Facebook Social Networking Service
A Facebook Social Networking Service is a social network service for friends and acquaintances that is managed by facebook, Inc..
- Context:
- It can (typically) be a component of a Facebook Platform.
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- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Professional Networking Service, such as a LinkedIn Service.
- Friendster.
- Orkut.
- MySpace.
- Twitter.
- See: Instagram, WhatsApp Messenger, Community.
References
2021
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/facebook Retrieved:2021-8-20.
- Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service owned by Facebook, Inc.
Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name comes from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities and, since 2006, anyone over 13 years old. As of 2020, Facebook claimed 2.8 billion monthly active users, and ranked seventh in global internet usage. It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s. Facebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivity, such as personal computers, tablets and smartphones. After registering, users can create a profile revealing information about themselves. They can post text, photos and multimedia which are shared with any other users who have agreed to be their "friend" or, with different privacy settings, publicly. Users can also communicate directly with each other with Facebook Messenger, join common-interest groups, and receive notifications on the activities of their Facebook friends and pages they follow. The subject of numerous controversies, Facebook has often been criticized over issues such as user privacy (as with the Cambridge Analytica data scandal), political manipulation (as with the 2016 U.S. elections), mass surveillance, psychological effects such as addiction and low self-esteem, and content such as fake news, conspiracy theories, copyright infringement, and hate speech. Commentators have accused Facebook of willingly facilitating the spread of such content, as well as exaggerating its number of users to appeal to advertisers.
- Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service owned by Facebook, Inc.
2017
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-zuckerberg/building-global-community/10154544292806634
- QUOTE: For the past decade, Facebook has focused on connecting friends and families. …
… Facebook can help contribute to answering these five important questions:- How do we help people build supportive communities that strengthen traditional institutions in a world where membership in these institutions is declining?
- How do we help people build a safe community that prevents harm, helps during crises and rebuilds afterwards in a world where anyone across the world can affect us?
- How do we help people build an informed community that exposes us to new ideas and builds common understanding in a world where every person has a voice?
- How do we help people build a civically-engaged community in a world where participation in voting sometimes includes less than half our population?
- How do we help people build an inclusive community that reflects our collective values and common humanity from local to global levels, spanning cultures, nations and regions in a world with few examples of global communities?
- QUOTE: For the past decade, Facebook has focused on connecting friends and families. …
2016
- http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendster#History
- Friendster was founded … in 2002, before the wider adoption of MySpace (2003), Hi5 (2003), Facebook (2004) and other social networking sites.<ref name="wired">[1]] … Friendster was one of the first of these sites to attain over 1 million members, although it was preceded by several other smaller social networking sites such as SixDegrees.com.
- https://www.facebook.com/facebook/info?tab=page_info
- QUOTE: The Facebook Page celebrates how our friends inspire us, support us, and help us discover the world when we connect.