Tumblr is a site where bloggers express themselves through pictures, words and music and to find a niche of people out there who relate to them. The types of blogs are endless, ranging from review blogs to quote blogs to advice blogs to food blogs, to blogs that dedicated to the various book and movie fandoms–there is a community for everyone. While an individual might have to change or censor themselves to satisfy their friends on facebook, the tumblr community is open to everyone, and opinions and interests are expressed freely. The general atmosphere of tumblr is warm and inviting, but most users who make their way to the site feel strongly about their opinions. While facebook and twitter are associated directly with the users’ name, tumblr is mainly anonymous, and people can talk as vehemently toward other users and about their views as they want without consequence.
Twitter is all about direct access to what people are doing, when they are doing it and what they think about it. This site is similar to the status feature on Facebook, only at high speed and much less thought-provoking. Twitter began as a service for regular people to have access to the thoughts, interests and photos of their favorite celebrities. Twitter can sufficiently satisfy the creeper in everyone and is addicting to sat the least. Twitter was the beginning of the hashtag phenomenon, which until recently was the arbitrary symbol on the keyboard. A tweeter with a mass number of followers can influence people to believe just about anything they want. That much power in the hands of Justin Bieber is a terrifying thing. Now, twitter has seen an influx of Average Joes, as the typical teenager has gotten involved. The point is 24-hour instant-access to everything you want to know about anybody. Whether it is a favorite actor or a best friend, or just a funny tweeter, their is immediate access to everything on their mind.
Facebook dominates the social media aspect of these three sites. With a service for everybody, including status updates, photo uploading, commenting and even some game apps, anyone can find something that draws them to Facebook. Unfortunately, as human nature inspiress people to constantly change, interest in Facebook has drastically decreased lately. There has been a mass exodus to Twitter and other sites where the pace is faster and users can see more, read more and experience more. Facebook caters mostly to those who want to see and know about the lives of others, but the constant site remodels and upgrades have certainly been pushing their users away. With the confusing new ‘Facebook Timeline’, the deal is almost sealed on the downfall of Facebook-style social media.
