Social Media and You






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Have you ever heard of the websites up above like Youtube or Facebook  or the othe sites in the picture? If not , then these websites are social media website. Social media refers to websites that people make, share, and/or exchange information and ideas. This blog post you are reading is a part of social media. How cool is that?.Knowing about social media works effects your lives.
 

One of the first things to do on social media is creating a profile. This profile has some personal information, including whats your age, gender, and religion. The profile also includes information about what type of movies, music, books, and shows you like. A  friend in Facebook is another profile in which they are associated with your profile.


Using social media allows you to do many things including

• Playing games like Farmville, Candy Crush Saga, and Happy Pets
• Satus updates
• Uploading pictures and video
• Instant messaging
• Commenting and liking on satus updates, pictures, and videos

One of the most popular uses for social media  is playing games. This allows players to enjoy and have a fun way interacting with other people. Take for example Farmvile, people play that game to know whats like to be a farmer on the Internet. Also it gives your friends to help you out my giving you coins or lives. Also its allows having fun and competition on social media..

Satus update is one of the most popular uses for social media  . This allows the user to give short  statement about how the the is thinking about or feeling. One example is the hastag. The hastag are the keywords in the message and are linked to other posts.





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Uploading pictures and videos is another use for social media. Its gives some of the nonvermal communication into social media. Its gives people into whats happening in their lives. Taging is when an user clicks on  a picture and enters in another user.

A popular  use for social media is instant messaging. Instant messaging is when users talk to with  other by using the Internet. This can cause miscommunication and hard dealings with users.

Commenting, sharing and liking on satus updates, pictures, and videos is another use for social media. It allows the other user to share about what they're think  about the post. This can cause miscommunication and hard dealings with users.