Facebook is a social networking site that is meant to keep friends and family together. You can distinguish your Facebook friends by relationship in order to decide how much information you want to receive from them. One can upload their status to express how they are feeling at a given moment, upload a picture or video to share their experiences, or share links from other websites such as YouTube to express interest in a certain topic. All of these updates appear on your friends' news feed, unless you choose to not make it that available. Friends can connect by 'liking' or commenting on each other's updates. You can also message someone privately if you do not want others to see.
This course has provided me my first experience with Twitter, and the 140 character limit per tweet makes it very clear that there shall be no ranting (Very unlike Facebook). At the same time, the character limit does not take away from the meaningfulness of one's tweet, it's just more to the point. This, along with trending topics that are organized by hashtags, allows for Twitter to be your instant news update anytime. Discussions are formed by replying to, or re-tweeting someone else's tweet, with the option to add your own comment to their tweet. Photos, videos, links, gifs and even polls can be shared via Twitter.
Instagram is for the visual sharers. This social media platform is strictly limited to photo and video sharing. All it takes to post is opening the app, and tapping the Instagram logo. The app allows you to choose from a wide variety of filters, to customize and enhance the photo/video you're about to upload. Being that a picture is worth a thousand words, most users elect to only upload their very best moments, in an effort to paint the best possible picture of themselves. The profile page displays the number of posts, pages followed, followers and any personal information the user wishes to share. Many users place great value on the amount of followers that they maintain.
Snapchat is also a photo/video sharing app, but it is much more playful and has an interesting twist. Users can set a timer on their uploads or messages, so others have a limited time to view it. You can also draw on, caption, or put a tag on your photos to customize it just the way you want. The silliness is amplified by the wacky filters, some of which can only be activated by opening your mouth. Users have a snap story which contains all of their recent snaps, as well as chats with anyone whom they communicate with individually.
I love what you said about Snapchat. Its fun to let loose and make other laugh with such wacky fun filters. I love the dog filter and the flower filter. I also like that there are different filters for different locations. There is also the temperature and speed filter.
ReplyDeleteGreat Post. The same goes for me with Twitter; it is my first time using it as well. The 140 character limit was tough at first, but it forces you to be creative and succinct with your tweets.
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