User talk:Kendra.108

Social media platforms (group 3)

Social networks : Facebook, Linked in, Myspace. Social networks are often made to enable person to person interaction and target the ability for individuals to make a profile, group, or other socially engaging activity. Facebook is basically the standard of today’s social network.

Bookmarking sites: Stumble Upon, scoop.it, Pintrest. Bookmarking sites are essentially exactly what they sound like they are the loaf to the breadcrumbs. Articles and other videos/ posts that may end up on your feed most likely originated from a bookmarking site such as pintrest or stumble upon which are collections of blogs and various types of medias. They are great for finding new things and specifically sharing and tagging the address to show others.

Social news: Reddit, Digg, Google + Social news sites are places where social media information or any information really gathers and the users of the site decide what is going to be shown by addressing an article or comment with an up vote or down vote they can control what is shown first and last. Social news sites typically consist of forum postings and various articles.

Media sharing: Youtube, Vimeo, Flikr. Media sharing is one of social media's most important elements of success. Media sharing has been growing for years and has continued to grow creating multiple sites acting as a media outlet such as youtube, vine or even instagram. Media sharing sites help spread media across many platforms of social media and without them there would be an entire market missing and many business would not get the attention their brands need due to not having enough media presence, advertisements or endorsements.

Microblogging:Twitter, Wordpress, Google +. Microblogging is an incredibly effective platform for spreading quick and direct messages or indirect messages. Twitter for an example allows you to post and tag others, but must remain under 130 characters per tweet. This keeps things quick and simple or is intended to. This short update system gives people a sense of audience and often people narrate their daily lives or use it to talk to or interact with celebrities or other people they may not otherwise have a chance of talking to.

Blog comments/forums: buffer social, tumblr, wordpress, blogger. Microblogging has grown in popularity vastly in the last 10 years. Many people look to blogs to hear and see other people's stories, life, or even advice. Humans are social beings and look towards communications and interaction. Blogs and blogging sites often have very engaged communities and talk and spread information amongst themselves and provide more topics for others to spread and converse their opinions about.

Multimedia Mobile Apps: Snapchat, Instagram Mobile Photo sharing has been rapidly growing in popularity over the last six years with the release of both the Snapchat and Instagram apps. Both of these platforms offer a quick and easy way to share pictures and videos with other users. This easy of access has created a simple way for users to share media in a fast and easy way.