P4 A

P4 A – Generating ideas for a new social media account including purpose

Some of the most popular social media accounts being used now are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. Each of these accounts are thriving social networking sites with at least 1.59 billion monthly advisers and over one billion that log on daily; this is an estimate by gathering the information from each site directly. A main feature that helps these sites to become popular is due to instant messaging. After failing to acquire Snapchat in 2013, Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 so that it could be the one that was on top of instant messaging.

I have decided to include an instant messaging service in my newly designed social media account, as I believe that this is one of the most important features to hold. Instant messaging is a way for people to connect online which is crucial in the social media industry. This feature allows people to interact with those who are spread out all over the world, meaning they can connect with relatives, friends or even meet new people. One reason why instant messaging is so popular in social media accounts is due to the fact that the messages are hidden from the public, meaning that only the person you are sending them to will be able to read them. This way you can share a private chat and no one can intrude on your private conversations.


As previously stated, the ultimate goal of my social media app is for people to communicate online through their sharing capabilities. Therefore, there is a clear focus on pets distributed through my app, which should be the main topic for socialisation when users are communicating via the instant messaging feature of the app.

Here is an example of how people are communicating on instant messaging through the social network site Facebook. The messages shared here are private between the two people communicating and the public cannot see these messages.

 

A second feature in which I believe is important to have in my social media account is being able to share text, images and videos to the public. This idea is currently available on the top social media accounts such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. It is one of the most important features as otherwise you would not be able to share posts and interact with the public, which is one of the main ideas required. This allows people to connect with others, share interests, communicate with friends and meet new people.

Here is an example of someone sharing a post through the social networking site Twitter. This means the entire public is able to view their post.