My first impression when I log into Facebook now is that it looks cluttered. There is too much going on. You look to your left and there's groups, friends, apps, pages... look in the middle and there's your "timeline" or feed, with friend recommendations and advertisements thrown in... and then you look to the right and there's more friends, advertisements, and suggestions. I'm one of the few people who didn't make a Facebook when it got very popular. I actually made my Facebook after I made a Twitter, and I hated it. I never got into it for the lone reason that there was too much going on.
Twitter on the other hand, has a very user-friendly interface. It has a very clean look and feel to it. You can see your profile and current trends on the left hand side, your timeline in the middle, and suggestions on who to follow on the right. Twitter uses advertisements as well, but implement them almost seamlessly into your timeline in the form of "sponsored tweets." Furthermore, the Twitter app is even easier to use than the web version.
Instagram is in the same boat as Twitter in terms of simplicity. They too, use a scrolling timeline feature to display content for the user. Instagram makes it easy to view. like, edit, etc. photos and more.
I found that I had to play around with Pinterest a little bit longer than Twitter or Instagram before I got the hang of it, but once you get used to it, it is pretty easy to use. Like Twitter, it has a very "clean" design to it. Pinterest is another platform whose app is just as good, if not better than its web-version. They make it very easy to search, browse through categories, pin, and re-pin.
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