A social network is an Internet platform where you can post information about yourself and exchange information, photos, messages, and various files with other users.
What social networks are there?
Facebook - truly international platform, the number of its users exceeds one billion. The year of foundation is 2004.
Twitter - social network that allows you to share short messages (mainly news) and has over 330 million active users. Started working in 2006.
Dev.to is a social network for programmers, where I also got myself the profile. It was easy to do, the interface is very user-friendly and pleasant.
LinkedIn - this network is positioned more as a professional one and has more than 590 users. It appeared in 2003.
Komunity.io - professional networking redefined where I started my account. This young network is somewhat similar to LinkedIn.
Instagram - social network that allows you to share photos and videos. It has over 850 million users. It appeared in 2010.
The influence of social networks on people's lives is enormous, many do not even fully realize the scale of this phenomenon, and after all, social networks are already the most popular activity on the Internet. Today, out of the 100 most visited sites in the world, 25 are classic social networks, and another 60 are socialized to one degree or another. More than 90% of companies around the world use social media in their work. About 85% of people trust information from social networks. Whole revolutions are even arranged through them. Social networks have become the very center of the modern Internet.
