Over the last 10 years
or so, Facebook has become the number one used social networking website in the
world. This social networking website allows users to interact and share
information with their “friends”. It was created in 2004 by a college student
name Mark Zuckerberg. Even though there are obvious positive aspects of
Facebook, there are many negative aspects as well; many of them have to do with
the privacy policy.
Facebook can be used by
businesses to advertise and interact with the community. A page on Facebook is
when a company creates a page that can be viewed and “liked” by users on the
site. When users like the page is shows the amount of people who support the
company or product, and it also is a way to promote. Creating a Facebook page
is very easy; all you need to do is create an account and select to create a
page. This is a very useful way to advertise because it is cheap and it will
reach a large amount of potential customers. The negative part of Facebook for businesses
is that the customers can show their dislike for the company publicly and it
can be seen by many others users. As of recently the advertising aspect of Facebook
has been spinning out of control. This is bad for the site and the companies that
want to advertise. This can lower a company’s or product’s rep and it can lower
the sales.
The main use of the social
media site, Facebook, is social interaction. Facebook allows you to look at
friends’ pictures and status updates to see what they have been doing recently.
The interactions include chats, which are in real time and are a quick way of
interacting. However, there are many negatives in Facebook that have to do with
the fine print that the users agree to when signing up for a profile. The
privacy of a user is not protected very well. The companies can sell the users
information to other companies without the consent of the user. This can lead
to unwanted phone calls, viruses, and even identity theft. Users assume that
they can only be viewed by their friends, but this isn’t true. Many profiles
can be accessed by most of the world if they want to and if the users puts
personal information on their profile, such as their address and telephone, it
can be taken. Users have to be more careful when putting information on the
social media sites like Facebook because they never know who is going to read
it.
Like many of the
business on Facebook, entrainment can use the site for the same purpose. A movie,
show, or an individual in the music industry can promote themselves by creating
ads and pages on Facebook. It can tell fans when dates of events are and
special things like coupons and previews can be viewed by “liking” it on
twitter. The negative part of Facebook for the entertainment industry is that not
everyone is going to look at the page, so the whole advertising can be a
complete bust.
News on Facebook
spreads like wildfire if the event is of a large enough magnitude. This is the
best part of having the news on the site besides the fact that users can give
their opinions on the topics and talk to others. They can also start
fundraisers and pages to create awareness for certain situations and events.
There aren’t any negative aspects of Facebook that affect the news.
As far as recreational is
concerned the biggest part is the games on Facebook. The free games are a way
for the site to make money for the companies to pay to have their games on the
site. Also those companies are able to expand their horizons and make new fans
because Facebook has so many users that can play the games. The bad part of
having all the games is that they can get access to your information and they
are also very annoying when they pop up on your wall without you letting them
to do so. Also it is a very easy way to get viruses or to get hacked.
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