I vividly remember making my Facebook account when I was in middle school (seventh grade, to be precise) in 2009. Other kids at school were starting to have Facebook accounts and of course 11 year old me felt left out, so of course I had to make one. I feel like Facebook was much more […]
Read more "Facebook: Then and Now"There’s no shortage of new features being added to Facebook, which users are arguably interested in (looking at you, Facebook stories). There is, however, one constant change on the platform that may be worth paying attention to. Cue ~the algorithm~. Originally showing content on the newsfeed chronologically, Facebook has transitioned to prioritizing popular posts, to […]
Read more "Prioritizing Truth: Who’s Responsible?"2014 – Colorado legalizes weed, the ice bucket challenge takes over, and Meg gets a Facebook. Though I was a late bloomer to the wonderful world of updating the world about my life, the platform was still a place I utilized to meet a potential college roommate, find old friends, and share photos. For my […]
Read more "Facebook – All the Power with All the Problems"Facebook has changed over the years from being a trendy social platform where people wanted to be to one where users felt they had to be. I wish I could get rid of my Facebook, but it seems to be the easiest way for people who don’t have my number to contact me. On the […]
Read more "How Facebook has changed & How to fix Facebook"Facebook has changed drastically over the past five years – whether it be design based, reaction to a photograph or even posting a status – the executives have made some questionable decisions. The most alarming choice that Facebook executives pursued was the shift in publisher audience development priorities. Now you might be thinking, what does […]
Read more "Fall of the Facebook Empire"As a child of the 2000s, I was a little late to join the Facebook bandwagon. I remember signing up for an account, without my parents’ permission I must add, in middle school. Facebook in 2009 was extremely different than it is today. Back then, it was a viable tool to create a digital scrapbook […]
Read more "Free Speech Minus the “Free”?"I first signed up for Facebook back in 2007. Aside from my Gmail and Millsberry accounts (RIP), Facebook was my step into the world of digital social media and sharing my life online. I’d publicly rant about missing a party or rave about the dreamy Jeremy Sumpter. Then, Facebook was my world to create, live in, […]
Read more "Bring back the Facebook of 2007"NEW: Sen. Feinstein, Rep. Schiff urge Facebook and Twitter to investigate involvement of Russian bots in pushing "Release the Memo" campaign: "If these reports are accurate, we are witnessing an ongoing attack by the Russian government through Kremlin-linked social media actors." pic.twitter.com/SkAci5NefK — ABC News (@ABC) January 23, 2018 Facebook says “social media is a […]
Read more "Avoiding Digital Filter Bubbles: The Rise of Platform Cooperativism"Facebook has been an ever-evolving tool since its creation, and through the first 14 years of existence its endured an abundance of ups and downs. Whether it was May of 2012 when the company held its initial public offering (IPO) or September of 2017 when it supposedly assisted the Russian’s and their influence on the Presidential Election, this […]
Read more "The First to the Party is Usually just an Usher…"Facebook has been stuck trying to update in a world where going quick is everything. The problem is that Facebook has to compete with Twitter and Instagram, two services that update quickly. Facebook is trying to make its product better by adding things that the other social media platforms already do, but they aren’t as […]
Read more "Facebook Needs to Move Towards the Future"