Facebook allows users to share information through mobile devices and computers worldwide, and to control privacy settings for posts. The author uses Facebook primarily to connect with out-of-state friends and family. Twitter is an online news and social media platform where users can post short messages known as "tweets" and interact with others, and can also make posts private. The author has a Twitter account but uses it the least of their social media platforms, mostly following sports tweets and videos. Snapchat focuses on sharing temporary pictures and videos between connections through stories and direct messaging. The author uses Snapchat to have picture conversations with friends and share videos to their story for others to see.