Facebook was founded February 4, 2004, by former college student Mark Zuckerberg. The social site was once a site for college students to interact and communicate with other college students, but somehow evolved and now has a total of 1.44 billion active users around the world. I myself have a Facebook account, as well. Using Facebook, after logging …show more content…
By December 2010, Instagram had 1 million registered users. By 2013, the site had more than 150 million users. Instagram is more convenient and more straightforward. With just an upload of a picture, everything you need to know is all in that that picture. As the old saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words’.” To me, Instagram is really a site for a person who loves to take pictures. You can share your pictures as well as others ' pictures and quotes put all in a picture. Since you 're dealing with pictures, Instagram has tools for you to filter your pictures, to make them look cool and …show more content…
With the new update, Instagram has announced to business owners that they can run business campaigns on the site. This will make it easier for the business effectively to reach the people with they care about, whether it’s fashion, cars, sports, club promotions, or food. Many new business owners would rather promote on Instagram than any other social site available. Due to the new update and campaign, many business owners of all sizes have been testing the new capabilities this summer and have gotten positive results. What makes it easier is that you can advertise your business either with a picture or video that lasts for 30 seconds.
Now the things that Facebook and Instagram share, as you know, are pictures. You can see friends and family sharing pictures down your timeline which both social sites have. They also both have a comment and like button on pictures being posted. Both sites are great for communicating with friends, and family, and are great for businesses trying to promote and grow. Instagram and Facebook also share many of the same users.
The beginning of each social network service started off with different objectives of either meeting new people or keeping in touch with people you already know. Whether updating your status or updatinting a pic, however, the idea behind the function, “connecting” with people,” is the