Impact of social networking sites

We use social network sites in our everyday life (MySpace maybe not so much) we use Facebook/twitter to talk to friends and to share music photos and videos. On YouTube you can watch movies watch your favourite YouTubers watch the latest or old music videos by your favourite artist. With eBay you can buy products online they might not have in the shops also in some cases the products can be cheaper and with online shopping you don’t even have to leave your home and get it delivered straight to your door.

Good things:  Facebook Twitter and Skype are really good thing that can help you talk to friend who might be a different country.  You can watch cool videos and also share them with friends.

Bad things:  even though Facebook and twitter can be a good thing Cyber bullying does happen and it is never nice for the person that is being bullied. Online all can be bad for example if you order you weekly shop off line and you’re out when it is delivered and you would have to go through all the hassle of going to the post office to pick it up. Another reason online shopping can be bad is the product that you order might not be what it seems when it turns up than what you though it would be when you click order.

myspace

 



Myspace is a social networking site which was launched in August 2003. It's founders were  Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson(top left) myspace logo (bottom left).Myspace first users were eUniverse they also had a competition to see how could get more people to sign up. Myspace was popular in 2005-2008 (before facebook). But in 2005 my space was very popular with teenager and adults. In January 2006 Fox  announced that they were going UK myspace. Since 2008 Myspace has loss a lot of people to facebook and they don't have them same ratings as they do. On September 24th 2012 Justin Timberlake who has co ownership of the company tweeted a link of a video showing the lay out of myspace and how to use it.  You have to be 13 or older to use myspace. Myspace has not really had a big effect on me till a few years ago i didn't even know what myspace was.


 


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Facebook

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Facebook was founded on Febuary 4th 2004 it was created by Mark Zuckerber (below 1st), Eduardo Saverin (below 2nd), Andrew McCollum (below 3rd), Dustin Mokovitz (below 4th) and Chris Hughes.(below 5th)   With Facebook you have to be 13 or older to creat your own page/profile. With Facebook you can add YOUR freinds from all around the world. Mark Zuckerber created Facebook will he was at Harvard. But before Facebook there was Facemash. Facemash was basicly a Hot or Not games for the students of harvard, you would have a photos of two harvard students and say which one looked hotter than the other.  In January 2004 Mark begain to write the website codes for facebook  we all know and love to day, in 2004 facebook was callled thefacebook but he later changed it to facebook. When the site was first set the mumbership was strickly just for member of the Harvard univerty within the first mounth half the poeople had sign up to the site. In March 2004 Facebook had expanded to Yale Standford and Columbia. it continued to expaned when allowing all school areas such as Ivy Leauge and Bosten. On October 1st 2005 Facebook opened up to 21 universites in the UK. In September of 2005 Facebook launched a highschool version. Later on Facebook alowed membership to some companies some inclued Apple and Mircrosoft.  On September 26th 2006 Facebook was opened up to every as long as you were/are 13 or older and had an e-mail address the same rules still apples today.On October 2010 The Social Network was realeasd, the socail network is basicly the of facebook the ries and fall to it's fame (the picture on the left is the movie poster for the movie) Facebook to this day is one of the most used socail networking site. The impact Facebook has had one me is that I can talk to my friends that my be around the over side  of the world but I don't usre Facebok as much as I do twitter or Youtube.

Youtube

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Youtube was founed on Febuary 24th 2005. It's foundres are Chad Hurley (left) Steve Chen (middle) Jawed Karim (right). Youtube is a video website were you can show/share videos with your friend, family or even the world. On April 23rd 2005 the very first video was uploaded the vidoes name is 'Me at the zoo' the video  is basicly Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo you can still watch the video today. Youtube is had given ordinary poeple a job by making videos and uploading then gettting money for it they are known as Youtubers. You have to be 13 or older to have a Youtube acount but some videos do have restrictions that you have to be 18 or older to watch that video. On October 9th 2006 Google brought Youtube. Youtubes impact on me is it allows me to watch video of poeple and friends youtube is a website I use every day.










Twitter

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Twitter was founded on March 21st  2006 it's founders are Jack Dorsey(top left), Noah Glass(top right), Evan Williams(bottom left) and Biz Stone (bottom right). twitter is basicly a socail networking were you can tweet (a tweet is like a next but insted of it being on your phone it is on the internet) on twitter you get 140 charcters were you can say what on your mind tweet a friend or even a celebirty. You can follow anyone on twitter to see what they have got say and people can follow you. The website can be compared to blogging. I think that twitter is an amazing webiste it is one I use alot.

My view

I think that socical networking sites are amazing and that they are useful in some some people can get bullied. But on the whole I like them.