Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Social Media Comparison

Facebook
Twitter
Google+
Launched 2004 2006 2011
Users1 900 million 310 million 120 million
Post Size Limit 63k Characters 140 Characters 100k Characters
Storage Limit Unlimited2 3MB daily3 15GB4
SmartPhone Apps Yes Yes Yes
Apps Yes Yes with limits5 No
Advertisment lots minimal none
ease of use 10/10 6/10 4/10
Editability of post Yes/Easy No Yes/Easy
Text, Photo, Video yes yes yes
email, files, & IM all-in-one all-in-one spread out
Recommends Connections Yes Yes Yes
1. eBizMBA (2014). Top 15 Most Popular Social Networking Sites.  Retrieved from http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-networking-websites
2.  Vajgel, P. (2009). Needle in a haystack: efficient storage of billions of photos.  Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=76191543919
3. Mohta, A. (2011).  Twitter has Galleries but do you know your Photo upload Limits?  Retrieved from http://www.technospot.net/blogs/twitter-galleries/
4. Google (2014). See your storage limit.  Retrieved from https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6558?hl=en
5. Fedewa, J. (2013).  Rowi hits Twitter token limit, pulls app from Windows Phone Store.  Retrieved from http://winsource.com/2013/08/28/rowi-hits-twitter-token-limit-pulls-app-from-windows-phone-store/

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