Is Facebook a social “superpower”?
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | 9 Comments
When Facebook was founded in 2004, it was meant to be a way for college students to connect with the friends that they had left who had gone to other colleges, however it has become an insane social tool that everyone (including my parents) have subscribed to.
Facebook may be looking into becoming an operating system for communications as far as personal computers are concerned. This means that Facebook wants to become as much as a part of your life as Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, or other companies that have become household names.
Last week Facebook let its users see a version of its search software that allows members to search news links as well as other topics that users have updated in real time. This feature is not just limited to friends, but to the network of over 250 million users. I can’t forget to mention that the social networking site has acquired FriendFeed. FriendFeed is similar to the rival social site Twitter. It allows users to bring together all their favorite content from other websites or blogs as well as services to one place so all their other friends can see it.
Once upon a time, Facebook was started as a group of Harvard students sitting in a room together who had a great idea. It was meant for people who were in college and had college email addresses to sign up. Now the site is open to anyone over the age of 13. This, of course, has brought in some heat from previous users who didn’t want to be friends with their younger siblings, but it has since grown to them not wanting to be friends with their parents, or worse yet…grandparents.
Facebook has also seen its fair share of criticism with the implementation of the news feed, which was seen by many as a “stalker feed” type of thing where anyone who you were friends with (or sometimes not) could see what you were doing on Facebook. However, over time, this made Facebook an application that many people sought out the site for, and it eventually made the site much more relevant.
Facebook has had plenty of opposition from other social networking sites. MySpace was supposed to be the greatest social networking site on the internet, but is now seen (by many) as a dirty place that many people don’t go anymore. Twitter serves a single purpose, and not much more than that.
I think that Facebook is already a social networking superpower and over time it will be seen if the company can keep it up or let it slip away from them.
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Rollenspiel | Tue, Aug 18 2009
Facebook in my opinion is much better than all the clones that have appeared in the last years.
John from Business Gas Prices | Tue, Aug 18 2009
I have to agree with Rollenspiel – Facebook is very unique.
I don’t use any other solcial networks.
Jennifer McClelland | Wed, Aug 19 2009
I think Facebook’s biggest advantage is it doesn’t look “spammy”. Myspace looks like a second rate social network, that’s why so many people are leaving MySpace or just not joining altogether IMO.
the florist | Tue, Sep 22 2009
im not sure that facebook is actually better, but its the biggest – and thats all the difference.
Fhaye from residential treatment programs | Fri, Dec 04 2009
Facebook has its way on how to get the taste of every individual. They got the right ingredients and mixed it well to a brand new taste to give the public. That is why Facebook is way ahead on all social networking sites.
Jan from Digital Signage | Fri, Dec 04 2009
Facebook is becoming more popular each day, with young and old people alike getting addicted to it. The platform is so different from MySpace and any other social networking sites out there.
Stacy from Our Legacy | Sat, Dec 05 2009
I have recently started using facebook less and less, I have finally got the hang of Twitter and find it so much more useful! Its way better to keep on the cusp of whats going on in your network. Facebook is basically about narcissism.
Rob from ROI Guy | Wed, Dec 16 2009
It’s a total super power, and will be the Google killer. Google has been making some mistakes lately, and it’s mostly Facebook and Microsoft beating them to the punch.
Indian Matrimony | Thu, Dec 17 2009
Facebook is such a famously used website for keeping touch with friends. It’s a good social media tool and we can also use it to promote our business.