Characteristics Of Social Networks

Social networks are understood as a series of platforms that are aimed at the general population, these platforms serve in particular to people but they have also been used by institutions and companies to spread their services and products.

This type of platform has produced a widely accepted boom due to the lightness they have, the friendly or deductive nature of their interfaces, as well as exploiting the human need for communication.

One of the main characteristics of social networks, is the possibility of being connected in real time with people who are at very distant distances distant or for their usefulness in times of disasters, where this type of platforms have demonstrated their real utility.

Services, risks and characteristics of social networks:

Accessibility.- This is one of the most appreciable and sought after distinctive features of these platforms, as it allows anyone to person, just by being connected to a network or terminal, enter your data and access one of these networks.

Armor.- Users of social networks are also given the possibility of shielding their data, but out of ignorance or practicality these options are rarely used, which greatly increases the risk of theft or kidnapping of identity.

Share.- It is an ideal way to share files such as photos, videos or texts without generating a very high cost or even without generating it.

Community and Real Time.- These are presented by the formation of groups and the conversation in the community in the real moment in which it is carried out.

Story.- In these sites you can give a brief history of your life or save what is known as conversation history, which can be saved on your computer or on the platform directly.

Virtual Identity.- This occurs when you establish your own pseudonym with which you can be identified in a particular way without giving your name directly.

Personalization.- You can enter your data or give it a specific and open format to your platform; With this you can reveal broad traits of your personality and in case they are companies or institutions they can give information or promotion within their own page.

Practicality.- It avoids the saturation of the networks due to the simplicity of the messages, and nowadays it allows the transmission of live video or voice messages in real time.

Risks.- The data of each individual is usually entered in a trusting and indiscriminate way so that the so-called "hackers" or cyber pirates steal the data and carry out extortions or that organized crime kidnaps naive infants or even carries out cyber vandalism with charges to credit cards, debit cards etc.

Another very susceptible risk in the population is addiction to social networks, since its low cost and high performance can cause indiscriminate use, causing the user to consume up to 50% of their time in this type of network, causing social, family, health and even economic damage, turning the user into what they have called parasites of Internet.

Finally, the risk of harassment in which some people fall when insisting and attacking others for being the more discreet medium that exists, since what today is called the "bullyng cyber ”.

Selection.- It allows you to publish and delete the images, which although it is said that they are not deleted directly from the servers if they are removed from the direct publication.

Service.- Through smartphones and existing wireless networks in most capitals and cities of the world, you can have contact permanent with thousands of people while we are doing our daily tasks, when we walk on the street or we are in the college.

Variety.- The variety of social networks is such that anyone could use them, even without services permanent such as telephone or computer, using so-called computer centers or internet cafes, where you carry out your queries.