There have been many social media sites and for me it started with Xanga but my first online social experience was IRC(Internet Relay Chat). The question is, why do we move from one website to another? Whatever the reason(s) may be, the inventors of these sites thrive on it. Without their insight into the human psyche and the “enough is never enough” attitude we have, we would all be on the same website we started with.
It’s hard for me to understand moving from one website to another when they all allow the same thing to occur. Myspace for awhile was the holy grail of social media then facebook snagged it. My guess is because at first it didn’t have ads and myspace was overrun with them. Xanga was a simple website that allowed you to post more of a blog than any status update, pic or video. Apparently, it is now a blogging community. I cant remember my username or password has it has been years since I’ve signed in there.
As for Google+, right now, I'm not a fan. I'm not finding it as user friendly as facebook. Yes the page is less crowded but as it grows I fully believe ads will start popping up. It’s a business and it takes money, so money has to come from somewhere right? And to keep people, its best to not charge a user fee so only other option, ads.
Maybe in time, Google+ will grow on me or as more and more people shift over there from facebook, I will shift as well.
Other Sites
Twitter: I’ve recently become a more avid user of this service as it allows for a quick 140 character snapshot of my thoughts. I believe its key draw is the ease of being able to send a text message to its number and its ability to link with facebook. Picture sharing is easy also however it does require a 3rd party source
Tumblr: Never used it, I actually forgot it existed. After reading its “about” page it seem very similar to facebook with a different name and different layout.
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