Class Activity: What kinds of functions make a website a Social Media Platform?

List of Social Media Platforms

13 types of social media platforms

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  root["Social Media Platforms"]
    sub1("Social networking sites")
    sub2("Micro-blogging sites")
    sub3("Publishing tools")
    sub4("Collaboration tools")
    sub5("Rating/Review sites")
    sub6("Photo sharing sites")
    sub7("Video sharing sites")
    sub8("Personal broadcasting tools")
    sub9("Virtual worlds")
    sub10("Location based services")
    sub11("Widgets")
    sub12("Social bookmarking and news aggregation")
    sub13("Group buying")

Source: http://www.168solution.com/news-info/13-types-of-social-media-platforms-and-counting

Class Activity: Give examples of social media platforms you know and categorize them based on their types (Discussion)

Most Popular Social Media Platforms in 2025 and Those with Over 100 Million Active Users

https://www.dreamgrow.com/top-15-most-popular-social-networking-sites/

https://explodingtopics.com/blog/top-social-media-platforms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_platforms_with_at_least_100_million_active_users

Different Generations’ Social Media Platform Preference

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Source: https://www.ypulse.com/article/2020/05/06/gen-z-millennials-5-favorite-social-media-platforms-now/