Social media is being categorized mainly on the type of media being transmitted and shared. Although some can be too general to cover two or more types, others tend to excel for being too specific to only cater one kind of media. The popularity of a social media is always measured by the number of people using it, interacting together using
social media technology as a channel. The following can provide a basic categorization of social media based primarily on the type of media and nature of information:
- Blogging
- Blogspot
- Wordpress
- LiveJournal
- TypePad
- Vox
- Social Networking
- MySpace
- Facebook
- Bebo
- Hi5
- LinkedIn
- Social Network Aggregation
- Twitter
- Jaiku
- FriendFeed
- Plurk
- Pownce
- Social Bookmarking
- Delicious
- Faves
- Diigo
- Google Bookmarks
- Yahoo Bookmarks
- Social News
- Reddit
- Mixx
- Digg
- Newsvine
- Technorati
- Collaboration
- Wikipedia
- PBwiki
- Wetpaint
- Wikea
- Swik
- Opinion Posting
- Yahoo! Answers
- WikiAnswers
- Yedda
- Epinions
- MouthShut
- Media Sharing
- YouTube (Videos)
- Flicker (Pictures)
- Kaboodle (Brands and Products)
- Ustream (Livecast)
- Imeem (Audio)
- Game-Sharing
- Miniclip
- Kongregate
- Yahoo Games
- Newgrounds
- Shockwave
- Virtual World
- Second Life
- The Sims Online
- Forterra
- Cybertown
- Club Penguin
The above
social media categories provide 5 sample sites that generally intend to accommodate one or more types of media or nature of information. Of course, one social media is not restricted to cater only one or two types. Some technology updates might give them the capacity to consolidate more types of media under one site. Gaining more and more unique visitors and users and build their connections will determine the success of any
social media.
Social media is being categorized mainly on the type of media being transmitted and shared. Although some can be too general to cover two or more types, others tend to excel for being too specific to only cater one kind of media. The popularity of a social media is always measured by the number of people using it, interacting together using social media technology as a channel. The following can provide a basic categorization of social media based primarily on the type of media and nature of information:
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