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Social Media Day: Social media is a platform where you can stay connected with your friends and relatives and share your personal things. Today social media is everywhere. There are many platforms of social media. While Facebook and Twitter aren’t for everyone, there are plenty of others out there, including blogging, Vine, Snapchat, and even LinkedIn. In view of the increasing popularity of social media and to make people aware of its importance and side effects, Social Media Day is celebrated every year on 30 June. In such a situation, it is important to know about the history to this day. So let’s know about it.

What is the history of social media

Social Media Day was started by Mashable on June 30, 2010. The world’s first social media platform SixDegree was launched in 1997 by Andrew Weinreich. It was closed in 2001 after having more than one million users. Social media got widespread recognition and participation on this day. Since then this day is celebrated as World Social Media Day. At that time, social media did not have much influence on people, hence this day was started to make people aware about it. According to a report, the number of internet users has increased by 7.6 percent in the last few years and has now reached 4.72 billion.

Purpose of Social Media Day

World Social Media Day is celebrated to emphasize the impact of social media and its role in global communication. In today’s changing times, there has been a lot of change in society and lifestyle through social media. The main objective of social media is to reduce the distances between people and connect with each other. It is important to exchange information easily and understand the importance of information. However, wrong information and information are also being spread through this. Due to which social media has also become infamous. But if it is used properly then there can be no greater power than this.

What is the theme of Social Media Day 2023?

The theme of Social Media Day 2023 is ‘The power of social media to make a difference’. This shows the positive impact of social media on our lives.

Importance of social media

– Knowledge and information have expanded through social media.

– People have got the right medium to express their views and feelings.

– Social media has made business, films, education and media more powerful.

– It has become possible to conduct online classes and meetings through social media.