There are a lot of social networking site on the internet. Some are solely used as a form of self-expression sites and others are used as networking sites. Some of the most popular social networking sites are Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Facebook is currently one of the most popular social networking site there is. Facebook allows individual to connect to family, friends, and other individual within a certain interest. An individual can post up pictures, comment on other posts, post up status, and create and advertise events. Facebook is convenient way of communication because they have incorporated messengers chat box and video calling functions.
Myspace was just as popular as Facebook before Facebook was introduced.However, recently Myspace have reconstructed their layout to be more appealing in appearance than Facebook. An individual can design their own Myspace layout according to their personality. Moreover, Myspace also allow individuals to play music of the individual's choice while other users visit the page. My space is a constant posting of the individual feelings and interests.
Twitter is used as a status update because it only allow an individual to use 140 charters which is about one or two sentences. An individual can tag other individual by using @ in front of of the individual name. The most appealing feature that twitter have is their hash-tag. By simply putting # in front of a word, it group the post with all the other post that have the same hash-tag. It makes it easier to find similar post according to the hash-tags.
LinkedIn is widely used by professional individual who seeks to hire or find a job. Its a social networking sites where the individual will have to keep everything that they post professional. Individual usually post up their background information and their field of interest for other professionals to see
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