William Fitzpatrick

BCA

Mr. Hennings

Period 4

10/29/13

Facebook Response

In our world today, technology is becoming more and more prominent throughout the world. A technology that is spreading across the globe is that of social media. Social media includes websites such as Facebook and Myspace. Facebook was founded in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and his college roommates. The original intention for the website was create a social media site that would allow students at Harvard University to become acquainted at the beginning of the school year. The site was originally limited to Harvard students, but then eventually became open to students in Ivy League colleges from Boston to Stanford. Facebook then eventually spread around the world and was made available to everybody in the world claiming to be thirteen years of age.

Facebook now has around 1,110,000,000 monthly active users and the monthly time spent by these users on Facebook is around seven billion minutes. Facebook has increased the level of communication for the better around the world and is useful because it connects people around the world and allows for information to be spread. People use Facebook for recreational purposes to stay in touch with friends and family. But Facebook can also from a business standpoint in order to make connections with possible clients or other business opportunities. Facebook is also useful to businesses for advertising.

Even though Facebook has many positives it also can pose threats to people. This is because once someone puts a picture or post on Facebook it can be viewed by all the people you are friends with and it is very hard to get it back. It also affects people in their college application process and possibly their job hunt process. This is because colleges and future employers have the ability to view your profile and if you have something posted that you don’t want them to see, it could mean that you are not getting into that college or getting that job.

Even though social media such as Facebook are becoming more and more popular and have many advantages, they also have possible dangers that could potentially affect you later in life. It is imperative that people use social media to their advantage and not to their disadvantage.

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