4 very popular sites social media sites include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Vine (RIP). Facebook owns Instagram and Twitter owned Vine before they ended the project. Facebook and Instagram focus on sharing moments with family and friends where as twitter and vine were meant for more immediate quick communication.
Facebook and Instagram focus on connecting users with each other. They don't limit the amount of text/ images you can post because they encourage endless sharing. Instagram is more photography oriented than Facebook. In order to make a post on Instagram you need to have a photo or video. From this photo/video you can then add a caption. But you can't post strictly text by itself. Facebook is less photography oriented and more connection oriented. Facebook allows you to post anything you want: video, text, photos, a link. In addition Facebook encourages more collaboration. Facebook allows you to plan events and groups that your friends can join and rsvp to. Instagram brings people together through art where as Facebook bring people together through interaction.
Twitter users are limited to a 140 character tweet. Knowing this limit users are forced to condensed their ideas into an easily readable tweet. Vine similarly put a limit on how long of videos its users could post. Vine users had a video limit of 7 seconds. The whole idea of vine and twitter was to force users to get their impotent ideas out as quick as they could. These networks forced users to eliminate small talk and just say what was necessary. Ultimately vine proved to be unprofitable and irrelevant once twitter allowed users to post videos directly on twitter (bypassing vine). The popularity of twitter and vine speaks to the low level of attention many consumers have. People would much rather read 140 characters than an two page paragraph about what you did last night. Why watch two minutes of videos from an event when you can see the best 7 seconds?
Facebook and Instagram focus on connecting users with each other. They don't limit the amount of text/ images you can post because they encourage endless sharing. Instagram is more photography oriented than Facebook. In order to make a post on Instagram you need to have a photo or video. From this photo/video you can then add a caption. But you can't post strictly text by itself. Facebook is less photography oriented and more connection oriented. Facebook allows you to post anything you want: video, text, photos, a link. In addition Facebook encourages more collaboration. Facebook allows you to plan events and groups that your friends can join and rsvp to. Instagram brings people together through art where as Facebook bring people together through interaction.
Twitter users are limited to a 140 character tweet. Knowing this limit users are forced to condensed their ideas into an easily readable tweet. Vine similarly put a limit on how long of videos its users could post. Vine users had a video limit of 7 seconds. The whole idea of vine and twitter was to force users to get their impotent ideas out as quick as they could. These networks forced users to eliminate small talk and just say what was necessary. Ultimately vine proved to be unprofitable and irrelevant once twitter allowed users to post videos directly on twitter (bypassing vine). The popularity of twitter and vine speaks to the low level of attention many consumers have. People would much rather read 140 characters than an two page paragraph about what you did last night. Why watch two minutes of videos from an event when you can see the best 7 seconds?
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