With almost 500 million users, what is so addictive about it, and how safe is it?
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| This is an example of a person's Facebook profile. |
Students have been sued. Elders have been robbed. Children have been kidnapped. Teenagers have been cyber bullied. This is Facebook. However, the majority does not look at it in this way. It might go something like this: let yourself be known; express your own interests and hobbies; display fun pictures and upload videos, and hold memories; keep you and others updated by changing your status; hit up a friend and chat with them; take quizzes and games, even have your own farm; go one-on-one or fifty on fifty and start a thread of endless messaging; get up to date by checking News Feed; and so much more. Facebook's safety, like MySpace, was always questioned. Only recently though, did Facebook revamp their safety to reach our expectations. If you go to Account Settings, you can always change your privacy settings. To cautious people, you can even hide your default picture, and only let confirmed 'Friends' view it. Same goes with photos, videos, person information, and the rest of the things. On average, Students are Stoller Middle School spend 1-2 hours a night, on average, on Facebook. What makes this site so addicting, is simple. It allows you to face the people you would never face in reality. It allows you to make friends, and what's even more extraordinary, is that it allows you to make friends across the globe. Countries all over the world are becoming increasingly fond of Facebook.
On average, students at Stoller Middle School claimed they spend one to two hours on Facebook per night. Facebook is a social networking site on the internet, and recently has hit 500 million users. There is no completely accurate way to see the most applauded benefactors of Facebook, so after a poll, chat, games and quizzes, and status updates seemed to be the top reasons why this website is so interesting. However, many are questioning Facebook's privacy. I then wanted to know what teens had to think, one of the most prized victims. I asked, Facebook is linked to many burglaries, suicides, etc. What do you have to say to that? "It's sad how people use Facebook for bad, but it's really fun and shouldn't be used for evil," said Jade P. How open are you to Facebook? How much information do you release, and how much do you trust it? "I actually laugh at the people who reveal their cell phone numbers because there's always codes you can crack, and ways to see your stuff. It's like, 'Here's my phone number, here's where I live; come and get me.'", said Taylor T. As Facebook safety becomes a bigger problem, they are making several new additions to make this a safe way to communicate and simply have fun. 
By: Jenny N.
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