Competency Task 2 - Benefits and Negative Aspects!

Another task for Competency Task 2 is that we have to talk about both the benefits and negative aspects of organisations posting information across a number of different social media platforms.

BENEFITS

*Great way to communicate with other people to get them interested in their product or group or organisation. Probably the more you use the better.
*It's free, as there is no licencing fees to join the social media platforms.
*There is a help function if you get stuck.
*Each one has different functions that will suit different purposes.
*Privacy settings are there for people's or organistions profiles whether it be an individual profile or for a group.



NEGATIVES

*Like everything can be abused. E.g. hackers etc. But if necessary precautions are taken you should be fine.
*A lot of older people are wary of the social media platforms. E.g. Time, privacy or not how to use it and the horror stories.
*Some functions my not suit everyone. I've noticed with Twitter when you do tweet it sets a character limit. With facebook it isn't an issue.
*People sometimes can behave inappropriately on the social media platforms, which can put people off from using them. As the horror stories can be off putting for some. But what people forget you can block people or delete them or ban them from the group. It sadly is a vocal minority who spoil it for everyone else.