Best of Social Media
January 14, 2020
YouTube Famous
Perhaps no other platform has a larger reach or bigger impact on video entertainment than YouTube. There is an estimated 2 billion users of the streaming service.
It blurs the line between social media and video streaming because of its commenting features and the ability to follow favorite content producers. Many new genres of content have originated from YouTube, including unboxing videos, vlogs, and video gaming
MusBical.ly AND Tik Tok
before it was known as Tik Tok, it was known as Musical.ly. Musical.ly was a place where you can create and share lip-sync videos. Some people who got famous on Musical were Ariel Martin, Jacob Sartorius, and Loren Gray. Musical change to Tik Tok in November of 2017. Besides the name and the logo change, there is no difference between Tik Tok and Musical.y.
Viral Challenges
There were many challenges that went viral because of online social media. these challenges would have you do the challenge and record you doing it, then you would post it to social media. One of the most popular challenges were the cinnamon challenge in which people would take one spoonful of cinnamon and swallow all of it without spitting it out.
Snapchat
Originally released in September 2011, Snapchat is the most-used social media app used
by teens today. It originally started as a texting app that would delete text and messages in 24 hours. these days Snapchat is popular for its photo filters, geo-filters, and integration with Bitmoji.
It dominates the social media world of teenagers because it is easy to use and its a great way of maintaining relationships with close friends.
