Facebook, the popular online chat engine, is flying in numbers of online users. In July, Facebook reached 250 million users gaining 800,000 users a day! The company, once a small networking site has evolved into a sensational online phenomenon grabbing the attention of millions of people around the world. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says, "We're just getting started on our goal of connecting everyone." If that's the beginning, then where will it end? In my point of view, Facebook is a exceptionally successful company, but they make go a bit overboard with their users. If all of the U.S. population were on Facebook, their would be a power outages and other electrical problems. Thankfully, that probably won't happen because not only Americans use Facebook. About 70% of Facebook users come from outside America. Facebook started out as an portal for college students, but now grows on to many other Americans, most popularly people over the age of 35. Some experts think Facebook has information that can easily be found and can be used against you. Of course Facebook has some problems, but the intricate site is passing right through them. The company is out of the red, but still fighting against it's nemisis, Twitter. My view on this is that I believe Facebook has done an amazing job with their goal and I think they are an insperation to all other Internet sites. Of course, some things I find about Facebook I dislike, like they are taking the time of people and keep them in front of their computer. Still, I believe Facebook is doing a great job with their job. All in all, I find that Facebook has done a great job even if gluing people to their computers is a side-effect.
Link- http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/16/facebook.profit/index.html
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Wow! For starters, great job on your post! Facebook is great place to connect with old, or current friends but I think that Facebook is getting to be too large. I think that with all of the kids and other adults starting to figure out Facebook's various advantages, they are slowly making the Facebook population larger by the day. Like you said, I also think that with all of the members the social networking site may be getting too large. With the more social networking sites, the more computers will be used and that may not be so good for the environment but overall, Facebook is a great advantage to people all over the world.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog! I agree that Facebook is a good way to connect with old friends, but, like you said, it is preventing people from experiencing the real outside world. It is "gluing" people to their computer. Anyways, you blog was very interesting.
ReplyDeleteLOL, nice blog. You're right about theside affect of facebook being addiction. Facebook is largely growing faster and faster. Not only is facebook capturing the time of people around the ages of 35, but is grabbing the attention of teenagers. Facebook is a very usefull tool when trying to communicate among friends. I never knew that 70% of facebook users are from outside America. Overall, blogpost well said and done. By the way, what does it mean to skyrocket?
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