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Social Media Websites – The Differences Between Google & Twitter

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The main differences between social media websites – Google+ and Twitter

Social Media Websites – The differences between Google+ and Twitter: It’s useful to know the differences between these two social media websites in order to decide which is most appropriate for you as a singer and to learn which social media websites allow you to do certain features.

Social Media Websites

Social Media Websites – Posts

The main difference between social media websites, Google+ and Twitter is that Twitter limits each post to 140 characters, so that all tweets are short and precise. Google+ doesn’t put any limits in their posts, so users are free to write what they wish. When sharing posts, Twitter allows a user to ‘retweet’ which copies the tweet onto their feed and their followers can see it. Google+ gives you ‘reshare’ option but you can also add comments, and with no limit on posts you can add anything.

Social Media Websites – Public Profiles

On Twitter you either go public and everyone can see your tweets, or you can go private where only people you that you approve can see your tweets. Whereas, when using Google+ allows you to post publicly to all of your followers, but also to a specific group of people called ‘Circles’.  These circles are small groups you segment your followers into after you’ve followed them. A plus side to this is that the person you followed can’t see the circle you put them in.

Twitter and Google+ – Social Media Websites

Social Media Websites – Followers

Twitter’s equivalent to Google+’s circles are lists. When you follow a person on Twitter you can then put them in a selected list, however many tweeters don’t use this option. Google+ makes the circles option compulsory so that everyone you follow is automatically put into a separate circle. This is a benefit for users as it makes it always their followers to be organised as soon as they follow them.

Social Media Websites – Hash tagging (#)

One of Twitter’s unique selling points when it began was its use of the hash tag (#), which allows users to get involved in public conversation by using the conversation’s hash tag. You can also use Twitter hash tags as a way of relating something to your tweet. Google+ also uses hash tags to create public conversations similarly to Twitter. BUT they also have a setting that users can activate that allows Google+ to automatically add relevant hash tags on what you’re posting.