Since being an avid Facebook-er for the past ten years, I’ve come to understand the platform and how it’s always striving to reinvent itself and compete (or collaborate) with other social media sites. In the past ten years, Facebook has completely remodeled its design; introducing a mobile app, sticker packs, the ‘timeline,’ ‘cover photo,’ and […]
Read more "Facebook: The Reinvention"By Chloe Citron Facebook has gone from a small social networking site where people could connect with their friends to a global news and entertainment resource. Although, a vast amount of content shared on Facebook is clickbait and fake news. Consistently seeing these types of posts makes my trust in the site go down, which […]
Read more "Fake News Overpowers Facebook"For the past decade, social media platforms have undeniably played a role in influencing democracy. From the coverage of the Arab Spring in 2011 to global elections around the world, many believed that social media was a positive tool for keeping citizens informed and connected with the world. However, the 2016 election of Donald Trump […]
Read more "How to save Face(book) and preserve democracy on the web"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"