Facebook pages today are everywhere. They are advertised on news stations, TV channels, commercials, and in magazines. it has left its fingerprints all over the media and throughout society.
It started back in February 2004. At first it was only limited to local Boston colleges and universities. By July 2010, it had reached over 500 million active users worldwide in just six short years.
It was created by Mark Zuckerberg, a computer science major and his college roommates and classmates, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes during his sophomore year at Harvard. The site was limited to only Harvard students at first but later expanded to other schools and universities in the area. Later the expansion spread to high school students and then spread further to anyone over the age of thirteen.
It's usage popularity caught on and spread like wildfire. It quickly surpassed other social networking sites, like MySpace, out of the water. it's features and capabilities, networking wise, were more effective than MySpace because of the vast social networking web that is created.
So why is it so much more popular than other networking sites? The theory is that MySpace, another social networking site that was once ranked number one, allegedly achieved poor publicity. Parents claimed that MySpace was attracting male predators who victimized young teenagers. it's advanced features and professional look quickly surpassed MySpace in a short time.
One reason why it became more successful than MySpace is the business world really caught on to it. All kinds of businesses, organizations, stores, and even schools can be found on it. Even news stations and TV shows will tell their audiences to "Find Us on it". This is what made it so huge.
What's different with this social networking site is that it really caught on to businesses and organizations. Just about every business or organization has created a it page. This may be to generate "fans" or sponsors, get people interested in their products or services, or to just add contacts. Today's commercials and advertisements all encourage readers or listeners to log on to it and "friend" them or "become a fan".
Another popular it feature is its "friends" suggestions. Once you add your place of employment, hometown, or school, it will suggest friends or coworkers for you to add to your contact list as it reads and recognizes the common interests between you and another contact. Imagine over 500 million users connected to 500 million users. One can clearly see how it has affected our society. It has made us closer and opened communication among us. Social networking sites have made our world smaller and opened and connected ourselves more closely. It's amazing how a small idea became so big.
It started back in February 2004. At first it was only limited to local Boston colleges and universities. By July 2010, it had reached over 500 million active users worldwide in just six short years.
It was created by Mark Zuckerberg, a computer science major and his college roommates and classmates, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes during his sophomore year at Harvard. The site was limited to only Harvard students at first but later expanded to other schools and universities in the area. Later the expansion spread to high school students and then spread further to anyone over the age of thirteen.
It's usage popularity caught on and spread like wildfire. It quickly surpassed other social networking sites, like MySpace, out of the water. it's features and capabilities, networking wise, were more effective than MySpace because of the vast social networking web that is created.
So why is it so much more popular than other networking sites? The theory is that MySpace, another social networking site that was once ranked number one, allegedly achieved poor publicity. Parents claimed that MySpace was attracting male predators who victimized young teenagers. it's advanced features and professional look quickly surpassed MySpace in a short time.
One reason why it became more successful than MySpace is the business world really caught on to it. All kinds of businesses, organizations, stores, and even schools can be found on it. Even news stations and TV shows will tell their audiences to "Find Us on it". This is what made it so huge.
What's different with this social networking site is that it really caught on to businesses and organizations. Just about every business or organization has created a it page. This may be to generate "fans" or sponsors, get people interested in their products or services, or to just add contacts. Today's commercials and advertisements all encourage readers or listeners to log on to it and "friend" them or "become a fan".
Another popular it feature is its "friends" suggestions. Once you add your place of employment, hometown, or school, it will suggest friends or coworkers for you to add to your contact list as it reads and recognizes the common interests between you and another contact. Imagine over 500 million users connected to 500 million users. One can clearly see how it has affected our society. It has made us closer and opened communication among us. Social networking sites have made our world smaller and opened and connected ourselves more closely. It's amazing how a small idea became so big.
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