Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, and Tumblr. The "Big 4" of social media. I bet most people on this planet use at least 2 out of those 4 sites religiously, and it's understandable why- they are as addicting as they are useful. Meeting old/new friends? Facebook. Releasing new content? Myspace. Quick text post? Twitter. Meaningful personal pictures and quites? Tumblr. These sites have it all.
When we think of a social network, the first thing to pop into our heads is Facebook. In most cases, it's not because of the movie "The Social Network", which is about the creators of Facebook. It' just so happens to be the epitome of social media. From having a contact list that allows you to phone, video call, and message to both your people you know and don't know, Facebook is the face of social network. Face3book allows its users the freedom to do all those, plus put up/send pictures, outside websites, original content, and created the "status update." Facebook reigns king.
Myspace is a little different. Lost and but not forgotten, Myspace has gone back to its roots of combining it's user friendly format with the capability of sharing original content, such as artwork, writing, and, most notably, music. Prior to becoming the Myspace of today, (when we were in middle school and early high school) before the rise of Facebook, Myspace was, in essence, a blog that allowed a user to be as personal as possible. The blog had many new features at the time, which included ability to add widgets, customizable themes and colors, and adding music to your home page. It died down, and for good reason- it was difficult to use, not user friendly, clunky, and just an ugly site in general. Although Myspace has fixed its ways, the users are lopsided in favor of Facebook.
Twitter is it's own entity entirely. Sure, we could call it a social network site. But it's more than that. It's as social media as a site can get- tweets, as they're called, have little nuggets of important information regarding our local areas, links that are both informative and entertaining, breaking news, statistics, pictures, quotes, and a vast array of outside content that blows everything else out of the park. And it does it very easily- 140 characters, and "tweet." That's it. Twitter stresses efficiency, quickness, and its use of hashtags- which allows users to filter through particular tweets to get to what they want. Twitter also has the ability for users to gain "Followers", which adds a new dimension to it. It is a host of information, and does so in an effective manner.
Tumblr is less of a "social" media, and more of a "personal" media. Tumblr is a blog with the ability to share news and personal opinions on particular manners. It's also a great site for amateur photographers, because Tumblr makes use of it's huge blog capabilities by allowing pictures to blow up and look fantastic. Themes are here, as well as music, quotes, and a certain following that thrives on user created content. The site is up and coming, and becoming a very useful tool in finding new friends from states away, and showing your personal side.
When we think of a social network, the first thing to pop into our heads is Facebook. In most cases, it's not because of the movie "The Social Network", which is about the creators of Facebook. It' just so happens to be the epitome of social media. From having a contact list that allows you to phone, video call, and message to both your people you know and don't know, Facebook is the face of social network. Face3book allows its users the freedom to do all those, plus put up/send pictures, outside websites, original content, and created the "status update." Facebook reigns king.
Myspace is a little different. Lost and but not forgotten, Myspace has gone back to its roots of combining it's user friendly format with the capability of sharing original content, such as artwork, writing, and, most notably, music. Prior to becoming the Myspace of today, (when we were in middle school and early high school) before the rise of Facebook, Myspace was, in essence, a blog that allowed a user to be as personal as possible. The blog had many new features at the time, which included ability to add widgets, customizable themes and colors, and adding music to your home page. It died down, and for good reason- it was difficult to use, not user friendly, clunky, and just an ugly site in general. Although Myspace has fixed its ways, the users are lopsided in favor of Facebook.
Twitter is it's own entity entirely. Sure, we could call it a social network site. But it's more than that. It's as social media as a site can get- tweets, as they're called, have little nuggets of important information regarding our local areas, links that are both informative and entertaining, breaking news, statistics, pictures, quotes, and a vast array of outside content that blows everything else out of the park. And it does it very easily- 140 characters, and "tweet." That's it. Twitter stresses efficiency, quickness, and its use of hashtags- which allows users to filter through particular tweets to get to what they want. Twitter also has the ability for users to gain "Followers", which adds a new dimension to it. It is a host of information, and does so in an effective manner.
Tumblr is less of a "social" media, and more of a "personal" media. Tumblr is a blog with the ability to share news and personal opinions on particular manners. It's also a great site for amateur photographers, because Tumblr makes use of it's huge blog capabilities by allowing pictures to blow up and look fantastic. Themes are here, as well as music, quotes, and a certain following that thrives on user created content. The site is up and coming, and becoming a very useful tool in finding new friends from states away, and showing your personal side.
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