Current developments in social media

As social media progresses, more and more updates keep taking place, social media scientists keep trying to improve the sites everyday by adding new features. Adding new updates to the social media means that many people will carry on enjoying and using the sites, and the rest will just be happy to use the site as it has always been. The only issue with developing social media apps, is that other apps usually copy on to ideas. Over the years of social media, the bosses have been trying to make it as open as possible so people really interact with the world.

The picture above was used as it relates to a building being developed just like all the social media sites developing currently.

Since the beginning social media scientists have been trying to make it the best online world there can be, by making it open and friendly places to interact with friends and people from all over the year.
A main current development in social medias popular site, Facebook has the reactions that you can give on Facebook posts, pictures and messages, it's really is a good way to show people that others appreciate their messages/posts considering until recently you couldn't show a reaction to someones post to tell them how you feel exactly.
A current development in snap chat is the streaks feature, where two people have to reply twice a day to each other through a snap, its a good function that many people use (more kids than adults) as it keeps people connected even if its through opening up a snap.

A new development that has hit social media platforms is stories, that started off in snap chat, where you can add a picture or a video to show followers what you're up to or how you're feeling, this idea was soon copied when the other social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram used the idea too. Now social media users can post things on their stories anytime they want on these three well known social media sites.
The link below talks in more detail of where social media is heading and any future trends that are being looked at currently.

As developments go on, more and more fun is made for the members of these sites, which generates more money for the social media creators, so its like a win, win situation. But the more developments taking place, the more risky the sites continue to be, more features that will be added that tell others more details of peoples lives. As good as some new features can be, they can also make it much more easier for us to see and learn more about others and people definitely use that in the wrong way sometimes. And so the main issues with developing these sites is that more and more features are being created which gives out more opportunities for the negative situations online to take place.

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