Diabetes Diamantina Community: a tool to promote communication and education in diabetes

Background Social networking sites (SNS) like Facebook represent a common place to seek information, but very little is known about the representation and use of health content on SNS. In recent yrs., people with diabetes have taken by the millions to diabetes SNS and blogs as well as main stream social media platforms, like Twitter and Facebook, to connect with their peers in ways that were impossible before. However, these sites vary considerably in quality and authenticity of the content, which is dangerous for diabetics.