An article in the New Yorker states, "The world, we are told, is in the midst of a revolution. The new tools of social media have reinvented social activism." The growth of social media in our world has grown to astronomical proportions due to one simple fact, it allows people to take back the power of swaying the consumer. For too long, products were allowed to lie, cheat, and steal their way to the top self in our pantries. Now, consumers won't let that happen and businesses know it all too well. With the invention of social media, critiquing a product, person, or company because simple and packed a significant power. From the comfort of our own homes and behind the anonymity of a computer screen, the people have the power to group up and take down or give praise to anything they want. With the increase in advertising people began to see the evil side of consumerism and banded together to try to stay one-step-ahead of the curve. Now with people able to review other real people's input, we value that input far more than what a twenty second sound byte tells us.
Here are some examples of important Social Media websites:
Social Networking:
1. Facebook Approximately 700million users
2. Twitter Approximately 200million users
3. Bebo Approximately 120million users
4. MySpace Approximately 100million users
5. Friendster Approximately 90million users
6. Hi5 Approximately 80million users
7. Xanga Approximately 30million users
8. LiveJournal Approximately 12million users
9. StumbleUpon Approximately 11million users
10. Tumblr Approximately 10million users
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