Social networking
sites: My favorite 4 Social networks
In today’s world of the abundance of different networks for different users and different purposes,
four of them that I am using are Facebook, LinkedIn, Viber and Twitter.
I have been using
Facebook for the longest and it is to keep in touch with friends from far as
well as one I meet every day. Sharing photos and videos is easy and it has the
feature to custom the audience you want to see your shares. For me, Facebook is
also a way to keep in touch with people, without being in touch. Many of my
contacts are old friends or colleagues that I don’t talk every day, not even
every few months, however, I enjoy following their life, seeing their pictures
and reading their posts.
LinkedIn is the network
for my professional contacts. Every time I visit the network I am inspired to
reach even further in my career. It is an easy way to contact people in my
profession as well as keep in touch with ones that I used to work. It is also a great platform to seek advancement in my career by meeting recruiters and
potential employers. As a person who has his family all over the world I use
Viber is the only one I
am using on a day to day basis. It is a great way to make calls, send photos or videos.
I also use the Viber app to make international calls to my parents or friends in my
home country. While Facebook is intended for a large number of people, Viber is
mostly used as more focused, person to person, communication. In addition, it
offers end-to-end encryption – something that adds value to me personally.
Twitter is a network that
I started using because of this class. I do like the simplicity of sending a short message
to a large audience of followers, and the ease of filtering by using #hashtag. I
am determined to explore it more extensively as I keep learning about new media.
Wow! I'd never heard of Viber before encountering this post.
I found it interesting that you hadn't used Twitter before this class, especially with the POTUS tweeting so extensively. I think it's a very divisive issue in today's world - that the leader of a major country addresses his nation and the world in 280 characters of less. I personally think it's a step in the wrong direction.
I, too, use LinkedIn... And strangely enough, Twitter was my first social network. I didn't have a Facebook for many years, and resisted getting an Instagram until I was 19.
In any case, an interesting post. Thanks for sharing!
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Wow! I'd never heard of Viber before encountering this post.
I found it interesting that you hadn't used Twitter before this class, especially with the POTUS tweeting so extensively. I think it's a very divisive issue in today's world - that the leader of a major country addresses his nation and the world in 280 characters of less. I personally think it's a step in the wrong direction.
I, too, use LinkedIn... And strangely enough, Twitter was my first social network. I didn't have a Facebook for many years, and resisted getting an Instagram until I was 19.
In any case, an interesting post. Thanks for sharing!
- Caitlin Cacciatore
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