Post Study Reflection of Social Network

For the past 5 months, I have been studying about various social networks that are present in the current web world for the users using which one can share the information, collaborate, share media etc.

I have been analyzing the website in-regards to the characteristics described here < CLICK HERE >

After the study of social networks impact on current society, educational field and other related fields, my opinion on the social networks have changed.

Here is the video which shows a little glimpse of the post-study reflection.



The following summarize my post study reflections:

• I used to think that people only use social networking websites such as Facebook, twitter etc to share their details about the personal life. But after closely observing and following these sites so far I am kind of hooked to them. One can explore new dimensions. I have observed that so many education institutions are using these websites, to inform their students about current news or information about the courses, assignments and deadlines. I am currently following Luleå and Umeå university websites, that is really helpful for the students.
• Facebook seems more like personal social networking site, but on observation and analyzation I came to know that, there are so many apps that are present ( As Facebook Pages). One can even subscribe to the updates of the news channels, entertainment channels etc. In the same way Twitter is also being used for updates. But in comparison with Facebook, I found that Twitter is more sophisticated and easy to use. 
• In Facebook the information the user wants to update is known as "Wallpost" but in Twitter it is called as "Tweet".
• In Facebook there is no limitation to the number of words that user wants to enter, but in twitter it is limited. So the information is precise direct to point. 
• When user share the links those links will change the url that is displayed to the user in Twitter, but in Facebook, it is shown as Thumbnail.
• Even though both websites offers photo sharing, in Facebook , the users can create albums and share them with the people by either giving link to the album or by adding them as friend. But twitter does not allow that.
• If user adds another user in Facebook, they called Friends, but in twitter they called as Followers.
• Twitter uses @ and # symbols for discover and relate topics, there is no such terminology in Facebook.

I have seen some of the presentation of course peers about their post study reflections.

• There is one about Twitter, and even though I do agree about spam in twitter as presented in the video, there are security options available for the user, so as to avoid spam effect. I have been also using the twitter and tweeting for the past 4 months or so.. but i did not found this kind of annoying spam tweets. 
• I have seen one more video about Myspace. The presentation made me to explore more about myspace, upon doing some research I found that myspace is little confusing and privacy options are not so much sophisticated as the others. But still it is another great website.
• And its great to see slideshows about facebook, they have shown all the important information in regards to the website.