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Monday, May 13, 2019

What are Social Media Tools?

Some of the most popular social media tools and applications are:

1. Social Networks

Social networks allow individuals to connect with friends and strangers to share information on interests, opinions and activities. Popular examples of these are Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

Facebook - www.facebook.com

Instagram - www.instagram.com

LinkedIn - https://au.linkedin.com/

2. Media Sharing

Media sharing sites allow users to share different types of media such as images, music and video.  These sites often also have social networking features which allow users to comment on posted material.  The most well-known and used media sharing application is YouTube.

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/

3.Microblogging

Microblogging allows users to post short entries to communicate information, express an opinion and /or post a link.  This is made available to other users who have subscribed to that user's account.  The most well-known and used microblogging application is Twitter.

Twitter - https://twitter.com/

4. Social News

Social news sites helps users find news information which is popular by allowing users to post links to news items or articles which other users then vote on.  The most popular are displayed at the front allowing the community to filter and sort available news items.  The most well-known and used social news application is Reddit.

Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/

5. Online Forums

Online forums allow sharing of information such as experiences and knowledge in a discussion format through posts on a particular topic in a discussion  (such as technology, travel, products, diy).

A current popular forum is Warrior Forum which is focussed on internet marketing.

Warrior Forum - https://www.warriorforum.com/

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