How Does Social Media Help In Backlinks?

How Does Social Media Help In Backlinks?
I'm still pretty new to building backlinks with social media sites. I'm currently experimenting with Digg and am looking to use Twitter and Facebook in the future. How can one gain link popularity with these social media sites? Please enlighten me.
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