Social Media - made simple.

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There are so many social media and networking sites, and for many people it can be confusing to know what they are all for - and how people are using them. This posting is an attempt to simplify that for everyone. Hopefully helps, in a slightly amusing way, helps you to understand how and what people are using them for.


I cannot claim entirely that this approach of explaining what social media sites is all my own inspiration, as had seen something like this floating about online and from what I remember (and adding some of my own spin), here is a simple way to illustrate what each of the social media sites floating about are used for.....

• Twitter: I am drinking a cup of #coffee
• Facebook: I like drinking coffee
• Foursquare: This is where I am drinking coffee right now
• YouTube: Here is a video of me drinking coffee
• LinkedIn: My skills include drinking coffee
• Flickr: My photos of people drinking coffee
• Last FM: I am listening to "One more cup of coffee" by Bob Dylan
• Pinterest: Here are the brands of coffee I like
• Slideshare: Here is a presentation about drinking coffee
• Badoo: Looking to meet a partner of the opposite sex who likes drinking coffee
• Gaydar: Looking to meet a gay man who likes drinking coffee
• MeetUp: Join our meeting of coffee drinkers on Thursday
• WAYN: Places around the world I have drunk coffee

Hope this helps!


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