Facebook

The technology of the world is expanding each day.  Many people now use their computers to socialize and connect with their friends on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.  In the past many people communicated in person or over phone which would take much more time, now in the year 2012 you can simultaneously contact your friends in a single second.  This technology has been extremely helpful and has helped evolve the way people communicate, but there are also downsides to it.  Using Facebook or Twitter can be addictive and can take a large amount of time out of your day and can be hard to get away from.  Also social networking is extremely unforgiving as one may post something that can defer a future employer from hiring you.

Facebook is a very helpful tool for businesses to get there ideas out to a large audiences.  If a company would like to put out a public statement or announcement they can put a status update out which all of the people who like their page will see.  Another valuable way to market on Facebook is to by paying for your ad to be shown on the side bar of the browser.

The main driving force behind Facebook is the social aspect.  There are more than 845 million active users.  The majority of the user base is people using the website to converse with friends and share pictures and reconnect with friends.  Lots of my friends like to use Facebooks chat feature as an instant messenger.  It’s a great feature that allows friends to communicate quickly.   

Entertainment is a major component of Facebook.  The way a user interacts with the entertainment aspect is by liking a page.  After liking a page it allows the users to receive updates on their favorite movies and musicians.  Another aspect of Facebooks entertainment is that there are thousands of apps on Facebook.  Many social games such as FarmVille have become extremely popular and have helped draw more users to Facebook.

Many popular news outlets such as ESPN, CNN and the Yankees all put statuses up and keep users updated with up to the minute breaks in news.  These pages are extremely helpful to get messages and news out as quickly as possible.

For recreational purposes Facebook has apps that are games which many people enjoy killing time with.  Also, Facebook allows for users to browse through there friends photos and they can comment on there photos.