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Social media are computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and social networking services. The variety of stand-alone and built-in social media services currently available introduces challenges of definition.
We are using a variety of these social media to connect us with you, to let you look behind the scenes and to always keep you up to date.
Click on one icon (symbol) to get to our respective social media page.
Facebook allows users to create a customized profile indicating their name, occupation, schools attended and so on. Users can add other users as "friends", exchange messages, post status updates, share photos, videos and links and receive notifications of other users' activity. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups organized by workplace, school, hobbies or other topics.
Ravelry is a free social networking service, beta-launched in May 2007 by Casey und Jessica Forbes. It functions as an organizational tool for a variety of fiber arts including knitting, crocheting, spinning and weaving. Moreover members can share projects, ideas and their collection of yarn, fiber and tools via various groups and forums.
Instagram (short for Instant Telegram) is a photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, Inc. An account's posts can be shared publicly or with pre-approved followers. Users can browse other users' content by tags and locations, and view trending content. Users can "like" photos, and follow other users to add their content to a feed.
Pinterest Pinterest is a free website that requires registration to use. Users can upload, save, sort, and manage images - known as pins - and other media content (e.g., videos) through collections known as pinboards. Content can also be found outside Pinterest and similarly uploaded to a board via the "Pin It" button, which can be downloaded to the bookmark bar on a web browser, or be implemented by a webmaster directly on the website.
