Social Media Explained – Possibly by a Dog [Infographic]

Warning: do not read this post if you are in a meeting or stuck in line somewhere. You might pee your pants. Thankfully, this picture also explains the best social network on which to break the news.

This simple, numberless infographic from Adverblog looks like it was printed on computer paper, taped to a wall, photographed, and posted on Facebook, which does not make it any less awesome. It’s a breakdown of the major social networks Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Quora, YouTube, and LinkedIn, where status updates are made every day for completely different reasons.

I suspect that my dog wrote all the copy, except for number four.  Cowboy knows full well why he’s peeing.  He tweeted several minutes ago that he was ready for a walk. When he got no response, the beagle checked into the landing on the stairs and relieved himself, uploading a video to YouTube and posting it on Facebook – partially to show off to the poodles next door, but mostly to make me feel guilty.  And judging by the “skills” he listed on his LinkedIn profile, he seems pretty pleased with himself .

Picture by Adverblog via Facebook. Featured Image by Nikolai Pozdeev via Shutterstock.

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