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X
X (formerly known as Twitter) is an online news and social networking site where people communicate
in short messages. It was launched in the year 2006 as a social networking and microblogging site.
It was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams. It was released by an
American company Odeo. It is designed for sharing short updates and messages. These messages
are called posts. The posts are limited to 280 characters only. In X, you follow people or organisations
which share similar areas of interests. You can create your own X feeds. You can also repost the posts
created by others. If a posts is liked by a lot of people across the globe and it gets many likes, shares,
and comments, it is said be have gone Viral. Posts can be anything-pictures, links, GIFs, or videos.
By default, the posts are PUBLIC on X. This means that anyone can view the posts. However you can
protect your posts by changing the settings.
Quora
Quora was launched in the year 2009, founded
by Adam D’Angelo and Charlie Cheever. It is a
Question & Answer site where anyone can ask
a question and people answer. It's been called
"the Google of questions," and it has become a
go-to source for information on a wide range
of topics. It provides high quality answers
written by different users who share a common
interest. Quora is a platform to ask questions
which interest you. You can also create social
networks and follow topics that interest you. To
answer a specific question, you can also post pictures related to the answers. Quora is a user generated
content created by users and for users. The users vote for an answer that provides the most accurate
information. This highlights the answer and other users can also benefit from this. You can ask questions
related to education, studies or even a simple method to solve a sum or question.
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