Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Facebook


            Facebook is something that almost everyone has. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004. It started out very small and expanded to a large scale of individuals. They have millions and millions of users all around the world. People who use it are all different ages, whether it be adults or teenagers. Facebook makes a lot of money through advertisements. Facebook has a lot of positives and negatives, depending on what an individual does with it.
             Every business nowadays feels the needs to create a Facebook page, even when unnecessary. Facebook is a good way to advertise and to spread the word of your business but it truly depends on the business’ target market as to whether or not they should. Facebook is a very great for businesses and should be implemented.  Businesses must decide whether they want online sales or to attract likes.  Online sales meaning traditional external- website ads that someone has to click through to make a purchase. Facebook is very successful in advertising. Attracting likes can also provide businesses with better results.  You can combine branding and sales. Making a Facebook page as a smaller business helps you to compete with larger corporations.
            Facebook is a form of social media. Social media, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos).  With Facebook, you can connect with tons of people around the world. You can use it to share pictures of your family and friends, to reconnect with old friends, and even sometimes to interact with new people. Social networking is awesome in that regard, but it is beginning to become too important in people’s lives. People are obsessed with getting the most likes on a photo, or with what drama is going on. It adds a lot of unneeded stress and irrelevance to people’s lives.
            Facebook definitely has an entertainment aspect. Facebook has many, many different games that all users can play. In these games there are a lot of purchases you can make and probably will want to make in order to make the game easier. Farmville is a very well-known game that got expensive for users to play. There is a lot of money put into this part of Facebook and entertainment is good to put on Facebook. Putting games on Facebook could make you a lot of money.
            Facebook plays a role with news. Facebook is a great way to share all kinds of information. Even completely irrelevant information is spread through this social media site. You can also direct people on Facebook to the news by posting links or “liking” a news channel. Social media does not replace ways to get actual news, but acts as an “additional path” in getting news.
            There are many recreational uses to Facebook. Everyone goes on Facebook. You can spend hours mindlessly scrolling up and down the newsfeed. It is made for recreational purposes. And it almost becoming too much, it is bad and it is good. Although it is entertaining, people are becoming anti-social and incapable of knowing how to react in different social situations because they are so used to just going and interacting with people via Facebook,


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