facebook

Facebook is an online social network.

Its headquarter is in Menlo park, California.
Facebook is founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004.
In the beginning they limited the membership to
Harvard students.
Facebook now allows anyone who claims to be at least
13 years old.
 Features of facebook
The “Like” Facebook Relationship
Photos
button messenger status

Don’t have to write Talk with Share whether person is

Share you pictures single or married
just hit “Like” friends

Turn off push

Embed-in-post Social plug-ins Timeline
notification

No need to be Link content is delivered It is now possible to All post shared by user
informed about direct into the post make a comment shown here
everything
Friending someone is
Get notify with the act of sending
Events Friends another user a friend
friend’s birthday
and other events request.
 Photos
 Undoubtedly this is the most popular feature of
facebook. Launched in october, 2005.
 Photos was the brainchild of Napster co-founder,
Sean Parker.
 It was engineered by Scott Marlette.
 The “Like” button
 Liked the picture or comment that your friend
just posted.
 It used to be that you need to type words such as
“Like” , “Yeah” or “Yes” to approve your
comment.
 You just have to click on the Like button.
 Facebook messenger
 For some people , messages popping up once in a
while can be annoying.
 It turns out that others like the chat platform.
 It is now one of the top 75 most downloaded apps
in the App Store.
 Relationship status
 Easier to determine relationship.
 All you have to do is invite them to become your
facebook friend.
 Once confirmed, you can easily look at their
profile and check their relationship status.
 Turn off push notification

 You can easily switch of push notifications.

 You do not have to be always informed about what is
going on with your friends.
 It could be an invite to play games like candy crush
or farmville.
 Embed-in-post
 This is where facebook scores a major advantage
over Twitter.
 When posting articles, videos and pictures on
facebook, the link content is delivered direct into
the post.
 This way, you do not have to make another click.
 Social plug-ins
 Want to comment on an article that you read
about famous celebrity?
 With facebook social plug-ins, it is now possible
to make a comment.
 All you have to do is log in to your facebook
account.
 And comment into the post.
 Timeline
 With the new timeline feature , pictures, new
friends and other content are flowing.
 Like more re-designs, timeline was met with
mixed criticisms.
 But some people like it better than the old wall.
 Events
 Want to know who among your friends is
celebrating a birthday?
 For those who want to update their social life,
event is the feature for you.
 Without it, you would not know what is going on
with your friends.
 Friends
 Friending someone is the act of sending another
user a friend request.
 The two people are facebook friends once the
receiving party accepts the friend request.
 The user can also decline the friend request.
 Advantages of facebook
 Sharing of information.
 Chatting
 Mobile facebook
 Find school, college, friendship or colleague.
 Business promotion
 Entertainment
 Boredom killer
 Disadvantages of facebook
 Account intrusion.
 Scams
 Waste of life.
 Ruining the professional life.
 Can’t keep things personal.