Facebook pages today are everywhere. They are advertised on news stations, TV channels, commercials, and in magazines. it has left its fingerprints all over the media and throughout society.
It first came to the surface in February 2004 but was limited to only colleges and universities in the Boston area. By July 2010, it had more than 500 million users in only six years later. it features started by solely creating a personal profile page to joining multiple groups, sharing and posting articles, and creating "fan" pages.
It was designed by a Harvard sophomore, Mark Zuckerberg, and his roommates and fellow computer science classmates, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. The original it was designed for Harvard students only. Its usage quickly spread throughout college and universities in the local Boston area, then spread throughout high schools, and later to anyone above the age of thirteen.
At first this site was only available to Harvard students. After it rapidly began to grow, its popularity and usage spread to schools in the Boston area, and later spread to high schools, and later spread to everyone over the age of thirteen. All this occurred in just a short six years.
It's features are endless. Some of these features include designing your own personal or business profile, adding friends and contacts, searching and becoming "fans" of different interests, creating your own "fan" or "group" pages, and posting or "sharing" different articles or videos. The social web or network you create for yourself is absolutely amazing. It is a great way to meet new people, keep in touch with old friends from high school or family members that live far away, and even start your own "group" or "fan" page on something you are passionate about.
One reason why it became more successful than MySpace is the business world really caught on to it. All kinds of businesses, organizations, stores, and even schools can be found on it. Even news stations and TV shows will tell their audiences to "Find Us on it". This is what made it so huge.
It even has a feature where it will suggest friends that are also it users who work or attend school at the same place. You can see how the network expands from there. The networking opportunities that stem from this are truly amazing.
Another popular it feature is its "friends" suggestions. Once you add your place of employment, hometown, or school, it will suggest friends or coworkers for you to add to your contact list as it reads and recognizes the common interests between you and another contact. Imagine over 500 million users connected to 500 million users. One can clearly see how it has affected our society. It has made us closer and opened communication among us. Social networking sites have made our world smaller and opened and connected ourselves more closely. It's amazing how a small idea became so big.
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