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When we combine the two terms social and network, we get Social networking. It refers to a website
                 or web-based application through which one can create a profile and get acquainted with other users.
                 These sites let us create profiles and maintain personal and professional relationships online.
                 Social Media, on the other hand, is a means to communicate and share information with a vast
                 audience through websites. You can publish images, videos, etc. and attract followers. The purpose of
                 such sites is to create buzz and curiosity among the public directly or indirectly. Some examples are

                 YouTube, television and newspaper.
                 Let us understand the different types of social media with how we post or write messages on the
                 different apps. You are making a sculpture. You want to let people know about it. This is how you will
                 post your message on different apps.
                   X: I am making a sculpture.
                   Facebook: I like sculptures.

                   Quora: Why I am making sculptures?
                   YouTube: This is a video of me making a sculpture.
                   Instagram: This is a photo of my sculpture.

                   LinkedIn: My skills include sculpture making.                         Social networking sites
                      Facebook


                 Facebook is an America based online social networking service. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg
                 on 4 February 2004. It was open for people in 2006. It is the biggest social network worldwide with
                 approx. 2.6 billion monthly active users. You can connect with your family and friends and share
                 your photos, status, interests, videos, links and much more. India leads the tally as the biggest user of
                 Facebook with over 280 million monthly active users. Some important features of Facebook are:
                    You can organise your preferences and list according to your likes. The left pane of the Facebook
                   window displays the different categories of activities, interests, and events.
                    You can create groups. This feature is mainly used for advertising and selling the products online.
                   The seller can directly connect with the members who like your product. It has added some new
                   features such as watch party, search, pages, live, saved, units, scheduled posts, filters, etc.
                    You can send messages through Messenger. Messenger is a handy feature to chat with people. You
                   can do video calling, share files and links and send emojis too.
                    You can check your login location “where you are logged in”. This feature lets you find all your active
                   Facebook logins from any device.
                   You can even restrict some people or friends from seeing your post. This helps to maintain privacy.
                    With the help of “Download your information” you can own a personal copy of everything you have
                   ever shared on Facebook.


                                                            Tech Fact
                      If you are using Facebook on multiple devices, you can log out of a particular device or all
                                                         the devices at once.







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