The first thing on Facebook, that catches one's attention is the news feed. As you scroll down the page, users are able to view all status updates, videos, and photos posted by their friends. Each Facebook User has their own profile page which displays their interest, education and pictures. In the upper middle section of the Facebook web page, is the section of us to update status, add photos, and even check in to certain locations. On the home page, there is also a list of recent applications that was used. To the side is a list of online contacts and we can Facebook message them through the chat boxes. All videos, photos, and status updates have a comment box underneath. Friends can comment on these updates and communicate with each other.
Twitter
Similar to Facebook, Twitter is all about updates. We can upload photos and status updates on Twitter, but it is limited to 140 characters. This makes Twitter unique because status are now shorter and straight to the point. This also means that we can tweet a lot more than we can post statuses. It seems more normal to tweet frequently on twitter than to frequently update our friends on Facebook. There is also a option to add a hash tag (#) to our tweets, which categorizes tweet. If we search #newyorkcity, we will see all tweets that are tagged with that hash tag or mentions it. Hash tags that are popular will be listed under trending topics, so users can see what people are talking about. Facebook actually has this trending topics function as well, but it is more frequently used on twitter.
Tumblr
Tumblr is a microblogging platform for users. Like Twitter, users also follow blogs and users will update with blog posts. Blog posts are usually photos with a caption underneath or just a photo. Users can then reblog a post that find interesting. This function is the same as twitter's retweeting function. If we don't want to post a photo or reblog something, we can write a blog post. Something interesting is that, we can add hash tags to our blog entries. I think that it is just like Twitter, but instead of short updates, we can write long blog entries.
Instagram
Instagram is a photo/ video sharing networking site that allows to upload pictures and videos and share it with our followers. Everyone has their own Instagram page, which consists of a profile picture, a short description about yourself, and a news feed of all their photos. After following people, the home page acts as the news feed for all the photos of the people that you follow. We can like and comment on pictures, as well as respond to comments. The simplicity of Instagram makes it easy to use and is attractive to photographers who wants to share beautiful moments and pictures with the world. Instagram seems to be a simplified verison of Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr because updates are simple and short. Also, the comments are equivalent to Facebook comments. Users also repost Instagram pictures just like how Twitter has retweet and Tumblr has reblog.
Similar to Facebook, Twitter is all about updates. We can upload photos and status updates on Twitter, but it is limited to 140 characters. This makes Twitter unique because status are now shorter and straight to the point. This also means that we can tweet a lot more than we can post statuses. It seems more normal to tweet frequently on twitter than to frequently update our friends on Facebook. There is also a option to add a hash tag (#) to our tweets, which categorizes tweet. If we search #newyorkcity, we will see all tweets that are tagged with that hash tag or mentions it. Hash tags that are popular will be listed under trending topics, so users can see what people are talking about. Facebook actually has this trending topics function as well, but it is more frequently used on twitter.
Tumblr
Tumblr is a microblogging platform for users. Like Twitter, users also follow blogs and users will update with blog posts. Blog posts are usually photos with a caption underneath or just a photo. Users can then reblog a post that find interesting. This function is the same as twitter's retweeting function. If we don't want to post a photo or reblog something, we can write a blog post. Something interesting is that, we can add hash tags to our blog entries. I think that it is just like Twitter, but instead of short updates, we can write long blog entries.
Instagram is a photo/ video sharing networking site that allows to upload pictures and videos and share it with our followers. Everyone has their own Instagram page, which consists of a profile picture, a short description about yourself, and a news feed of all their photos. After following people, the home page acts as the news feed for all the photos of the people that you follow. We can like and comment on pictures, as well as respond to comments. The simplicity of Instagram makes it easy to use and is attractive to photographers who wants to share beautiful moments and pictures with the world. Instagram seems to be a simplified verison of Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr because updates are simple and short. Also, the comments are equivalent to Facebook comments. Users also repost Instagram pictures just like how Twitter has retweet and Tumblr has reblog.
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