Social Media

Welcome

In the social media section you will learn about important social media information and social media sites. The knowledge you gain in this section will help you make better choices and decisions on/about social media. In this section there may be references to other sections due to information fitting in multiple sections.

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Facebook & Myspace

Facebook was founded in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg as The Facebook, but in August 2005 it became Facebook. Originally it was used by universities to help students and teachers get to know each other. As it gained popularity it spread to universities across the world and high schools. However, as the popularity continued to grow Facebook became available to anyone with an email address. Have you found yourself wondering how Facebook seems to know where you are? Facebook knows where you are because they are tracking you. Facebook is programmed to turn the camera on your device on when you are logged into your account. With Turning on your device's camera they get your location and view it on Google Maps. The location is so precious that it can track your device location to the exact spot it is in a building. Another downfall to Facebook can be found in their terms of service. In the terms of service it states that once you put a photo on Facebook you are giving all the rights of the photo to Facebook and they are able to use it how they want.

Myspace was founded in August 2003 by Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe. Myspace is a social networking website that allows registered users to share and view profiles, blogs, photos, music and videos. Myspace was the predecessor to Facebook and many teens created accounts when it first came around. Now a days the accounts that many created are still open accounts and being hacked for personal information. These accounts are being hacked because people are no longer using their accounts, so the personal information is a easy grab. The best thing to do to prevent this from happening to you is to properly close your account that you are no longer using. If you are not sure how to do this then ask a parent for help or ask Myspace for help.

Instagram, Pinterest, & Tumblr

Instagram was founded in October 2010 by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. Instagram allows registered users to share photos and videos with each other. A downfall of Instagram is that tweens are creating multiple accounts using fake names and personal information. These accounts have become known as Finsta account. Many tweens use the Finsta account to do the actions they have been forbidden from and to harm others. While tweens believe that adults cannot find these accounts they can and could be monitoring it without you realizing. The simplest way for them to find these is to open the Instagram app on your phone, tap on the profile, and then tap on the username. When they tap on the username a drop down menu appears that shows all of your accounts. Even though you may log out of the account the now have the name and can monitor it. Finsta accounts have been linked to many cyber bullying cases as tweens are using it to bully others with the hope of not getting caught.

Pinterest was founded in March 2010 by Ben Silbermann. Pinterest is where registered users save photos, videos, recipes, ideas, etc. in one spot where they can access them later. Many of those cool projects you see have come from how to's on Pinterest.

Tumblr was founded in February 2007 by David Karp. Tumblr gives its registered users their own blog where they can post text, images, videos, etc. in blog format.

 

Snapchat, Vine, & Kik

Snapchat was founded in 2011 by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown. Snapchat is a where registered users share photos and videos that after a certain amount of time disappear. However, when Snapchat says that the photos and videos disappear they are not telling the full truth. The photos and videos disappear out of the users sight on Snapchat. However, all the photos and videos taken with the Snapchat account are still stored on the device that the account is on. Also, when you save messages from Snapchat they are stored on the device that the account is on. Though every picture, video, message, and snap taken on and sent through Snapchat are stored on the companies servers.

Vine was founded in 2013 by Dom Hoffman, Rus Yusupov, and Colin Kroll. Vine is where you can form short six second videos to entertain and inspire the community.

Kik was founded in 2009 by a group of University of Waterloo students. The goal of Kik was making chat easy between Blackberry, Android, and iPhone users. This was the goal of Kik at the time because conversation between the three phone user groups was not able to occur like it is today. Now the goal of Kik is to become the app to used by teens in the community to communicate with each other.

Twitter

Twitter was founded in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams.

 

 

Relationship between Social Media

There are similarities and differences between all the different social medias that tweens use today. There is one similarity among all social media that seems to rarely be followed. That similarity is the required age of the user. When you read the terms of services they all say that the use must be at least 13 years old and have parent permission if under the age of 18 years old. Another issue that all social media is having is predators using it as a way to find there next victim. Predators are using social media to find their next victim because parents and tweens love to post all about their life.

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