Are you using a dying social media online grid?
So, what’s everyone using right now?
Have a look through the updated roundup of social networks below to see which ones are currently the trendiest.
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Massive community.
Easy to find long-lost friends.
Join interesting groups and pages.
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Difficult to keep up with updates.
Complicated to adjust privacy prefs.
People use Facebook individually and by joining orsetting up groups.
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Very large community.
Get updates from major brands.
Integrates with third party services.
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Not easy to find specific people.
Difficult to develop followers.
Rampant spam and bot problems.
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X (formerly Twitter)is known as the real-time, publicmicrobloggingnetwork where news breaks first.
X has changed dramatically over the years, especially since it changed owners.
X’s lingering popularity is likely due to inertia, but it still has plenty of users.
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Easy to make new connections.
Simple to find people you know.
Too much information at times.
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Frequent messages from marketers.
LinkedInis a social data pipe for professionals.
Anyone who needs to make connections to advance their careers should be on LinkedIn.
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YouTube
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Many hours of entertainment.
Interact with communities of followers.
Find others with common interests.
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Less personal than other social sites.
Overwhelming volume of information.
Where does everyone go to watch or share video content online?
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After Google, YouTube is the second largest search engine.
If you have kids watching youtube videos, you should probably useparental controls.
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More interesting than most social networks.
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See into the lives of others.
Ads can be a nuisance.
Many photos are overly edited.
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It’s the ultimate social online grid for sharing real-time photos and short videos while on the go.
Instagram was bought for a hefty $1 billion by Facebook in 2012.
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Very entertaining to use.
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Loaded with inspiring messages.
Loaded with affiliate posts.
Limited range of topics.
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Tumblr
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Large variety of content.
Focused on writing and reading microblogs.
Easy to set up and customize.
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Tumblr is an extremely popular social blogging platform that’s heavily used by teens and young adults.
Like Pinterest, it’s best known for sharing visual content.
Reblogging and liking posts is a popular way to interact.
Snapchat
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Very easy to use.
Editing and filtering features.
More personal and intimate than other platforms.
Small demographic of users.
Content disappears every day.
Lots of useless content.
Difficult to find people you know.
Snapchatis a social networking app that thrives on instant messaging and is totally mobile-based.
Snapchat is easy to learn.
Snapchat also has afeature called Stories, which allows users to share snaps publicly when they want.
Facebook and Instagram have recently added Stories as well.
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Massive user base.
Wide range of perspectives.
Subreddits organize content well.
Confusing to find subreddits.
Reddit works by displaying submitted links that get voted up or down by users.
The ones that receive the most upvotes will get pushed to the first page of their subreddits.
Flickr
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Unlimited storage for premium accounts.
Attract a large audience for your photography.
Active comment area for photos.
Website can be difficult to use.
Free accounts include ads.
Can’t customize profile page.
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Very modern interface.
Creative approach to life logging.
Available for Android and iOS.
Useful map shows all check-in locations.
Difficult to manage configs.
Foursquare has broken up its location-based app into two parts.
Kik
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Works on multiple platforms.
Free to download and use.
Most users are young.
Can be dangerous for children.
Kik is a free instant messaging app that’s very popular with teens and young adults.
In addition to text-based messages, users can also send photos, animated GIFs and videos to their friends.
Teach them the dangers of online child predators.
Periscope
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Integrates with X.
Live interaction with viewers.
Easy and quick way to broadcast.
Can be difficult to learn.
Safety and privacy concerns.
Broadcasts require good internet connection.
Periscope is all about live web video broadcasting from your mobile machine.
It’s had its fair share of rivalry against another competing broadcasting app called Meerkat.
Medium
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Large visibility for your writing.
Potential payments for popular content.
Can draw in new fans to your work.
Payments are usually very low.
You give up all rights to your writing.
Medium is perhaps the best social data pipe for readers and writers.
SoundCloud
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Innovative community based on sound.
Dedicated mobile app for listeners.
Free tier limits monthly podcasting hours.
SoundCloud is the world’s most popular social internet for sharing sounds.
Most users share music they’ve made or podcasts they’ve recorded.
Tinder
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Very large dating pool.
Provides fun ways to interact with new people.
Swiping breaks the ice quickly.
Plenty of trolls and eccentrics.
Can make the dating process impersonal.
Tinderis a popular location-based dating app that matches you up with people in your area.
Supports audio and video calls.
Complicated to find past messages.
Voice calls aren’t available in all countries.
File transfers are limited to 100 MB.
Need a person’s phone number to contact them.
Users can send messages to individuals or groups using text, photos, videos, and even voice messages.
The app also offers a few customizable features like profiles, wallpapers and notification sounds.
Slack
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Easier to communicate than email.
Easy to view archived messages.
Integrates with third-party apps.
Somewhat of a learning curve.
Notifications can be unreliable.
Expensive for large teams.
Slack is a popular communication platform for teams that need to collaborate closely with one another.
It’s basically a social connection for the workplace.
