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Is YouTube Social Media or a Search Engine?
For a while, you’ve been hearing that YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine. But isn’t YouTube social media?
You can engage with others on YouTube whereas you can’t engage on the search engines.
What Makes Social Media, a Social Media Network?
A social media network consists of people sharing content on a platform. It also allows users to like, comment, or share the content with other users on the same platform.
Not only that but usually the content is seen by others via an algorithm. Gone are the days of the chronically order-based social media posts.
Another feature is that you don’t own the content. The social media network owns the content on the site.
Yes, that means they can take your content down if it doesn’t follow their guidelines.
New Post Feature On YouTube
YouTube has a new posting feature on its social media network. If you go to the community section of your channel you will see it there.
You can ask questions in a poll or just post an image. Furthermore, you can post about a future video you will be sharing on the network.
