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A social media enabling infrastructure
| “ | consists of the distributed architecture of hardware and software that enables the provision of social media sites. This infrastructure may be owned by social media operators or third-party providers, and includes data centers containing the computer systems that serve, store, and process data and telecommunication systems that aid the flow of information to, from, and within a social media network. This infrastructure enables social media operators to host content; provide content recommendations; deliver content to users with minimal delay; and store, mine, and share user and partner data. Social media operators rely heavily on public and private telecommunication networks to provide content and exchange data with end users.[1] | ” |