The Big Spidey Network

Social Media Connecting People Around

            Photo / Video sharing social media is no longer a stranger to most of us, especially in this new era with ubiquitous network around, people can easily access to the them. Hence, it is also known as online networking. As the use of social media is becoming more mature, they will expect for more enhancement. This is the time where tons of online services and applications appearing, providing a lot new features which make these social media becoming more interesting. Social media even assist in solving the social awkwardness by providing new connections virtually. These new ways of connection are like stepping stones that allow the users including the introverts to communicate with others.

            The evolution of social media has brought the connection between people to a whole new level, ranging from content sharing on Facebook, tags on Twitter, photos on Flickr, to locations on Foursquare. Each of these new services or applications plays the role in building meaningful relationships among us. Moreover, due to the recent advances in cellular system, most of the mobile phones come together with a decent camera. As a result, the photo or video related of social media are rapidly growing too.  When a person use Youtube to share interesting videos on the web, all of his or her subscribers will be notified through Youtube and Email; this is the advantage how we benefits from the social media as we will be connecting with others.

            In addition, besides video, photo sharing has become a norm. It has almost become a practice where people tend to take photo of everything including their foods and share them through social media. People are accepting social media as part of their lifestyle.

            As the community in social media is increasingly growing, companies have stopped looking at social media as merely a medium for communication. They tend to use social media as marketing tools instead of the main motive; “to connect people around”.

             Long lost friend? Long-distance relationship? Siblings studying abroad? Not a problem anymore. These social medias are there for you! Upload your recent photo of having a vacation or a video for long-distance birthday wishes. Now, this is a big spidey web that we all like. <3