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What are the different forms of social media that currently exist today?
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There are two forms of social media that are common today:
Blogging: For the purposes of this answer, I’m going to included YouTube in blogging as the basic format is the same. Blogging is done on a web site with each person having his own web site and either text or video posts. Other people interact with the blogger or YouTuber by commenting on their posts.
Microblogging: Facebook, Twitter and, to a certain extent, MySpace all fall under the category of microblogging. In microblogging, people write what are commonly referred to as status updates (or tweets on Twitter). Other people who are members of those sites make comments on those posts and sometimes share that content with other users.
From Facebook.com
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Microblogging is a broadcast medium in the form of blogging. A microblog differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically smaller in both actual and aggregate file size. Microblogs "allow users to exchange small elements of content such as short sentences, individual images, or video links".
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All of the other smaller social media sites use similar formats to the ones described above.
While it is true that Facebook and MySpace users have personal profiles on those sites, those personal profiles in and of themselves aren’t as big a part of social media. They are no different than having a personal web site anywhere else on the Internet. It is the social interaction on a web site or page that makes it a part of social media.
Blogging: For the purposes of this answer, I’m going to included YouTube in blogging as the basic format is the same. Blogging is done on a web site with each person having his own web site and either text or video posts. Other people interact with the blogger or YouTuber by commenting on their posts.
Microblogging: Facebook, Twitter and, to a certain extent, MySpace all fall under the category of microblogging. In microblogging, people write what are commonly referred to as status updates (or tweets on Twitter). Other people who are members of those sites make comments on those posts and sometimes share that content with other users.
From Facebook.com
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Microblogging is a broadcast medium in the form of blogging. A microblog differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically smaller in both actual and aggregate file size. Microblogs "allow users to exchange small elements of content such as short sentences, individual images, or video links".
-endquote
All of the other smaller social media sites use similar formats to the ones described above.
While it is true that Facebook and MySpace users have personal profiles on those sites, those personal profiles in and of themselves aren’t as big a part of social media. They are no different than having a personal web site anywhere else on the Internet. It is the social interaction on a web site or page that makes it a part of social media.
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