C2 Online communities GapFill

While you have probably grown up using social media, it is important to remember that the sites that we use today such as  FacebookGeocitiesGoogle+Kik Yak and Twitter didn’t exist in the year 2000! Social media is an important part of everyday life for many, but it can be  addictivenormalFacebookcommunicated, waste our time and because a host of  sleepmental healthpersonalfamily disorders as we see the successful persona and holidays that our friends want us to see. We also want to post content that gets the most  memespostslikescares, and keep doing that. There are now mobile phone networks with unlimited data for use on social media sites, poring advertising, sometimes unpleasant content and misinformation – sometimes called  trueanti-fakecomprehension news onto our handsets, available 24/7.

But social media can be a valuable tool for keeping in touch with  private usersbusinessesthe publicfriends and family that we don’t see very often.  Dumb phonesSmartphonesTerminalsDesktops and tablets are one of the easiest ways to access social media from anywhere with an Internet connection. While social media platforms are usually accessible through a web browser, many have their own dedicated  siteappprogrammeprogram available to download for Android, iOS and sometimes computers and laptops. This allows for people with disabilities to use the services – we call this  impairmentaccessibilityhelpcorrection – for example, they are able to interface with screen readers, support alternative text, and adjust to the devices colour and text size, etc.

Social media is usually  contractedfreepay monthlyexpensive to set up and use – but the services are expensive to run because of the server and staff requirements. Social media is often paid for by  advertsgovernmentsuserscreators, for example, they may be targeted at you based on the information that you provide based on your age, location, gender and known interests. We hand over a lot of data to social media that we would never tell a stranger – but that exactly what we’re doing if we leave our profiles ‘  publicbetaprivateaplha’ as anyone can find out our date of birth and the city we’re from, where we’ve been, and even what you had for dinner last night if you posted a picture of it. We call the right to keep our personal live private, and social media platforms do have settings to allow us to choose how much we share. We call this  sharingemail verificationpasswordsprivacy.

Even with these settings in place, we should be careful about what we post. For example, we could allow others to stalk us, or let a  burglargovernmentfriendcouncil know when we’re on holiday so our houses will be empty. Other dangers include people setting up fake profiles using your name, or taking control of your account if they manage to guess your  addresspassworddate of birthpet or get into your email account and manage to reset it.