Social networks and their possibilities

Our team:
Maryna Kolesnyk – language expert, web design
Ivanna Kraievs’ka – language expert
Mariana Dluzhnevska – information expert
Vitalina Labus – information expert
Inna Phrunze – searching pictures

A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, who, for example, share interests or activities.

A social network service consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of additional services.
Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, activities, events, and interests within their individual networks.

Possibilities of social networks
Connecting with people with similar interests all over the world
The ability to meet new friends and find old ones
The ability to find any necessary information or advice
The ability to access goods and services
The ability to use social networks as means of low-cost grassroots organizing for activists

Uploading your own photos to share
with other people
Access music and videos
The ability to create groups that share common interests, upload or stream live videos, and hold discussions in forums.
An opportunity to find a job for employees

Popular social networks

The most popular
social networks
in Russia and Ukraine
Facebook
Twitter
Vkontakte
Odnoklassniki

Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004. As of February 2012, Facebook has more than 845 million active users. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow students.

Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets". It was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with over 300 million users as of 2011.

Vkontakte
VKontakte is a Russian social networking service. Founder Pavel Durov launched VKontakte for beta testing in September 2006. As of January 2012, VK has over 140 million accounts. It is the fourth most visited website in Russia and Ukraine.

Odnoklassniki
Odnoklassniki is a social networking service for classmates and old friends reunion popular in Russia and other former Soviet Republics. It was created by Albert Popkov on March 4, 2006. The website currently claims that it has more than 45 million registered users and 10 million daily unique visitors.