Social media comparison by Michael https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia Made with a wish on a star en-us 2017-02-06 14:27:42 UTC 2026-01-19 14:25:05 UTC hello@padlet.com MySpace nels8635 https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151825496
Founded | August 1, 2003; 13 years ago

Paved the way for mass socialization on the internet.

At its December 2008 peak, Myspace attracted 75.9 million monthly unique visitors in the U.S., according to ComScore (SCOR).

"It was a portal where people discovered new  friends and music and movies—it was practically where young people lived."(Bllomberg]]> 2017-02-06 14:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151825496 Twitter Founded kevin_h https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151825540 Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone and Evan Williams and launched in July 2006. It was founded by the podcasting company, Odeo.]]> 2017-02-06 14:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151825540 Instagram https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151825629 The online presence of choice for the next generation.

Since Instagrams 2010 debut it has rapidly grown a huge active user base of 600 million.

The first photo sharing app that also allows the addition of filters to shared photos, and now its hard to imagine sharing a photo without the trustworthy 'Valencia' filter'.

Facebook acquired Instagram in 2012 and 
2013 saw it over take, its parent company, growing by 23% compared to the slight 3% of Facebook. ]]> 2017-02-06 14:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151825629 Twitter Growth kevin_h https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151827628 Twitter's first real spike in popularity came during the South by Southwest Interactive conference, during which the number of tweets per day rose from 20,000 to 60,000. By February 2010, Twitter users were posting 50 million tweets per day and had become the third-most popular social media site on the Internet.]]> 2017-02-06 14:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151827628 Twitter's Uniqueness kevin_h https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151830773 2017-02-06 14:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151830773 How Twitter Found Success kevin_h https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151831364
  • It separated itself from the other social networking sites:
    • Shorter/more digestible than Facebook, Instagram, etc.
      • 140 character limit gave Twitter a uniqueness perhaps more appealing to the younger generations
    • Democratized fame
    • Current
      • One of the primary sources of news in today's society

    • ]]>     2017-02-06 14:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151831364     Snapchat https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151831994 Snapchat, which was formerly a "sex-ting" app has gained popularity among the younger generation as parents started to join the Facebook app. Barely over four years old, over a million people use the snapchat app. The app was founded by Evan Spiegel and his friends at Stanford University ]]> 2017-02-06 14:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151831994 Facebook https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151833065 Founded: 2004

    Dec 2016: 1.86 billion monthly users

    Notable Features: Very diverse and all consuming! Picture/Video sharing, Live Video, Friends Lists, Private and Public messaging, business pages, “mentions”, “likes” (now a range of "reactions", professional services (business reviews, opening times, bookings/contacts, “groups”, “events” with calendar syncinc, ecommerce (“buy” function), nonprofit crowdfunding (“donate” function), face recognition technology, 360 degree photo posts,

    Revenue largely generated through advertising
    ]]>     2017-02-06 14:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151833065     Trends https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151833640 Popularisation of trends, has enabled the increasing active use and wide spread knowledge of Instagram.
    #SELFIE
    #TBT
    #WCW]]>     2017-02-06 14:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151833640     Comparing Facebook and Twitter kevin_h https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151833773 2017-02-06 14:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151833773 Why do MySpace Fail nels8635 https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151833865 Monetization of the website led to emphasis on hitting ad revenue goals. This meant that managers made the decision to place more ads on each page. Ultimately this led to a poor user experience and gave users a reason to switch over to the up and coming social media site, Facebook.

    In the end, MySpaces fall has everything to do with bad management that didn't listen to it's audience.]]>     2017-02-06 14:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151833865     Comparing Instagram and Twitter and Facebook kevin_h https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151834086 2017-02-06 14:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151834086 Snapchat Scares The Competition. https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151834799 One year after snapchat was launched, Mark Zuckerberg, the owner of Facebook saw potential in snapchat and tried to buy the app for $3 billion but Speigel turned the offer down.

    ]]>     2017-02-06 14:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151834799     Key Comparisons kevin_h https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151835271 Target Audience
    • Facebook: The Earth (essentially everyone)
    • Twitter: Younger generation, especially young news-seekers
    • Instagram: Also younger generation — originally more female, but now leveling out
    • MySpace: Younger (below-26), edgier site focused primarily on pop culture
    Main Functions
    ]]>     2017-02-06 14:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151835271     Moving forward https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151836065 Moving towards a photo / video online ]]> 2017-02-06 14:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151836065 https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151836524 2017-02-06 14:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151836524 https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151840312 2017-02-06 15:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/manchester/popularsocialmedia/wish/151840312