Social networking sites

Social networking sites have been around for some time now, for the younger generations, it has been around for all their lives, so it would be considered a way of life. People use social media for many reasons, most frequently to stay in touch with family and friends and also to voice opinions. Some of the most popular social networking sites include facebook, twitter, instagram and myspace.

Myspace today seems like something of the past, ever since facebook became the new "wave", most people abandoned myspace and started using facebook as their primary social media platform. However, myspace was a pretty good social media platform, it was just simply outdone by facebook.

Facebook on the other hand has been standing on top for a pretty long time, (considering the life span of a social media platform). It launched back in 2004, and it now has 1.11 billion users. Facebook is user friendly, and like all other social media platforms it allows you to stay in touch with your family. Recently Facebook launched a campaign for Facebook Home, which should generate more and more enthusiasm from users that are on the go like me.

When talking about facebook you must mention instagram, which is a social media tool owned by facebook. Instagram is pretty much facebook without the chit chat. Users are able to post pictures and now videos and share with friends for likes and comments. Its a good way of seeing how your friends and family are doing and looking. Instagram was faced recently with strong competition from a competitor named Vine, which is a social media platform where you post short videos, Instagram responded by adding video. Instragram adapted pretty fast therefore they will probably remain strong in the market.

Twitter is the social media platform that I am least familiar with out of the 4. I know there is a character limit (140). And you can "hashtag" to create and follow trends. Twitter is very popular, I actually even see an abundance of twitter references in the sports world. It really has revolutionized how we do things and how news gets around.