Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Facebook


Over the past couple of years, social networking sites such as My space and Facebook have been gaining popularity. They are free, easy to join, and easy to message its members. Teenagers chat about everything from school, to sports, to what they were doing last night. In another word, we can't live without Facebook, in this ear, it is impossible for us to live without internet, Facebook brings together several online tools and acts like a black hole that sucks in varies functions. People find most functions here which they cannot live without, like sending message to friends, playing interested games, chatting with friends online, you even can know whether your friends are single or not. Facebook is an open-to-all platform which brings members of the world or a community together and provides a means to share information through a single network. For example, Facebook groups and events allow members from different communities to come together for a common cause or interest. They can show their stance on a particular issue, too. Using Facebook, you can really feel the world becoming smaller and our connection becoming stronger.

Besides entertainment function, Facebook is also an important tool in business area, recently, many companies would check their employees' Facebook before they hire them, the human resource department manager can know what this person thinking about, what is his attitude toward life and work, is it positive or negative, is he dependable, what are his friends think about him, after seriously consideration, the manager can finally make the decision to hire this person, without Facebook, they will lose an important way to judge a person good or bad.

Facebook is also a good way to do business, major companies all have Facebook, they can post their new products, new deals, advertisements on Facebook, since billion of people have Facebook, companies can make free advertisements and let more people know about their products, in a word, Facebook allows you to present your business in a way you might not be able to on your business website. And many of your potential buyers will appreciate this more approachable version of your business.

Admittedly, Facebook is not all good for humankind, it also have negative impact, like teenagers may find unhealthy website on Facebook, many merchants post fack advertisement on Facebook to confuse customers, it is a fictitious community, even the people on Facebook are all real, but you spend more time on Facebook, you have less time for your real friends and parents. But every thing have pros and cons, if we use it in a right way, Facebook can be a good tool to make this world a better place.

1 comment:

  1. Very in depth Chloe! Really shows every aspects of facebook. I agree with you when you say “if we use it in a right way, Facebook can be a good tool to make this world a better place. “Facebook is more and more important not only in our lives, but also in business world.

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