Facebook Blog

Facebook was born on February 4, 2004 in Mark’s Zuckerberg’s Harvard dormitory room. It has revolutionized the way we communicate with each other and I believe it will continue to shape our social world in the future. This was not my first time using Facebook but I remember the first time I encountered this social media website. At the time MySpace was the front runner in our social media world. Thanks to MySpace I was familiar with the social networking world. Facebook to me just made it easier to connect with the people who are close to you. My first impression of Facebook was that it was just another MySpace but without the ability design the look of you page. For me the ability to upload my own photos, music, and videos all on one page was mind blowing. Being a music producer I needed these sites in order to network and build a following. I really didn’t like Facebook at first because it lacks these capabilities. Facebook to me represented an avenue created to keep in touch with long lost relatives, and friends.

I have been using Facebook for about as long as it has been around. At first I really didn’t know my way around the websites interface, so it took a while for me to become comfortable with my navigating it. I use the site to network with my music. The only problem with that is that the majority of the people you network to already know you and what you do. Preaching to the choir is a phrase that best describes this process. I also use Facebook to spread different ideas and ways to look at the world in which we live. Facebook allows you can post what’s on your mind on your wall and share it with the world. However, the world may only mean the people who your friends with in your Facebook community. I also use this social media avenue to keep in touch with family members and friends that live out of state. The one HUGE benefit that Facebook has is its free. Well besides for paying for you internet connection, you can communicate with people toll free. Let’s say for example you have a family member living overseas. Instead of having to pay long distance fees or even roaming charges to cell phone and landline companies, you can just pay a monthly internet service bill and talk to them all you want using Facebook.

Facebook can be utilized in many different ways. The one that I hate the most is them damn social networking games such as Farmville, etc. I hate logging onto my page and see that I have a lot of notifications pending. My first thought is, “yes finally some feedback”. Just to find out that all of the notifications are game invites, or even applications asking for your permission to sync apps to your personal page.  Another way people use Facebook is promotion. Facebook is a great avenue to promote a band’s upcoming gigs and shows. Last but not least Facebook can be used to filter out job applicants. That’s right employers even use Facebook to see if a person is involved in things that can harm a company’s image. So be careful the next time you’re thinking about posting negatives rants or photos. You never know who eyes are on you! This is why I believe our professor told us not to link our personal page with our school page. There are things we might only want our immediate friends to know about us that we don’t want our colleagues to know.

Any information that you decide to put on Facebook about yourself to me automatically becomes part of the public sector. Facebook also have features that give you the ability to block or set the limitations on your page which will specify who can and who can’t view your wall. However it is ways around that as well. Food for thought never put things on Facebook that you know can hurt your public image. Facebook has taken the necessary steps to ensure one’s privacy while using this social media. All a person has to do is set their privacy settings to his/her preference. There are consequences to actions that are unwelcomed and if you are harassing another Facebook user he/she can report you to the administrators and your account can be terminated. Five examples of these types of rules are as follows:

1). You will not post unauthorized commercial communications (such as spam) on Facebook.

2). You will not collect users' content or information, or otherwise access Facebook, using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers) without our prior permission.

3). You will not engage in unlawful multi-level marketing, such as a pyramid scheme, on Facebook.

4). You will not upload viruses or other malicious code.

5). You will not solicit login information or access an account belonging to someone else.

A time when I was using Facebook and I had an awkward situation arise from one of my post was, when people would take my words out of context and take what I posted as an insult. I quickly had to make another post reminding people how important it is not to take people’s post out of context. Just because it may seem as if a person’s post is aimed at you, doesn’t necessarily mean that it is.