Social Media - By, Ashley Marie.
Social Media is a phrase we hear daily throughout our modern societies. First of all, What can we categorize as social media?
When we think of social media the first things that pop up in people's heads are usually Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Youtube, and so on. Actually, almost everything on the interent is a from of social media. The definition of social media is "Websites and Applications used for social networking". Based off of that definiton, then that means that blogs (like this one), Skype, Flickr, Pintrist, and well, hundreds and hundreds more.
That number shouldn't surprise you, considering that millions of people are contanstanly tweeting, instagraming, snapchatting etc.
Here are a few interesting statistics I found :
- The top 11 Countries involved in social networking sites include: Israel, Argentina, Russia, Turkey, Chile, The Philippines, Columbia, Peru, Venezuela, Canada, and the United States.
- on average, there are about 190 million tweets per day
- 2.9 billion hours are spent on youtube per month
If you want to see more amazing statistics click here.
Now that you are somewhat educated on social media things, which you probably already knew, here are a few of my opinions, or thoughts about a few sites.
Twitter - It will probably become the new facebook. I also noticed that twitter is many used for daily activities (hanging out with a friend, eating lunch, etc.) and for thoughts (I'm a weird person, I like this football team). Its like a place to put your opinions, and less people hate on you for it...only cus less people seem to comment.
Facebook - Its on its way out. everyone is spending less and less time on it, and most are annoyed on what people put on. It is now one of those things that less people post on, and just stalk everyone. Soon, facebook will be like myspace is now.
Instagram - A place to show off. I don't know why, but I feel like instagram is where people post pictures of cool things, and activities they are doing and it can come off as showing off. Keep in mind, I do use instagram and post photos everyone in a while, and when I do, its usually when I'm doing something awesome..so...point proven. Oh, and whats this selfie thing? why does everyone have the need to be like "here is a picture of me looking nice, be jelly." like...why? whats the point of sharing a selfie every day?
Youtube - Okay, I can't complain much about youtube. I love it. Although, it is quite addicting. I spend countless and countless hours on it, and get distracted. I think I have over 100 subscriptions. that's a lot. Oh, and you should check out my Youtube, because I'm one of those crazy youtuber freaks - http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvd6925CdE6Eoy_gsgk-tNg
Tumblr - Tumblr is one of those places that you either post, or reblog things that look stunning, or interesting to you. Its like a place to share instagram photos all on one blog. whoa, tumblr is a sharing version of instagram....that's strange.
Obviously, I could go on, and on, and on, and on, but I won't. Comment some things that you think about social media sites. Whats on its way in, and whats on its way out. Follow me on my Youtube, and This Blog for more posts!
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