This document compares different social networks including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube, Google Plus, and blogs. It provides brief descriptions of each platform, highlighting their key features and purposes. Facebook is for informal communication and sharing stories and photos with friends. Twitter allows sharing short messages and finding people with similar interests. LinkedIn focuses on professional networking and jobs. Pinterest and Instagram center around sharing photos. YouTube is for sharing online videos. Google Plus uses circles to share posts selectively and allows video conferences. Blogs are for promoting yourself through online journaling. In conclusion, it recommends choosing networks that fit your needs and interests, and maintaining separate identities for different platforms.

1. What are they, and how do
we use them?
Social Networks

2. What is a social network?
 Any assembly of 2 or more people with
a common interest or need
 Offline: Can be a church, civic
organization, class
 Online: Connected via technology,
seemingly endless possibilities

3. Today’s presentation
compares:
 Facebook
 Twitter
 LinkedIn
 Pinterest
 Instagram
 YouTube
 Google plus
 Blogs

4. Facebook
 Informal
 Posts, friends, likes
 Good for stories, pictures,
communications
 Gives insight into your life

5. Twitter
 Tweets limited to 140 characters
 Can be personal or professional
 Allows networking among similar interests
 Allows individual audiences for tweets
 Includes “hash tags” which perform
specialized search of tweets and “lists”
which lets you follow relevant people.

6. LinkedIn
 Job and Industry related
 Good for looking for jobs, researching
companies
 Networking
 Includes “groups” where you can comment
with others who have similar professional
interests
 Gives you an opportunity to become an
“expert”

7. Pinterest
 Informal, photo based
 Easy to share links, photos, websites
 Allows you to find others with similar
interests
 Create boards with specific topics
 Boards can be public, allow for
repinning by others

8. Instagram
 Informal, photo based
 Limits photos to a square shape
 Includes “hashtags” sharing content
 Takes ordinary photo and makes it
dazzling
 Can easily share photos through
Facebook or Twitter as well as own
Instagram account

9. YouTube
 Online videos, usually 10 min or less in
length
 Easy to search and share on the site
 Free to upload and store videos with
account
 Can follow others with common
interests

10. Google Plus
 Posts can be sent to limited audience
using “circles”
 Easy integration with other Google
based products
 Includes hangouts, which allow for
video conferences for up to 10 users,
as well as On Air, which allows
unlimited viewers and archiving

11. Blogs
 Online journaling
 Best way to promote your strengths to
an audience
 Dynamic, allows for comments and
easy updates
 Can provide subscriptions so
notifications can be sent with new
posts

12. Bottom line on social networks
 There are many, many social networks
 Identify your needs and interests, and
find the network which helps you to
communicate this
 Maintain separate identities for
different networks
 Separate public from private life

13. For more information, contact me:
mprine@sdccd.edu