What is The Real Purpose of Social Media?

[fromrachel]

What is the real purpose of social media? Is it really good for business?

 

[TiffanyPineda]

So you know how you watch the news, and there's that ticker going by with information about news that they're not currently reporting on? That's what Facebook and Twitter are like. You go there, just to see what friends/family are up to, but it's not meant to be the main social interaction you have with people. In fact it helps you get contact with your friends in the fast way.