Social Networking Sites

Can You Recognize all the Symbols?

Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Google+....what is the difference between them? Its not the people that use it because all four of the social networking sites have users from all ages and countries.  It is the way they are structured and what they want to offer to the people.  Facebook started off for college students and is formed more int he sense to stay in contact with ones friends, peers, and families.  Recently one can see Facebook having certain aspects of Twitter.  It seems as if the popularity of twitter has forced the creators of Facebook to make it more up-to-date.  Facebook also gives one the option to like a status: one can express their thoughts without having to say words.  Facebook has become very user-friendly and provides clear instructions on how get started.

I have never used MySpace in my entire life as I refused to sit on my desktop customizing my page to let people know what they should think about me. Users of MySpace have either not updated their account or stopped using it.  MySpace as the name reflects is more of having your space on the internet where you can keep in contact with your friends and make new friends.  I feel MySpace forces you to express yourself, but isn't a media site where you are able to stay connected to the world.  Twitter is something that I just started to use, and thanks to the my CIS class, I am being introduced to this new world.  It is much different than any other social networking site I may have used.  It allows you to express yourself more freely, and also updates you on things that you are interested in.  One can pick and choose what they'd like to follow and know every second of what is going on in the world without overwhelming you with any information as one is only allowed to tweet 140 characters.

Google+ is fairly new but it seems to be catching fast.  Using Chrome as a web browser and having Google+ helps me run my daily operations smoothly while keeping in contact with the outside world.  Google+ lets me map all the places that I've lived in and lets me provide more logical information about myself.  It also provides me the ability to to add people to my circle and create my circles. Anything that I browse on the web is on Google+ and in fact this blog also provides me with the option to make this a part of Google+.