General Information On The Use Of Social Networks In South Africa

By Cornelia White


The invention of social media saw the world become transformed into a global village. People can now communicate with each other from all corners of the globe, send each other photos, share ideas, find jobs among other things. The use of social networks in South Africa has increased greatly since the invention of these media. The reason for this great increase is the fact that many individuals in the country have become internet savvy.

These social platforms are numerous each having an added advantage to another, all in a bid to meet the different needs of users. To join most of these networks is free though there are some that may require an individual to pay some small fee. The first process to use these media starts with creating an account with them. This can be done so by use of an email or mobile phone number and filling in some personal information among other things.

A computer connected to the internet or mobile phones are the devices through which persons access their accounts on the platforms. There are however particular platforms in SA that can only to be accessed using the mobile phone. Such only require a user to join using his phone number and is able to chat easily for free with other individuals on his phone book.

Of course these platforms accessible over the phones do require the individual to have a telephone that has certain internet software. Therefore not all phones can access the systems. There are also specific media that can only be accessed if the user has a specific mobile brand. This kind of platform is also very popular among people in South Africa.

Many people know that just the many functions of these media, but not all of them are aware that one can find employment through this means. There is a certain platform widely used in South Africa by professionals or people looking for jobs to link with other personnel in the same career path all over the world. Job advertisements are usually placed in the network and one can easily apply as a member.

Another great benefit of the platforms is entrepreneurial people have find them a great avenue to advertise their businesses. They do this by posting their goods and services on the systems. They then urge friends to share it among their friends and soon one is able to get a wide base of clients than he would normally have.

But there have been certain drawbacks with the inception of these systems. There have been many cases where people have been duped to giving money for things that do not exist. Other issues have involved kidnaps and deaths resulting from people meeting other individuals the met over the internet and do not really know them well. All these problems are however avoidable when people take great caution when talking to strangers.

Apart from the fun aspect, people have found a lot of benefits of social networks in South Africa. The fact that persons can send messages and receive replies immediately from people far away is just overwhelming. Internet awareness has also been improved greatly through these systems.




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