Facebook is taking over the world
Facebook has breached the 120 million mark of active users, according to Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, as quoted in an article on ZD Net Asia.
For those laggards who think Facebook is really a book, Facebook is actually a powerful social networking site which houses small web-based programmes called 'Applications', a trait distinguishing Facebook from other social networking sites (Shankland 2008).
Founder and current CEO of Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg.
These applications, which is the essence and niche of Facebook, allow users to do many things on their Facebook page, from the basic uploading of pictures, sending messages, and commenting on users' profiles to fighting vampires, playing poker, and taking fun quizzes.
With a user-friendly white and blue layout filled with interesting applications, it is obvious why Facebook is gaining popularity at such a pace. This is definitely the goal of every web designer, to make their site content appealing and interesting to users in order to sustain them, like how Facebook has done (Schriver 2003).
After all, as Reep (2003, p.5) points out, contents on a website has the ability to lure users to suf. In this case, Facebook's unique content sure is a killer.
Antal (2007) believes that Facebook will remain among the most popular social networking sites, and will require constant maintenance for Facebook to not lose their position. We can only wait and see what the future holds. Will other more unique and captivating social networking sites emerge? Or will Facebook take over the world?
In the meantime, lets just continue Superpoking our friends on Facebook.
References
Antal, B. T., 2007. The Facebook Phenomenon. Retrieved Nov 11 2008 from
Shankland, S., 2008. Facebook surges to 120 million users. Retrieved Nov 11 2008 from
Shriver, K. A., 2003. "Chapter six: creating texts for readers," The Dynamics of Document Design, Wile Computer Publications, New York.
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