TOPIC 2 wk 4
Facebook
I'm fairly new to Facebook personally. I joined at the start of September after being told many of the Media students choose to use the site. At a first glance it seemed to be yet another Myspace. Through the 'people you may know' tool, I went through a fairly laborious job of adding all my friends from school - as some of them had stated the year they started different from others. After adding 3 years worth of pupils I then had to go through each profile and check whether I actually knew the person. I think I had around 400 friends in the first hour. (I have around the same number on Myspace after 4 years!)
After signing up and deciding I wasn't going to activate my account, (you have to give your mobile number???) I started to look for customisation options. I soon realised this wasn't an option. I struggled to upload my pictures and my video upload attempts failed miserably.
For all of this however, I use Facebook far more regularly than Myspace. Once you are used to the setup, it is easy to post comments on people's virtual walls and photo's. These are open to any of their friends to see, as long as the user has confirmed they know the individual. I even have my blogger updated directly to my Facebook page, so I need not inform my friends I have posted something new.
Facebook is a great social network because of it's privacy options and fast connections to friends. It is not a site to use if you are after popularity or status, but it is brilliant for keeping in touch with old (and new) friends and finding family. It is relatively hard to pick up and is a site you are more likely to check once a day than keep open (although it does boast a PM messaging service). My main criticism with Facebook is it's advertising and spybotting. Any application a friend chooses to send you has free access to you profile and account. This (to me) seems like a huge risk and something I usually avoid. In regards to the advertising, no matter how many times we have declined adverts, I get spammed with weight loss and surgery ads and my fiance gets singles and dating ads. This may not seem particularly a problem, but as an opinionated individual driven by my morals it is frustrating to be put into such a stereotype.
Again, how do others find this site and do they agree with my negative points?
I'm fairly new to Facebook personally. I joined at the start of September after being told many of the Media students choose to use the site. At a first glance it seemed to be yet another Myspace. Through the 'people you may know' tool, I went through a fairly laborious job of adding all my friends from school - as some of them had stated the year they started different from others. After adding 3 years worth of pupils I then had to go through each profile and check whether I actually knew the person. I think I had around 400 friends in the first hour. (I have around the same number on Myspace after 4 years!)
After signing up and deciding I wasn't going to activate my account, (you have to give your mobile number???) I started to look for customisation options. I soon realised this wasn't an option. I struggled to upload my pictures and my video upload attempts failed miserably.
For all of this however, I use Facebook far more regularly than Myspace. Once you are used to the setup, it is easy to post comments on people's virtual walls and photo's. These are open to any of their friends to see, as long as the user has confirmed they know the individual. I even have my blogger updated directly to my Facebook page, so I need not inform my friends I have posted something new.
Facebook is a great social network because of it's privacy options and fast connections to friends. It is not a site to use if you are after popularity or status, but it is brilliant for keeping in touch with old (and new) friends and finding family. It is relatively hard to pick up and is a site you are more likely to check once a day than keep open (although it does boast a PM messaging service). My main criticism with Facebook is it's advertising and spybotting. Any application a friend chooses to send you has free access to you profile and account. This (to me) seems like a huge risk and something I usually avoid. In regards to the advertising, no matter how many times we have declined adverts, I get spammed with weight loss and surgery ads and my fiance gets singles and dating ads. This may not seem particularly a problem, but as an opinionated individual driven by my morals it is frustrating to be put into such a stereotype.
Again, how do others find this site and do they agree with my negative points?
Labels: Week 4
posted by Joanne at
13:42
2 Comments:
I agree that facebook has become big for the advertising, however I find it relativly easy to ignore as I don't find that it's a predominant part of the page. The applications being given access to your account could be a risk, but it is the individuals decision to add them so it's their choice, they are not a necessary part of facebook. I think that the most annoying thing about the applications is the constant invitations to add them, however its your 'friends' that send you these.
seconded! I'm sick of being invited to "buy" my friend's profile - what does that even mean?!
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