Social Networking Sites

Facebook is a popular social network that is used all around the world. It's main function is communication, but it is used for many other things. Right away when you log onto Facebook you can leave a status and write anything you want. People can then comment or like what you post. You can upload photos and videos as well. Everyone has a profile with a timeline of everything they have posted. This profile can be either private or public. You request friends and then you can communicate with them. There is also messaging, which is a private one on one way of communicating. However, through the messaging you can form groups and have group discussions. It is more about just staying in contact with friends and family that are anywhere in the world.
Twitter is another social networking site that is similar to Facebook. When you log on Twitter you can automatically tweet whatever you want. Under that is a list of all tweets that have been posted by the profiles you follow. You can re-tweet or like anything that comes up on this. There is also the topics that are trending throughout Twitter. Just like Facebook, you have a profile which shows everything you have tweeted or re-tweeted. You can post photos or videos onto this site as well. This profile can be made private or public and there is also a way to message people privately. This site is for communicating as well as Facebook is, but it feels more like a site to keep up with whats going on in this world.
Snapchat is a big social network that is not so similar to the last two I just talked about. It is an app that is used to sent photos to people. This site allows you to send a photo to your friends for up to 10 seconds then it automatically disappears and gets deleted. You can send pictures or videos to people as long as you are friends. You can also post a story which is a series of your pictures or videos that you want everyone to see. It stays up for a day and then it will automatically disappear. Any pictures you take on Snapchat can be saved to your photo album. You can also privately messaged any of your friends which also gets deleted after viewing it and closing out of the app. Your friends can screenshot any picture you send them, but you will be notified if that happens. This app is basically a private app that deletes everything that is posted after a period of time.
Skype is a social network used for video chat. You can chat with one person or multiple people at the same time. You can also message people privately or as a group chat. Skype can also be used to send photos or files to each other. A lot of businesses use social networks like this because of how easy it is to communicate. Skype can also be used to make phone calls, of course there are rates to pay if you do, but you can communicate over the phone. It also has a feature called screen sharing which lets you share your computer screen with whoever you are video chatting with.
All four of these social networks are used to communicate with others. They have some similarities, but are different in their own ways. Each site or app is very popular and used by all kinds of people, all over the world.