Social networking sites

The four sites I chose to visit include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. When I logged into Facebook it is a site where people post their thoughts, feelings, pictures, videos  and, open discussions. My impression of Facebook is that Facebook is a place where people go to be themselves. They share videos they find amusing, post links to articles they find interesting and even post about how they are doing. In comparasison, my impression of Twitter is that it’s a more serious platform where people ask voice their opinion and retweet views similar to theirs. I also feel like twitter is a place where people try to get a response from people they can’t talk to. To elaborate. On Twitter people tweet to athletes, politicians, actors and many more, trying to gain a response. My impression of Instagram is that this is the site where people want to show their best side to the world. On Instagram, people post countless pictures of themselves and things they like to obtain likes from others. Instagram also is a platform where people speak through pictures with snake captions. Lastly, Snapchat is the newest of the 4 and the age gap is obvious. Snapchat includes millennials and others who record videos or post pictures with clever captions  similar to Instagram. With the Snapchat stories disappearing in 24 hours people are more likely to post this there than other sites. While all of these sites mimic each other like with the inclusion of 24 hour stories in both Facebook and Snapchat, all of these platforms have qualities that make them unique.