Networking using social media means to use online platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. to create a system of human or organizational connections for socialization for professional and/or personal reasons.

Engaging through social media platform means to mainly communicate with others through text messaging, video calls, or emails. However, individuals also have the ability to share resources with their connections by posting articles on their timeline or sharing links, pictures, or videos about something they value. This is the main way people connected on social media can share their knowledge with one another and learn new things as well.

Through social media we can share and voice our thoughts to a vast number of people around the world in a short amount of time. There are many people who are not comfortable to do this in face to face interactions, therefore, expressing their views and ideas through a screen provide a great alternative.

For professional networks, we become motivated to use PLN’s because we want to use the support of other successful individuals to benefit our careers and move up the ladder in our jobs. Professionals tend to connect with each other for business gains. In the future if there is an urgency, then these connections can help you rise or save you from sinking in you careers.

As mentioned earlier, a great advantage of public communications is that you can reach out to thousands or millions of people all around the world in an instant. When you make strong professional connections, they can benefit your career by helping you learn new things and become more successful.

In the digital era where information is flowing across platforms rapidly, there are possibilities where the information you are reading or learning about is not completely true. There may be material posted online that is aimed to tarnish a person’s or organizations reputation. Rumors that are not true can be spread out to defame someone. Therefore, a person reading this information would need to investigate on their own to figure out whether or not what they are reading is true.