Facebook has changed in multiple ways over the years, both in ways that it can control and ways that it couldn’t. One large shift that has happened over the past 4 years is a demographic shift moving towards older people. In its infancy, Facebook (at the time The Facebook) was only for college students. As […]
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Finding Facebook: Inevitable Changes From Where it Started to Now
This year marks the eighth year I’ve been on this little known platform called Facebook. I was never a part of the MySpace generation and starting an account on Facebook was nerve wracking. In fact, so much so I didn’t tell my parents and had my friend make the account for me, which to this […]
Read more "Finding Facebook: Inevitable Changes From Where it Started to Now"Facebook’s Trust Problem Needs A Transparency Overhaul
Remember when Facebook was just a fun place to catch up with friends? Now it’s a little bit of a content free-for-all. Today, in the era of digital espionage, where more and more people are trying to abuse social media platforms with nefarious motives, Facebook has not kept up with the needed transparency to maintain […]
Read more "Facebook’s Trust Problem Needs A Transparency Overhaul"The People v. Propaganda: Facebook’s Decision
Mark Zuckerberg may still be wearing a hoodie and sneakers to product launches but Facebook is in need of a major wardrobe overhaul. Since it’s founding in 2004 Facebook has been evolving from adding features like groups, messaging, apps, the like button and the ability to live stream. Over time Facebook has become not just a social […]
Read more "The People v. Propaganda: Facebook’s Decision"Facebook Has Changed…For the Worst
Throughout the past 14 years, Facebook has changed greatly. What was once a Mark Zuckerberg idea for connecting Harvard Students has now become one of the top two most popular websites to visit in the world. What I find to be Facebook’s best attribute is the newsfeed. Not only is the newsfeed a way […]
Read more "Facebook Has Changed…For the Worst"From Facebook to Fakebook
The 2016 election was one of those “I remember where I was when this happened” moments. As I sat watching the polls, I remember thinking, “what is going on?” It seemed like everyone I knew was excited for a woman President, yet the poll results showed the opposite. Building up to this point, the nation […]
Read more "From Facebook to Fakebook"Let’s get real (or at least give it a try…)
2008 consisted of sitting in front of my family desktop (in an impossibly uncomfortable chair), and logging onto my newest game, Facebook. In this realm, page likes were crucial indicators of “cool” and status updates were the only way my friends could constantly be notified, at any hour, of my angsty feelings and HILARIOUS encounters. […]
Read more "Let’s get real (or at least give it a try…)"Facebook: Friend or Foe?
I think that Facebook has changed exponentially over the few years. When I joined Facebook, it was the one-stop-shop for instant messaging, status updates, pictures, and funny videos to past the time. Poking people on Facebook was a competition and everyone cared about who you were being poked by. These people poke me more than […]
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