Facebook.com
Read an interesting article in Rolling Stone today, about an online community, facebook.com.
Mark Zuckerberg was studying at Harvard, when frustrated with the admins failure to create an online community for students created facebook.com. At 21 Zuckerberg is now the CEO Facebook, which with over 7 million members is now the seventh most trafficked site on the web, valued at a cool 1.38 BILLION DOLLARS!
The thing I find interesting about facebook, which is most relevant to virtual cultures centers around the issue of online personas. On facebook students must use their .edu emails to join, which has put inherent social pressure on people to be real. As opposed to many communities which use fake alias's and avatars, students are found sharing their real moblie numbers, holiday plans, and topless photos for anybody and everybody to see. According to rolling stone it's like walking through a giant dormitary and every kid is swilling jack daniels. Although created for fun, this is now turning out to the detriment of some students.
Students have been expelled from College because of contraversial facebook profiles, employers are using profiles to screen potential candidates and one person even got arrested for setting fire to nine alabama churches after posting "It is time to reconvene the season of evil!" on his friends profile. Who knows, in 20 years time there may be presidential candidates who will have to answer to facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg was studying at Harvard, when frustrated with the admins failure to create an online community for students created facebook.com. At 21 Zuckerberg is now the CEO Facebook, which with over 7 million members is now the seventh most trafficked site on the web, valued at a cool 1.38 BILLION DOLLARS!
The thing I find interesting about facebook, which is most relevant to virtual cultures centers around the issue of online personas. On facebook students must use their .edu emails to join, which has put inherent social pressure on people to be real. As opposed to many communities which use fake alias's and avatars, students are found sharing their real moblie numbers, holiday plans, and topless photos for anybody and everybody to see. According to rolling stone it's like walking through a giant dormitary and every kid is swilling jack daniels. Although created for fun, this is now turning out to the detriment of some students.
Students have been expelled from College because of contraversial facebook profiles, employers are using profiles to screen potential candidates and one person even got arrested for setting fire to nine alabama churches after posting "It is time to reconvene the season of evil!" on his friends profile. Who knows, in 20 years time there may be presidential candidates who will have to answer to facebook?
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