Exploring New Social Networking Sites

When we think of social networks, the big ones that come to mind are Twitter and Facebook. Little do people know how many new social networks sites are being created and launched.

MediumI found and joined two new ones and I’m sure there are many more. My biggest concern when joining new social networking sites is “How in the world do they work?” We are used to Facebook and Twitter that when we first join the sites they can be a bit confusing and overwhelming.

Both of the ones I joined, I came to find out later, were created by the creators of Twitter. They have launched Branch and Medium, two sites in which you can use Twitter to sign it. Branch lets Twitter users invite others into conversations, that don’t show up on everyone’s Twitter Timeline nor does it have a 140-character limit. Medium is like Pinterest. Users can publish a collection of articles, pictures, or other types of media so other users can see and rate it. biglogo

I still haven’t completely figured both out, but wasn’t it like that when Facebook and Twitter first started? Its only a matter of time before we all switch from Facebook to new social networking site like how we once did from Myspace.