subject: Interesting Patterns To Change Your Facebook Experience [print this page] Interesting Patterns To Change Your Facebook Experience
Social networking has certainly modified the way individuals express themselves, it's opened up doors to the past and allowed us to define who we are and reminded of us of who we used to be. Facebook has become the beacon for all things social media in a lot of countries; it is the number one social networking app in: Mexico, Indonesia, Turkey, Argentina, Egypt, Malaysia, Philippines, Venezuela, Nigeria and Chile. While it still lurks behind LinkedIn in the USA as of March 2011, I would expect to see those positions reversed soon.
Facebook users have numerous distinct agendas as they do personas. Students use it to connect socially with peers, follow up on tasks, speak to classmates and present the newest in their ever-expanding photo collections. Parents use it to commemorate the virtues of their children, vent the frustrations of their maturing children and spy on their teenage spawn. Employees can tout their most recent assignment or contract. Employers to investigate job applicants. Seniors access it to catch up with close friends who're easier to reach digitally than physically. Of course there is certainly overlap within most of these groups. Think of the overlapping circle graphs that are so frequently associated with the favorite math exam fodder, the word problem.
With more than 500 million of these customized and overlapping personas using Facebook and more than 50% of them checking in each day, it's incredible that the status quo simple layout and design hasn't come under attack. We alter our overall look, our homes, our personal computers and our phones, why is it we don't personalize our Facebook experience? Well, I've just found out how to do that.
I stumbled upon a company called PageRage who has branched into the untapped market of tailored Facebook layouts. They did for your FB wall what Pottery Barn has done for the suburban residence, Target for the college dorm and IKEA for loft living everywhere. If you think of your respective Facebook as a break free from reality, a break from routine in a hectic day, or a unique place with all of your friends in one location, does one picture that spot in your mind's eye as a room with white walls and blue trim? Doubtful. Through the creativity and craftsmanship of the people at PageRage you can decorate your social media experience to suit your mood. You can pick from thousands of pre-made layouts or, tap into your innovative side and maybe even style your own. Best of all, unlike Pottery Barn, PageRage layout designs are effortlessly changeable without traumatizing your monetary status. I think they may have just done the impossible, found a way to make Facebook even more interesting.
