Five Ways Facebook Has Changed the Internet
Five Ways Facebook Has Changed the Internet
Within a few days he was forced to take the site down, but this gave him the idea for a social networking site for students. He called this new site The Facebook (changed in 2005 to simply Facebook), and launched it in February 2004.
Within the last six years, Facebook has dramatically changed the internet. In fact, many people are saying that Facebook is the new internet.
Facebook has changed the way we think about the internet. We have gone from millions of links between machines, to millions of links between people. The web is no longer filled with millions of anonymous people. It is now made up of friends, friends of friends and different networks and groups.
Here are five ways Facebook has changed the internet.
Finding People
A few weeks ago a friend of mine read an article online, and thought that the name of one of the person mentioned seemed familiar. So what did she do? She looked for him on Facebook.
When we look for a person on Facebook, we see an entire list of people all with the same name as the person we are looking for. By using profile pictures, we are then able to find the right Sue Smith from all the other Sue Smiths on Facebook.
Now, if you were to try and find Sue Smith on a typical search engine, you would have to sift through thousands of articles that could just have an obscure reference to some random person with the same name.
Privacy
Social networking sites have radically changed the way we think of privacy. People post pictures of everything from drunken parties to their newborn babies, with no fear of who might see them.
Facebook has privacy options, that allow you to determine who accesses the information on your page, so you can confine things to only be seen by friends, friends of friends, or the entire internet. You can also customise certain posts so that only certain friends can see them, so for example you can make sure that your granny doesn't see the pictures you posted of last night's party.
One of the biggest controversies about Facebook is due to their views on privacy. There have been times in the past few years when the privacy of members has been compromised and everything has been on view for the entire internet to see. This is not so much of a problem for those who have already chosen to make their Facebook lives public, but for those who only want to share information with friends, it can be a major headache.
Connections
Did you enjoy the article you just read? Do you like a particular website? Now you can let everyone know what you enjoy with the ubiquitous "Like" button. You can look at thousands of sites and see how many people have "liked" the article, and even which of them are your Facebook friends. These "likes" then contribute towards your profile, your friends can see which articles or websites you "like". Other websites and advertisers can use this information to build a profile of what type of products you might buy.
Advertising
Google changed the way you advertise on the internet with Adwords, a system where you only show your adverts to people who are already looking for your product. With Facebook, you can now design adverts that will be shown to people who have already been identified as being the type of person who would buy that product. For example, advertisers could look at the information collected from my Facebook page, and see that I "like" books by Terry Pratchett. From this they could correctly assume I would like to see an advert on Facebook promoting the latest Terry Pratchett book.
Unfriend
Yes, so this last point isn't exactly a way Facebook has changed the internet, but I thought it was pretty interesting. The New Oxford American Dictionary has named "unfriend" the new word of the year. The meaning of the verb "unfriend" is given as: To remove someone as a "friend" on a social networking site such as Facebook.
Proof that Facebook is even changing the way we speak.
For more articles please go to http://blog.afridesign.com
Thing You Need to Consider Before Buying a Networking Device Website Writing - What Do You Want Prospects to See About Your Service Business on the Internet Every other day diet jon benson book free download A Lot of Advantages in Making use of Internet Script Easy Backup Wizard Free Download Wii Keylogger Scanner Download to Remove Keylogger Tools and Services to Facilitate Your Internet Marketing Strategy Expert Help For Every Child Custody Topic Download-Expert Help For Every Child Custody Topic Review Effective Ball Handling Program Download Torrent Free Discover Candle Making Now Download-Discover Candle Making Now Download Calgary PHP Programming Ideas For Robust Web Development Nero Dvd Burner Free Downloads Free Full Antivirus Protection Scam Downloads