I use facebook on a daily basis to see what friends are doing, talk with friends and family and even to catch up on some news or sporting events.…
First, when you register for Facebook for the first time, the site gives you an opportunity to upload a picture of yourself. Most everyone chooses to upload one instead of not doing so, so people out there will have a face to go with the name. You want to be very careful though, of what pictures you do post can be revealing and inappropriate, and now those pictures are out there on the web for anyone to see.…
Facebook is an online social network in which was designed for communication and to get "in-touch" with out of state relatives, friends, or plainly for fun. Although originally Facebook was initially geared towards college kids, it is now a online phenomenon to all people ranged in age from elementary school kids to seniors in old people homes. As a result, this means almost everyone except me has one. Because of this, I have now decided to purposed the idea of being allowed to have one myself.…
Facebook is the most popular and widely used social networking site in today’s society. Social networking sites have increasingly become popular over the last few years, with new sites emerging every day. Facebook meets the three criteria needed in order to be coined a social networking site. According to class lecture, those criteria are; 1. Be able to make a profile, 2. Be able to communicate with others, and 3. Be able to view the entire network. Facebook was started by Mark Zuckerberg and three friends, while at Harvard University in 2004 (pg. 294). The site was originally intended for college students (those who attended Harvard) only, but in 2005 Facebook was available to those that held a .edu email address. In 2006, anyone that was over the age of thirteen, and had a valid email address could join Facebook (pg. 294).…
One of the new phenomenon’s of our generation is facebook, and with over four hundred million users on it, it is definitely not hard to add friends easily. However, Facebook is also an easy way to replace the outside world with spending all day surfing other peoples profiles. Facebook is a social networking website that was originally designed for college students, but is now open to anyone 13 years of age or older. Facebook users can create and customize their own profiles with photos, videos, and other information about themselves. Also, friends can browse the profiles of other friend’s pages and comment on their updated status or just write on the wall of the person. Facebook is a great website for finding old friends and connecting to new ones, however using the site too much can make people less inclined to interact face to face with other people.…
Facebook connected the user with all the peoples around him, start from his classmate, to his relative, and his family.…
Facebook is an online social networking site founded in 2004 (Facebook.com, n.d.). The purpose of this website is to connect family and friends and to share content such as pictures, status updates, and event invites between the user’s contacts. The site also has numerous games that many users participate in for entertainment. The website states the mission of Facebook is to “give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected,” (Facebook.com, n.d.). Every day millions of people log on to connect with friends and family, sharing photos, links, and videos.…
Facebook.com was created in 2004 and has quickly become a college phenomenon. Lately, it has transformed from a small Harvard students-only project into an exclusive 600 million users strong social portal, offering a window into the people's lives. Facebook, on its most basic level, redefines social networking and allows users to create and maintain virtual profiles that contain personal, academic and contact information. In many ways, Facebook has impacted on the social life and activity of people. The most common effects of having a Facebook profile are the lack of privacy, getting into addiction and neglecting the real, social life.…
In a nutshell, Facebook is one of the top 4 new social media platforms (the others being Youtube, Twitter and LinkedIn) that allows for users to interact, influence…
One of the earliest social media websites to meet new people is MySpace. A person can search the MySpace database for any individual who is registered to the network and request them as a friend. The user can also build a personal blog page about his or herself; post photos, send comments, e-mails, and instant messages to his or her friends.…
Facebook as we all know is a social networking website launched in February 2004. Its aim was that users can add people as friends, send them messages and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves…
Recently, the social networking sites are getting much more popular on the internet. They are playing a vital role in the way that individuals can easily create their own online profiles, construct their identities and help communicate with each other. Literally, there are many social networking sites worldwide; however, Facebook is the most well-known one since the number of its visitors is significantly increasing. Historically, Facebook was founded almost nine years ago by three undergraduate students of Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg and his two colleges, where it was firstly used by the members who have only ‘.edu’ email addresses. A month later since Facebook had been launched; it was spread very fast where it was used by the majority of Harvard students, then the number of Facebook users increased rapidly after Zuckerberg had left Harvard and move to California in order to make the site expanded more and more (Valenzuela, Park, Kee, 2008). The majority of the individuals who are surfing the internet, spend lots of time on Facebook. They are able to visit their own profiles as well as they can even browse profiles of other people and share interests like photos, games and information (Mikolaj et al., 2011), (Boyd & Ellison, 2007). In this paper, there are a number of questions concerning the Facebook and will be answered.…
Facebook (originally "The facebook") is a social networking website launched in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, then 23, while studying psychology at Harvard University. Membership was initially limited to students of Harvard College, but soon the social site was subsequently extended to other Boston universities, the Ivy League and eventually all US universities (Yadav, 2006).…
Facebook is a worldwide phenomenon with over 800 million users worldwide. It is a brilliant and free way of communicating with people we love, sharing memories and even saving lives.…
Facebook is a social networking site that allows users over the age of 13 to share photos, keep in touch with friends, and make new acquaintances. Opening a Facebook account is exceedingly effortless. All one has to do is provide one’s full name, one’s e-mail, and one’s birthday. I strongly believe that People under 18 should not be allowed on Facebook. Once you are a member of Facebook, not only do your friends look at your account, but people from all around the world are able to access your profile page and it will be dangerous to people under 18. Facebook also caused numerous “cyber-bullying”, and there are numerous dangers that you might face.…