of persona they’ve invented.
Up registering users can seek out friends either by contacting them in real
life and asking them to add them as a friends or just track them down on the
site (fun fact! If you’re looking for someone called John Smith there is no
doubt thousands of them existing on the site, so if you type John Smith Ayr (or
wherever he comes from) you can likely find him a lot easier! Another feature
of facebook is that there can be pages for things like Games or TV shows, these
pages (if they are owned officially) can be good ways to gain reliable
information about your hobbies.
Twitter
Twitter is a “Microblogging” social media site where users
are limited to only 140 characters per post. Twitter is currently in the top 3
social media sites in the world. Mostly used by people wishing for a less
serious form of communication users often follow a few of their favourite
celebrities and a few other friends if they happen to use the site. Users can “Retweet”
posts they find funny or just to show off the statement. Twitter also used Hashtags
which cause interaction between the websites vast community. People could state
something like “I watched the match last night, wow #football” and whoever
searched the hashtag #football would theoretically be able to see the post.
Tumblr
Tumblr, like Twitter, is a Microblogging site but it doesn’t
have the same restrictions as Twitter, users can post much more than 140
characters. Users have a dashboard where they can view posts from blogs they
follow. Running a blog on the site can be beneficial with bloggers being able
to queue posts and earn money from advertising should they become so popular.
Another unique characteristics of social media can be things like podcasts where every once a week/month someone or a group of people will post an audio podcast that you can download and listen to while you go for a walk or drive to work in the morning. Podcasts come in various different topics like politics, comedy, news and video games to name a few examples. The podcast usually has a forum page, email address or website that you can go to and share your opinions on the subject brought up on the podcasts.
ReplyDeleteAnother (more recent) characteristic of social media is live video feeding. Most of these feeds automatically save as a video online so as well as being able to quickly show this media, the publisher is able to let people view it later but at the same time not having to wait on it upload or have to convert which can take a long time depending on the size, format etc. of the video.
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