All sorts of Internet communication options are very popular in America. It is not at all surprising that many international social networks were invented and developed in this country. US users exchange short messages daily, blog, chat, and post their photos.
If a new resource is created on the basis of a good idea, it will be instantly popular. Which sites and applications have already passed the test of time and are especially popular?
Legendary facebook
The most popular American social network began as a student information service. Nothing like a decade ago, when Facebook arose, did not exist. In the online student guide, you could chat with friends and view class schedules. As it turned out, the ability to send messages and receive the necessary information is very much in demand. Before the appearance of the site, which was called TheFacebook in the first months after its creation, students could not find out more about all their classmates, since there were about two hundred students at the lectures, and it was difficult to get to know each one. Thanks to the new social network, the problem turned out to be completely resolved - it is easy to consider all your fellow students in it. So the secret of the company's success lies precisely in the fact that the existing community has become the basis of the site. Other American social networks sprang up from scratch and were aimed at vague groups of people. Facebook, however, was promoted among specific college and university students, which allowed it to gain popularity in the very first months of its existence. Over time, its original purpose has changed, and now this resource is full of all kinds of applications and is used all over the world not only by students and teachers. Even some companies and institutions conduct their Facebook pages, for example, a restaurant can thus inform potential customers about promotions and menu changes. For such methods of disseminating information, some experts see the marketing technologies of the future.
MySpace is losing popularity
Before Facebook, this American social network for communication was very popular. First of all, it was supposed that musicians who want to tell the world about themselves will be registered in it. Following them, ordinary users began to appear on the network. MySpace allowed you to exchange photos and messages, choose your status. But after the emergence of the site practically did not change, and the lack of progress over the years led to its decline. More and more users quit their pages and stopped visiting the site every month. Attempts to revive MySpace, which once outstripped all other American social networks in popularity, made it possible to synchronize the profile with the page on a more successful Facebook. Recently, the site has changed owners who plan to return to their original focus on musicians. Perhaps they will be able to competently use innovation and bring back user networks.
Laconic Twitter
The name of this social network means “chatting” or “tweeting”, which is also hinted at by the image of a bird symbolizing this site. Twitter can post short messages called tweets. Their length should not exceed 160 characters. Publications are free, but you can send them via SMS, which, accordingly, will affect the state of the telephone bill. Other American social networks allow you to publish posts without limiting the number of characters, but their popularity is not comparable to Twitter. The resource was created in 2006 and currently has more than 200 million users, each of whom writes something at least once a month. Many post tweets daily. Public microblogging leads on Twitter and celebrities. Many of them distribute their messages with a special retweet function - publishing someone else’s message on their page. Some popular texts or images diverge across millions of microblogging.
Youth Resource Tagged
When listing American social networks for teens, you should definitely mention Tagged. This site is popular exclusively in the United States. Tagged does not compete with the giants of the market and does not try to conquer a large audience. The social network is aimed at the younger generation and looks like a team game in which players must receive points. The driving element of the system is the so-called tag. A team must be tagged in order to be successful. In addition, players must tag the rest themselves. The popularity of the site is gradually increasing, but it is unlikely to ever reach the level that international social networks have.
Creative Tumblr
Popular American social networks are often represented by microblogging services. This applies primarily to Twitter, but also true for Tumblr. Developers position their site as a kind of portal where you can easily and conveniently maintain a personal blog. There is no limit on the amount of text in it, in addition, images, audio and video, links and quotes can easily be inserted into messages. Therefore, Tumblr is popular with creative youth around the world. People collect pictures and texts they like on their blogs, write poems, publish information about themselves. The popularity of the site has remained stable for several years in a row, not planning to fall even with the development of Facebook and other resources.
Developing Instagram
All other American social networks are fundamentally different from this. The essence of Instagram is the ability to instantly publish photos taken using a mobile phone. Each of them can be signed and marked with various tags, according to which other users can find photos. You can subscribe to a personal page. The stars of cinema and show business, musicians and famous models have their accounts, each of them has thousands of subscribers and so-called “likes” under each photo. Ease of use has become the key to the popularity of this social network, which Facebook recently acquired for one million dollars. Probably, in the future Instagram fans will find new features and even more increased popularity of this application.
Practical Yelp
Some American social networks are not at all popular all over the world just because their service is available exclusively to residents of the United States. For example, Yelp is a site created by the developers of the PayPal payment system. By registering on this network, you can publish your own reviews about the activities of various stores, as well as read information created by other users. Thus, the main objective of Yelp is the commercial activity and publication of data on goods and services. Similar resources exist in other countries, but the scale of this site is currently incomparably larger.
Professional LinkedIn
In fact, most of the popular sites in the United States are some kind of American social dating network. Facebook helps not only find the right information, but also build relationships with peers, possibly find a partner. In contrast, LinkedIn is not intended for informal communication. It is most popular among businessmen, as it allows you to find employees and business colleagues. By registering there, users mark their professional skills, can indicate who they work for or what kind of vacancy they would like to receive if they are unemployed. From America, this network is gradually spreading around the world, gaining the trust of professionals in Europe and Asia.
Innovative Google+
The world famous search engine Google has created a unique social network that combines many diverse functions. Separate registration is not needed - if there is a gmail box, the profile appears automatically. Users can exchange messages not only in text format, but also using voice chat or video call. The original look allows you to conveniently customize your personal page. Having appeared not so long ago, the network is gradually gaining popularity all over the world and is gaining more and more new users. Noting your interests, favorite films, books and music, you can find a circle of similar people with whom you share your tastes. Given that everything that Google does is successful, there is no doubt about the triumph of the new social network.