Facebook is the social media platform that I use most frequently. My first impressions of the website is it's easy to navigate homepage and user friendly navigation. One of the assigned articles mentioned that Facebook is being flooded with older demographics and it's easy to see why. Like mentioned before, it's very user friendly, everything is organized in block shaped content boxes and it's easy to understand for a first timer. There is endless amount of content as you scroll through your "timeline" and even gives you the ability to share it on your "wall". When logged in, the first thing that catches your attention is the top right corner that indicates with red marking whether or not you have any new notifications. You can also like peoples status updates to stay connected and like pages that interest you ranging from funny videos to political discussions. My personal favorite is the Trending box that shows some of the most searched topics or breaking news that happening at the moment.
As a first time Twitter user, I'm still getting used to some of the features even though I've spent a couple of days on it by now. It took me significantly less time to master Facebook 5 years ago, but I can definitely see why Twitter has overtaken Facebook. For one thing, people are more active in their Twitter account than their Facebook. I conducted my own little experiment and found that athletes and celebrities in particular have more "tweets" in one day than "status updates". In regards to user friendliness, Twitter seems a bit more disorganized especially when it comes to replying and re tweeting. In contrast, Facebook replies are all organized "under" the status updates and is easier to follow who is replying to who. The notification and new message bar is similar to that of Facebook and I especially like the trending box in both. I also like the fact that Twitter is less crowded with adverts and promotional pages. They both have the same color scheme which I find very interesting.
Although some might argue that YouTube is not a social media site, it's features and functions say so otherwise. I personally spend more time on YouTube than anything other website as well as traditional television. It super easy to navigate and well organized. The "thumbnails" shows a sip of the video and has all the small info about the video in the little video box. Once clicked on a video it shows all the other information such as the number of views and likes/dislikes. Just like Facebook and Twitter rather than liking a page or following someone, you subscribe to a channel and all their new videos in your feed. Rather than trending topics of the previous two websites, YouTube has trending videos as you would expect from a video content website. It's my go to place for any videos or music.
LinkedIn is a social media platform aimed at working professionals as well as students for networking purposes. As a student trying to break into the professional working world, I use LinkedIn frequently as well to connect and stay in touch with some of the professional I meet at corporate events. It's awkward and unprofessional to ask them to add you on Facebook but LinkedIn solves that issue. It's also a great platform to land open jobs and to connect with HR professionals to see if there is an opening in their firm. It's also very easy to navigate and is somewhat similar to Facebook in regards to the way the content is organized. You scroll down to see what people are up to and see some of the things that they liked or commented on. It also has the notification bar on the top right corner and a search bar in the middle. Only other difference I could see is that rather than friends, you have connections and it's reply and comment function is exactly like that of Facebook. You can also follow influential people and like pages that interest you such as "Accounting Changes in the Industry" and so on.
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