Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Facebook slowing down

When Facebook became available to the public it quickly became one of the most popular sites in the world. In a matter of just a few years, Facebook went from being a small site being run out of a dorm, to a website that takes an entire data center to run. Since then, Facebook has steadily gained members at rates that most people never thought possible. Now that most people in the world have or will soon create Facebook accounts, we will soon reach a point at which the number of total Facebook accounts will actually decline. A lot of students (the original Facebook users) are beginning to realize all the risks of Facebook. With everyone you know having Facebook accounts, you are more vulnerable to having information you consider private being exposed to people you don't want to see it. The more people realize this, the more you will see people deactivating their Facebook accounts. Students especially will realize that by allowing anyone to post things on their Facebook accounts, then allowing their employers to see those accounts, they are putting their self into a very risky situation. This in my opinion will be the reason why many people (including myself) will be deleting or deactivating their Facebook accounts.

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