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| − | Facebook is a social website used by college students and | + | Facebook is a social website originally used by college students but has recently been opened up to include High Schools, geographic regions and places of employment. Users can upload pictures of themselves, write blogs, and add people as their friends thus creating a large social network. |
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| + | In February 2004 Thefacebook was founded by Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg, with help from Andrew McCollum and Eduardo Saverin. By December of 2004, after expanding the site to other universities the number of registered users exceeded one million. In August 2005 Facebook obtained the domain name facebook.com and dropped the "the" from the site. | ||
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| + | It is rumored that Facebook generates around $1 million per week in revenue. <ref>[http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/26/facebook-goes-beyond-college-high-school-markets/]</ref> | ||
| + | In September 2006, Yahoo! began talks with Facebook about a possible acquisition for as high as $1 billion. In October google allegedly offered $2.3 billion.<ref>[http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2006/10/10/first-youtube-now-facebook-rumors-circulate]</ref> | ||
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| + | =Concerns= | ||
| + | * As with all social networking websites there is concern with user's privacy. Many young users upload personal information making them more vulnerable to phishing attacks. | ||
| + | * Universities have begun to use student's pages to investigate underage drinking and other violations of university policy. | ||
| + | * Some employers have begun to research prospective employees by browsing their facebook site, possibly affecting their chance at being hired. | ||
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Revision as of 20:43, March 12, 2007
Facebook is a social website originally used by college students but has recently been opened up to include High Schools, geographic regions and places of employment. Users can upload pictures of themselves, write blogs, and add people as their friends thus creating a large social network.
Origins
In February 2004 Thefacebook was founded by Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg, with help from Andrew McCollum and Eduardo Saverin. By December of 2004, after expanding the site to other universities the number of registered users exceeded one million. In August 2005 Facebook obtained the domain name facebook.com and dropped the "the" from the site.
Value
It is rumored that Facebook generates around $1 million per week in revenue. [1] In September 2006, Yahoo! began talks with Facebook about a possible acquisition for as high as $1 billion. In October google allegedly offered $2.3 billion.[2]
Concerns
- As with all social networking websites there is concern with user's privacy. Many young users upload personal information making them more vulnerable to phishing attacks.
- Universities have begun to use student's pages to investigate underage drinking and other violations of university policy.
- Some employers have begun to research prospective employees by browsing their facebook site, possibly affecting their chance at being hired.