Blog assignment #29/Facebook

                         Facebook (fb)
         Facebook is a online social website for people of all ages. Most people get their facebook at the age 13 or their parents may make them wait longer. Facebook was created in February of 2004 and has been a hit since then. On facebook you can share what you are doing and catch up with your old pals. It honestly is a great way to talk to your friends and family members. Sometimes we talk to family members more on facebook than we do in person.

              Many people, much like my mom, worry about privacy and what not. Facebook gives you the opption to make your profile private or public. Facebook also allows simple ways to keep certain details private. Sometimes it is the person's own fault for giving out too much information over the internet. There are over 500 million people! (only includint the people who have been on in the last 30 days) With that facebook also have a little over 1,700 employees.

             Many people use facebook to share what they are doing with friends, and have a nice way to chat with new friends, friends, family, and old friends. Facebook has many, many, many things you can do on it. You can join groups, star groups, chat with friends, post pictures, state your thoughts, and more. You can even play the popularly known FarmVille game. Facebook can be used at anytimes, and speaking of time did you know the agverage teenager spends more time on the computer/faceook than they do in school? Most use it before school, during school, after school, weakends, breaks, and summer time.

             Facebook can benefit and harm you. It can benefit you by letting you talk with an old neighbor after you moved. Say that your best friend moved two states away, and you don't know where he/she moved and he/she doesn't have a cell phone. Well, you can simply look him/her up on facebook and talk to him/her. Facebook can also harm you by someone stalking you or getting too much information from you. The biggest harmful thing it does to you is you end up going on facebook instead of doing homework or studying. Then you have bad grades, and have no one to blame, but yourself. Sure you can blame facebook, but facebook didn't tell you to not study.

          The site was created by thre Harvard students who go by the names Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Hughes, and Dustin Moskovitz. When it was first created it was for Harvard students only, but then it expanded to other Ivy Leage colleges. After that facebook slowly made its way up, and by the end  of 2004 it had a wee bit over a million users. Now it is open for anyone with a valid email adress. Facebook has made it to the top and will probably stay there for generations to come.