Examples of social media

1. Social networking sites
   e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber, Signal, I-message, Facebook Messenger, WeChat; dating apps such as Tinder, Bumble, Inner Circle, Grindr– sites that connect friends, groups based on interests or professions.

2. Blogs
   e.g. Medium, Wordpress, Blogger, and Tumblr; Twitter can be considered as micro-blogging

3. Image and video sharing platforms
   e.g YouTube, Vimeo, Tumblr, Instagram, Snapchat, Imgur, TikTok, and Pinterest

4. Discussion sites
   e.g. Reddit, Quora

5. Review sites
   e.g Tripadvisor, Yelp and Trustpilot

6. Wikis
   Online publication collaboratively edited and managed by its audience

7. Collaborative working
   e.g. Slack, Podio, Asana, GoogleDocs, HumHub, ELGG, Collectivex, Etherpad or Firepad.

8. Economic platform sites
   e.g. Airbnb, Marktplaats, Crowdfunding/sourcing, e.g. GoFundme, couch-surfing, pet sitting, car sharing, etc.

Adapted from the report "Social media archiving at IISH: Framework for designing a workflow for the selection, acquisition, processing, and access to social media collections" (Unpublished).