Facebook has exploded since I made my first photo album on the social media platform back in eighth grade. About eight years later, Facebook’s non-threatening interface and promise of instant communication gratification has people all over the world logging on. With 2 billion users, Facebook has a population larger than any country in the world. […]
Read more "Who Runs the World? Facebook"The biggest change I have noticed in Facebook over recent years is the addition of news being reported on the platform. Before, news was completely controlled by the media, and each story went through multiple checkpoints before going live. Now with reporting being done on Facebook, all news stories look similar and it is much […]
Read more "Why I Think The Answer To Fixing Fake News Is Not In Facebook"10 years ago, when I heard the word “Facebook”, I thought of a trending social network where I shared pictures with my friends and family. Now a days, I think of a much more complex database in which people express their strong opinions through comments, shared links, statuses, etc. which can result in negative feedback. […]
Read more "“Fixing” Facebook One Step At A Time!"When I first started using Facebook in seventh or eighth grade, it was only a platform for interacting and staying in touch with friends. I used the site to post daily status updates and added pictures to my “Muploads” album from my Blackberry. It wasn’t until three or four years ago that Facebook’s direction shifted. […]
Read more "Twelve years later… what is Facebook?"In 2008, my mom allowed me to create a Facebook profile for my twelfth birthday. I remember it being such a big deal because all my friends had them, and I could not wait to start sharing pictures, posting angsty song lyrics as my status, and finally stop updating my AIM away message. That’s what […]
Read more "Un-Friending Facebook"Over the years, the role of Facebook has changed drastically. When we were in middle school and high school Facebook was used to connect people. You could like your friends posts, post on their wall, create Facebook groups to communicate before group texts were even invented. It used to be the go to way for […]
Read more "Facebook Could be the new Facebook"In 2003 Mark Zuckerberg created ‘Facemash’, an early way for college students to interact, a network that I was too young to be familiar at the time. In the 15 years since its inception, Zuckerberg’s brainchild has evolved significantly, becoming a network used by over 2 billion people worldwide. I have witnessed some of the […]
Read more "“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”"Facebook occupies a curious slot in the timeline of social media: old enough that younger millenials might not remember a time without it, young enough that many might consider a relatively new phenomenon, and ubiquitous enough that I’d be hard pressed to fully utilize the internet without an account. Gripes, groans, praises and plaudits – […]
Read more "Unclog the Drain"“Give people the power.” These are the first four words of Facebook’s mission statement. The power to connect with friends, to bring family members closer together, to share uplifting stories; this is what the people’s “power” used to represent. It has been proven that Facebook is now dominated with brands, businesses, news sources and media. […]
Read more "Facebook: Giving People the Power"In response to reading an article from a New York Times author Nathan Heller, “The Failure of Facebook Democracy” it is evident that Facebook’s new algorithms are creating some troubling consequences. I was unaware of Facebook’s attempt to generate more “likes” for its consumers by placing them in specific groups with people who share similar […]
Read more "Who’s Job is it To Uncover the Truth: Facebook or it’s Users?"