RESTful Java Web Services - Third Edition

Social media platforms

Social media platforms are based on Web 2.0 technology which serves as the interactive medium for collaboration, communication, and sharing among users. We can classify social media platforms broadly based on their usage as follows:

Social networking services	Platforms where people manage their social circles and interact with each other, such as Facebook.
Social bookmarking services	Allows one to save, organize, and manage links to various resource over the internet, such as StumbleUpon.
Social media news	Platform that allows people to post news or articles, such as reddit.
Blogging services	Platform where users can exchange their comments on views, such as Twitter.
Document sharing services ...