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VODAFONE GHANA HIT THE STREETS OF ACCRA WITH ‘HAPPYFEET’ MediaGallery Politicians are campaigning on Facebook. Celebrities are on it. Students are on it. Business groups and individuals are doing marketing on it. Many Newspapers and Magazines are sharing their contents on it. Many interesting things have happened via Facebook. While some are positive, others, not so good, have happened via Facebook. SO WHAT IS THIS CRAZE ABOUT FACEBOOK that there is so much “NOISE” about it?
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Politicians are campaigning on Facebook. Celebrities are on it. Students are on it.Business groups and individuals are doing marketing on it. Many Newspapers andMagazines are sharing their contents on it. Many interesting things have happenedvia Facebook. While some are positive, others, not so good, have happened viaFacebook. SO WHAT IS THIS CRAZE ABOUT FACEBOOK that there is so much“NOISE” about it?
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This article is the first of series that we are going to write about the FACEBOOKExperience: How Africans especially Ghanaians have embraced it, how manyGhanaians are using it, what do they do on Facebook? how it is impacting thepeople, the communities and the nation. In essence, we would be sharing withyou, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW AS A GHANAIAN USING ORHAVING A RELATIVE/FAMILY using the social network site:
So what is FACEBOOK? Keep reading:Facebook is a social networking website intended to connect friends, family, andbusiness associates. It is the largest of the networking sites, with the runner upbeing MySpace. It began as a college networking website and has expanded toinclude anyone and everyone.
Facebook was founded by 2004 by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg andoriginally called thefacebook. It was quickly successful on campus and expandedbeyond Harvard into other Ivy League schools. With the phenomenon growing inpopularity, Zuckerberg enlisted two other students, Duston Moskovitz and ChrisHughes, to assist. Within months, thefacebook became a nationwide collegenetworking website.
Zuckerberg and Moskovitz left Harvard to run thefacebook full time shortly aftertaking the site national. In August of 2005, thefacebook was renamed Facebook,and the domain was purchased for a reported $200,000 US Dollars (USD). Atthat time, it was only available to schools, universities, organiz ations, andcompanies within English speaking countries, but has since expanded to includeanyone.
Facebook users create a profile page that shows their friends and networksinformation about themselves. The choice to include a profile in a network meansthat everyone withing that network can view the profile. The profile typicallyincludes the following: Information, Status, Friends, Friends in Other Networks,Photos, Notes, Groups, and The Wall.
Users are able to search for friends and acquaintances by e-mail address, school,university, or just by typing in a name or location for search. When peoplebecome friends, they are able to see all of each others’ profiles including contactinformation. E-mail notifications let users know when new friends have chosen to
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add them to their list or when someone has sent a message to them within thesystem.
A popular feature on Facebook is the ability to share photographs uploaded froma phone, camera, or hard drive. As with other private information, users have theoption to allow only friends to see their pictures or anyone. There is an unlimitedamount of storage available, which is a major advantage of Facebook’sphotograph sharing capabilities.
Groups can be created by users. These can include anything from grade schoolconnections to hobbies and interests. Groups can be public and available toeveryone or private, meaning only those invited can join and view discussions.Similarly, the Events feature allows friends to organiz e parties, concerts, andother get togethers in the real world. Users can also become fans of everythingsuch as people, organiz ations, television shows, movies, and musicians.
There are countless applications available to add to a profile. They range from alist of Top Friends to movie compatibility with others, and maps of where usershave traveled. These applications are created by individuals outside ofFacebook’s employment who are known as Developers.
Users of Facebook can share news stories, video, and other files with friends.Most news and video websites have buttons that can be clicked to automaticallyshare the story or video on a feed. The person sharing can make commentsabout the shared item that their friends will see.
Personal notes can also be written and shared with friends. When sharing an item,users can attach the item to their Wall for all to see, or can tag individual peoplethat they think would be most interested in seeing the item. When a user istagged, they receive an e-mail notification.
Facebook had a redesign in late 2008, intended to streamline the website andmake it easier to see what friends were doing. It has seen outstanding growthsince its inception and is poised to maintain its dominance in social networking. Inearly 2009, Facebook users worldwide were nearly double that of its oldercompetitor MySpace.
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