Facebook takes over

                             


     Ever since i was in middle school (12 or 13 years old) i have had some sort of "social networking" site. First Xanga was popular then myspace and now the extremely popular, facebook. t has been apart of growing up for our generation using the internet to connect with people.  


      Social Networks have been a bridge for all youth to connect around the world. After being in college Facebook has been my number one tool for keeping in touch with family/ friends back home. It is so much easier to stay in touch with people and a lot faster. That is why older generations have been joining as well because it is a fun and safe way to see how friends from all over are doing.


   It has been so much more then just something to do on the internet for me. For example my older brother was studying abroad this se,ester in Australia, my best way to contact him? Facebook. Simply because it is free and he was able to use it to stay in touch with all family members and a lot of friends. 


  However Facebook has not only been a tool for people to stay in touch and connect, it now has become a useful asset for business, celebrities, politicians, ect. With "fan pages" and "groups" business are able to attract people with the same interests and promote themselves and reach out to customers in their "news feed".  Like Levinston mentions in New New Media about Facebook, " its groups serve as vehicles of social action in countries all over the world" (Levinstion 125). 


 Celebrities and politicians are able to use Facebook too to reach out to fans. In the 2008 election Barack Obama used Facebook as a major tool to keep in touch with his voters, "The Facebook group "Barack Obama (one million strong for Barack) Continued to grow even after the election on November 3, 2008, and as of May 2009 had more than a million members". Music artists are able to use Facebook to promote concerts, albums, and celebrities can promote books, movies, anything to their fans on Facebook. 


   "Facebook has more than doubled in size to 350 million registered users in the last year." according to Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO. With this rapid growth in the last ten years who know what Facebook will be able to do next!




here is a video of Sheryl Sandberg in an interview about facebook.