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"

Since its conception in 2006, Facebook has continuously updated and altered their newsfeed in hopes retaining, building and pleasing their user base. In 2013 and 2014, Mark Zuckerberg began making instrumental changes when it came to what people could see and access through their Facebooks. From allowing users to “unfollow” their friends’ posts, creating a […]

Read more "The Newsfeeds They Are A Changing"

Facebook started on one college campus and grew to become part of people’s daily lives all over the world. Because of its popularity and influence both in the States and overseas, Facebook has found itself in the middle of many public and international affairs. This site has traditionally been viewed as a platform for sharing […]

Read more "Facebook Taking Over the World"

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 […]

Read more "Facebook"

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"

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"

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"

  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"