SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

Four social networking sites I will be comparing in this post is Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram.

Despite how all these websites contribute to social networking on the internet, they are also very different. On Facebook, people would post up statuses about how they felt about things or something that major happened that day while people would easily comment on the post with a click of a button. It gets numbered "likes" for the amount of people that like it and usually the posts with the most likes are the  ones that get the most attention. There are also sticker options where people can comment with a sticker resembling an emotion or an action. On Facebook, people can also privately message each other and also create group chats.

On Twitter, people would do the same with posting statuses of something they did or happened, but with less words. On Facebook you can type a whole essay while Twitter you are only limited to 140 characters. This makes Twitter more of a quicker way to read messages and receive news.

On Tumblr, users can also create posts about their day or something interested, except it is on a more personal level. Tumblr is more like a blog, a journal entry where many people post up their personal feelings. It feels less public compared to Facebook and Twitter. However, you can also reblog and "likes on other people's posts.  The amount of reblogs and posts would then turn into the amount of notes on the entry. For example, if there were 5 reblogs and 5 likes, that would be 10 notes. Most oftenly, people will post of photos or gifs of things related to their hobbies or TV shows.

Instagram is the most different of all the social media websites. People would only post photos with a comment that goes with it. The photos are in a square format and most people access it through their phones. People can also "like" it or comment on it. Unlike Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter, Instagram provides the ability to edit your photos a lot. They include settings such as changing the saturation, adding filters, straightening the photo, increasing the brightness/contrast, and many others.

All 4 social media websites may be different platforms but they are still connected to each other. When you share a post on sites like Tumblr and Instagram, you are given an option to also share it to Facebook or Twitter.