We'll be surprised, cos I do. But then again I only teach a recognised qualification in social media for a living, so what do I know?
I don't care if you're the queen of social media land, ask anyone to name two social media sites and they'll all say either Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, no bastard would say not606.
Sorry to disappoint you but I probably would say Not606 as I do not go an anything else apart from Yammer occasionally because of my work.
Interesting to hear it, but Lambo's point is still irrelevant cos I never said people would say Not606 first or claimed it was most popular. The FACT is it is a social media platform. Just as an aside do people know how many registered google+ accounts there are?
This is a list of the leading social networks based on number of active user accounts as of April 2017... Facebook: 1,960,000,000 users WhatsApp: 1,200,000,000 users YouTube: 1,000,000,000 users Facebook Messenger: 1,000,000,000 users WeChat: 889,000,000 users QQ: 868,000,000 users Instagram: 600,000,000 users QZone: 595,000,000 users Tumblr: 550,000,000 users Twitter: 319,000,000 users Sina Weibo: 313,000,000 users Baidu Tieba: 300,000,000 users Snapchat: 300,000,000 users Skype: 300,000,000 users Viber: 260,000,000 users Line: 220,000,000 users Pinterest 150,000,000 users
It's just a list of the most active social media networks and those most likely to be mentioned by people asked to name a social media account.
1) Clearly from the list that you posted, it would depend where said question was asked. 2) We weren't discussing that
I think this is a good summation of the difference between regular social media and forums... I tend to see the differences between forums and social media as the unit of discussion and the audience. Forums are much better suited for richer, longer form discussions. If you look at a typical forum thread it will include a number of participants, often incorporates rich media (e.g. videos, pictures, polls, and more), and has tools better suited for responding and replying to people. Social media great for discussion, but the unit of conversation is typically smaller and often replies to that specific post. As such, I feel forums are better for longer more involved discussions and social is better for smaller more informal discussions. In terms of the audience, I have always found social media audiences to be a little less sticky and people are instead pulled into the content when it stands out. Forums are more of a clubhouse where people join up and become invested in the community. Thus, while forums may be smaller, I suspect the quality of the content is more in-depth and longer-running.
Latest estimate (2017) reckons there are 3.7 billion e-mail accounts worldwide (adjusted downwards for those holding multi-e-mail accounts) - over 50 % of the world's population.
