Facebook

 

Facebook

Tera Smith

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Facebook is an amazing way of keeping in touch with family and friends. It is also used for networking and to help with employment.  There are several reasons why people choose to use Facebook. Weather it is for pleasure, personal use, business, information and so much more. Facebook was originally formatted for college kids to stay in touch with their friends and families. It began to branch out and catch on very quickly. There are now people of all ages using it. There is an age limit of 13 years but is seldom upheld.  People from all over the world use Facebook it is the new fad. It once had a competitor called MySpace but Facebook quickly put them under due to the capacity to upload information and photos very quickly. I myself switched over to Facebook due to this fact. The owner of Facebook has made it such an Icon and spends several hours daily encrypting it and keeping up on the new trends.

According to Top 5 Myths about Facebook (Atteberry, 1998-2012) the top five myths are, Facebook is going to sell your pictures, Facebook destroys your social skills, Company X Is going to buy Facebook, Facebook’s founder took the thought for the Facebook site, and lastly they’re going to make people pay for Facebook. All of which is not true and these myths have been out there for years now. Although there are times when people wonder if these myths are going to come true when they are constantly changing the face of Facebook and people do not like the unknown. Every time people see a change there is talk on Facebook about what is happening to the site. None of which usually happens. Although, there are times when people wonder if they will be able to access their Facebook pages due to the changes made to the site. It is extremely frustrating to people when we depend on Facebook for a lot of information and work. Facebook is a large part of people’s daily life and people just do not like the unknown or change.

References

Attenberry,J (1998-2012) Top 5 Myths About Facebook, HowStuffWorks,  Retrieved July 5,2012 from http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/tech-myths/5-myths-about-facebook1.htm