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    Facebook is a social network service and website launched in 2004. As of July 2010, facebook has more than 500 million active users. Users can create profiles with photos, lists of personal interests and add other users as friends.

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    Facebook is a social network service and website launched in 2004. As of July 2010, facebook has more than 500 million active users. Users can create profiles with photos, lists of personal interests and add other users as friends.

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    What is facebook?

    Facebook is a social network service and website launched in February 2004.


    History of Facebook
    Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerbe with
    his college roommates and fellow computer
    science students.

    The website's membership was initially limited


    by the founders to Harvard students, but was
    expanded to other colleges in the Boston area.

    It gradually added support for students at various


    other universities before opening to high school
    students, and, finally, to anyone aged 13 and over.

    Mark Zuckerbe
    How works facebook?
    Users can create profiles with photos, lists of personal interests and add other
    users as friends and exchange messages.
    Users can also create and join interest groups and "like pages“.
    Facebook enables users to choose their own privacy settings and choose who
    can see what parts of their profile.
    As of July 2010, Facebook has more than 500 million active users, which is
    about one person for every fourteen in the world.
    People spend on average 19 minutes per day on Facebook.
    The website is the most popular for uploading photos, with 50 billion uploaded
    cumulatively.
    The website has won awards such as placement into the "Top 100 Classic
    Websites" by PC Magazine in 2007 and the "People's Voice Award" from the
    Webby Awards in 2008.
    Advantages Disadvantages
    Facebook helps maintain a good Facebook is spoiling the value of
    relationship with your subscribers. relationships (mostly long distance
    Facebook allows you to get in touch relationships). This is because the
    with your colleagues to establish relationship is built and maintained
    partnerships or work together on a through a website.
    project.
    Dependence on technological
    You can upload photos or videos on
    communication tool like Facebook
    your page. The goal is that your
    can adversely affect the social
    friends feel closer to you.
    communication skills of the youths.

    There is always the fear of cyber


    stalking in Facebook, and chances
    are that the personal details might
    land up in wrong hands.
    The Social Network
    The Social Network is a
    2010 drama film about the
    founding of the Internet
    social networking website
    Facebook and the resulting
    lawsuits.
    Are you addicted to Facebook?

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