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<strong><em>Social media networks and applications like Facebook and Twitter have become a primary means by which many people exchange information on a day-to-day basis. </em></strong>This exchange is made public more often than not; a musician might publicize, for example, that she’s performing at a local hotspot for her family and friends, who could then share the announcement with a broader circle of contacts in turn. The spread of information is exponential, which is precisely why these services can correctly claim to <br>“bring people closer together.” <a href="https://medium.com/p/d3c0b8d2a512/" target="_blank">Even dating applications fall under this category.</a> The most surprising fact about these social media networks upon reflection, however, is that the information that crosses their channels is produced in almost every case by the users themselves. The content that attracts a user to Facebook, in other words, is not created by a production team at Facebook headquarters, but by the users themselves that opt to publicize their information on this particular platform as opposed to any other.