Users have the ability to create custom profilesa) Custom profiles can be shared publicly or kept private (GCFLearnFree, 2015)b) Contents of a profile can include (1 ) Photo(2 ) Rudimentary information(a) Name (b) Orientation (c) Age (d) Physical location(s) State(f) Favorites lists3. Account and Profile Settingsa) The settings found on most sites will allow manipulation of (1) Name (2) Email Address (3) Security (4) Privacy (5) Payment (6) Notification (a) Email (b) Smart device application (7) Search and invite friends (8) Review history (9) Third-party app settings4. “Friending”a) The simple process of requesting another member of the same social networking site to become your friend (Friending, 2007)(1) This is synonymous with Facebook (2) Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat and Vine use the following technique(3) Google+ uses interest circles(4) Tinder uses Facebook's friend creation process5. All current sites allow you to post more than just text messages (Roos, 2007)a) Other types of messages(1) Photo messages(2) Links to third party sites(3) Short or long videos(4) Animated GIFs b ) Uploading images and posting links(1) Most sites and apps will require you to be logged in to your registered account