A social network
is a social structure made up of a set of actors and the dyadic ties between
these actors. The most popular social networks in the Internet are:
1.
Facebook - Users can create profiles with photos,
lists of personal interests, contact information, and other personal
information. Users can communicate with friends and other users through private
or public messages and a chat feature. They can also create and join interest
groups and "like pages".
2.
Twitter
- Twitter is an online social networking service and microblogging service that
enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters,
known as "tweets". Users may subscribe to other users' tweets – this
is known as following and subscribers are known as followers or tweeps. The
users can also check the people who are un-subscribing them on Twitter better
known as unfollowing via various services.
3.
Google+
- is a social networking and identity service. Its main features are “Circles”
which enable user to organize people into groups for sharing, “Stream”
which let users see updates from people
in their circles, “Hangouts” are place for video chat. Google+ also have a
messenger.
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| Social Networks, Facebook, Twitter, Google # |
Source – Wikipedia
Pepi Katsarov, student, 1st course, LIS,
FF, N 40730
