International holidays - World Social Media Day

Since 2010, World Social Media Day has been celebrated annually on June 30th Web resources have revolutionized communication, bringing together Internet users from more than 200 countries The holiday was created by the entertainment, cultural and news platform Mashable The resource initiative was supported by IT industry professionals and ordinary account holders from all over the world The widespread use of the World Wide Web has led to the creation of platforms for users to communicate The first social network was Classmatescom, which appeared in America in 1995 It is still active and has about 50 million users from the USA, Canada and European countries An analogue of the resource in Russia is the Odnoklassniki project, launched in 2006 The real boom and craze for networks all over the world occurred in 2003-2004 At this time, the largest platforms that are still popular are opened One of them was LinkedIn, whose goal is to maintain and establish business contacts with users from hundreds of countries in 150 business sectors During these same years, MySpace for rock musicians and Facebook began operating, which were used for self-expression, communication and creativity Mark Zuckerberg's project began as a network for Harvard students, but gradually it became available to a wide audience, which sends up to 100 billion messages every day using the resource Internet users also use blog hosting to realize their creative ambitions and exchange opinions The very first, Livejournalcom (“Live Journal”), was opened in 1999 The portal hosts electronic diaries and discussions between subscribers and authors LunarStorm has been an analogue of LiveJournal in Sweden since 2000, and Cyworld, founded in 2001, in Korea Another blog hosting site is often compared to LiveJournal - the Twitter project, which appeared in 2006 In the same year, the social network Vkontakte was opened - the leader among network resources among users from the CIS countries The platform is the most popular audio and video hosting on the RuNet The Internet has introduced each other and united millions of users from many countries around the world Social networks that exist in its vastness are used for various purposes: • for communication and information exchange - this function is especially important for people with disabilities, introverts and those who suffer from tension and psychological complexes during personal communication; • for work and distance learning; • for creative self-expression and entertainment - poems, photographs, videos, recipes, etc are posted on the page; • to create a virtual “I” (self-presentation) - here a modest and shy man can transform into a brutal macho, and a girl with far from model appearance can appear before account visitors in the image of a Hollywood diva Communication on social networks can be highly specialized Thanks to Plaxo, users are engaged in career building and professional growth On Autokadabraru, motorists exchange opinions, and on the Geni family resource, owners of 225 million profiles are looking for ancestors to create a family tree Social networks play an important role in the lives of modern people who spend a lot of time in the digital space It is estimated that the average person uses social media for 144 minutes per day The appearance of an international holiday in honor of social networks is not accidental, which is why World Social Media Day is celebrated around the world on June 30th