As we all known that nowadays Facebook is the most popular communication technology. What is meant by Facebook? Let me share with you what I had found about Facebook. Based on Wikipedia, Facebook is a social networking service and Web site launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommated and fellow computer science students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. Facebook has more than 800 million active users (July 2011).
Before using Facebook, users must register first. After that they can create personal profiles with photos, list of personal interests, contact information and other personal information. User can communicate with friends and other users through private or public messages and a chat feature. Besides that, users can create and joint interest groups.
What are the most popular applications on Facebook? Sure everybody knows it. The answer is the Photos application. Facebook allow users to upload albums and unlimited number of photos. Privacy settings can be set for individual albums and limiting the groups of users that can see an album. For instance the privacy of an album can be set so that only the user’s friends can see the album, while the privacy of another album can be set so that all Facebook users can see it.
Another special feature of the Photo applications application is the ability to “tag” or label users in a photo. For example, if a photo contains a user’s friend, then the user can tag the friend in the photo. This sends a notification to the friend that they have been tagged and provides them a link to see the photo.
What are the most popular applications on Facebook? Sure everybody knows it. The answer is the Photos application. Facebook allow users to upload albums and unlimited number of photos. Privacy settings can be set for individual albums and limiting the groups of users that can see an album. For instance the privacy of an album can be set so that only the user’s friends can see the album, while the privacy of another album can be set so that all Facebook users can see it.
Another special feature of the Photo applications application is the ability to “tag” or label users in a photo. For example, if a photo contains a user’s friend, then the user can tag the friend in the photo. This sends a notification to the friend that they have been tagged and provides them a link to see the photo.
What is social impact of Facebook? Facebook has affected the social life and activity of people in various ways. Facebook allows users to continuously stay in touch with friends and relatives wherever they are in the world, as long as there is access to the Internet. Facebook also unite people with common interests and beliefs through groups and other pages and has been known to reunite lost family members and friends.
It’s true as it happened to me where I can find my old classmates during my primary and secondary school through Facebook. As a result from this we organized our reunion on previous Hari Raya Aidil Fitri. It's really work as I met my old friend and keep in touch with them after not seen in each other nearly 15 years.
It’s true as it happened to me where I can find my old classmates during my primary and secondary school through Facebook. As a result from this we organized our reunion on previous Hari Raya Aidil Fitri. It's really work as I met my old friend and keep in touch with them after not seen in each other nearly 15 years.
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