Social Networking Sites

Initially Facebook was great for connecting with friends and family members you've lost touch with, however, we've discovered that there are tuns of things you can now do with with Facebook.  Besides finding people, you can find jobs, help with the promotion of business sites, purchase or play games, conduct business, etc.   Facebook is used by the subscriber who journals their daily activities, life or pictures.  It's also by the user who uses the application as a platform to store pictures of events that they either would like to or not like to share with friends, family or the public. Facebook is now also a platform that many businesses are using in order to promote and conduct business with public over the Internet.  Businesses can now also make direct sales with customers on the app. 

Twitter is a more popular application, as we can see Donald Trump lives off of it (haha).  It allows for users to interact in live time with other users of Twitter, and you do not have to necessarily be following that person's account, sharing their thoughts and/or views.  You can interact with hundreds of thousands from your mom to a popular celebrity.  The streaming of information is always current, it's posted as it's thought of or as it's happening.  The only limitation on Twitter is that you can only type up to 140 characters per tweet.  You can post links to videos and pictures on Twitter.  Clicking or tapping on a hash tagged word in any message shows you other Tweets that include that hashtag making it easier to search for other tweets that have relevance.

What Instagram does is visually stimulates a subscriber.  Once either a picture or video is added the application allows the user to add a brief explanation or comment of what the pic is displaying.  Just about a year ago Instagram allowed the user to tape short videos with the length of about one minute in addition to picture on the app.  IG allows you to post comments, and like other user's pictures and or videos.  It also allows for you to share a posting to a friend who follows you.  It's used by many businesses for advertisement and exposure to those who may not be familiar with their products or services.  Using hashtags on Instagram quickly takes you to other users who have posted about the same topics, the relevance of the matter.

You can easily get bored with Snap Chat if you're not into the social scenery and don't really like to be seen.  I would think that this application is more for the individual that wants you to share their experience or their events as they are occurring.  With Snap Chat you can take a picture and attach a phrase or short description to it.  I will admit that it is user friendly.  It also gives you the opportunity to message back and forth with who you follow as well as your followers in regards to the video or picture they've posted.  Chatting back and forth is also a feature on this app, however it feels limited.