|Social media helps philanthropic efforts| |Written by Holyoke
Enterprise| Social media has largely changed the way people
communicate with one another. People can now instantly share
thoughts and opinions with people on the other side of the
globe. The prevalence of social media has also made it easier
for charities to share a mission statement or message—like a
call to volunteer or submit a donation. The global reach of
social media is impressive. Sources including Google, Mac World,
Socialnomics and Pingdom cite some amazing statistics with
regard to the reach of social media, including: —One in every
nine people on Earth is on Facebook. —People spend 700 billion
minutes per month on Facebook. —YouTube has generated 450
million unique users who visit every month. The site also boasts
92 billion page views per month. —Twitter handles around 190
million tweets per day. —Google+ was the fastest social network
to reach 10 million, doing so in just 16 days. —During an
average 20-minute period registered in 2010