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naples mac help
Understanding
#socialmedia
T oday, on the news and in conversation, social media is a free account is required. Next time you need to know how to
likely mentioned several times in any exchange between make guacamole or pesto or replace your car’s rear-view mirror,
people and in any information delivered by the media. look it up on YouTube!
Hashtags. Facebook. Twitter. Almost every news program
and personality has a tagline to their Twitter account and FLICKR AND
Facebook page. INSTAGRAM are photo
Just what is social media and how does it affect you in daily sharing websites. Flickr was launched in 2004 and contains
life? Social media differs from ‘regular’ media in one major an extensive library of personal and professional photos. You
way: it is interactive. When using the web to access regular can search for photos by resolution, date, content and even
media such as news or a web search, the information is camera type. You can upload and share photos in albums that
presented for consumption. When going to a social media are public or by invitation only. Flickr can be accessed on any
site, interaction is usually required if not mandatory. I will mobile device as well as on a desktop or laptop. Instagram,
discuss the different types and benefits of social media so that started in 2011, must be accessed through an app on a
you can make more informed decisions as you venture into phone or tablet, it does not have a website. Instagram’s main
this new realm of communication. advantage is the ability to snap photos, post them directly on
Instagram and immediately share them on Twitter, Facebook
FACEBOOK is the largest and most and other social media platforms. Instagram also has the
capability to edit and manipulate photos directly with a
popular social media platform. It is a form of number of filters within the app.
social networking, joining people into online
communities. If you are not on Facebook, you TWITTER is a messaging service that
can be sure that your kids or grandkids are. With over 1.5
billion registered users, Facebook is the primary site for people enables its users to send and read text-based
to share photos and messages on the web. Facebook users must posts of up to 140 characters, known as “tweets.”
register, and all connections between users must be approved by A free account allows one to post tweets that are
both parties. Besides keeping up with the lives of your family available for others to read. You can use Twitter on a computer,
and current circle of friends, Facebook allows you to connect smart phone or tablet, and you can follow the Twitter feeds
with people you may know based on schools attended, towns of several people at once, they appear in a sequential timeline.
lived in, places worked for and also through mutual friends. Since all tweets are limited to just 140 characters, which is
You may want to create a Facebook account to observe family exactly the length of this sentence, most posts are succinct and
members and friends, participation is always optional. to the point. If you’d like to see my Twitter account, it is
@naplesmachelp.
YOUTUBE is another popular
LINKEDIN
site that may not be consider social
media but is, as all the videos are is probably the most
uploaded by people (and sometimes organizations) for sharing misunderstood social
and discussion. Whether it is a baby’s first words or steps, a media service. We have
family dog doing tricks, a piano recital, a soccer game or a all received the email that starts with “I’d like to add you to my
wedding—it can be found on YouTube. Viewing and searching professional network.” It is a site for business and professional
videos on YouTube is free, but to upload or save favorite videos networking. To join LinkedIn, one creates a free profile. Then
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