Difference between revisions of "Facebook"
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| − | Facebook is an online social network for high school, college, university, corporate, non-profit, military and geographic communities. Founded by Mark Zuckerburg of Harvard University in February 2004, this online community has the largest number of registered users among college-focused sites. | + | '''Facebook''' is an [[online]] [[social network]] for high school, college, university, corporate, non-profit, military and geographic communities. Founded by Mark Zuckerburg of Harvard University in February 2004, this online community has the largest number of registered users among college-focused sites. |
==Relationship to 鶹Ƶ== | ==Relationship to 鶹Ƶ== | ||
| − | While a network related to 鶹Ƶ may exist on Facebook's website, | + | While a network related to 鶹Ƶ may exist on Facebook's website, Facebook is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by the College in any way. |
==Privacy concerns== | ==Privacy concerns== | ||
| − | While Facebook's privacy controls have been improved since its creation, it | + | While Facebook's privacy controls have been improved since its creation, it is important to remember that information one posts on social network sites like Facebook are potentially public to the '''entire world'''. |
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| + | For students, privacy may not seem like a big concern now, but inappropriate pictures or information about yourself could come back to haunt you in the future, especially when searching for employment. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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* [http://www.facebook.com Facebook] | * [http://www.facebook.com Facebook] | ||
| − | + | * [http://blog.facebook.com The official Facebook blog] | |
| − | + | * [http://www.facebook.com/pulse.php Facebook Pulse] (public version) | |
| − | + | * [http://developers.facebook.com/products.php Development platform products directory] | |
| − | + | ==Extensions== | |
<!-- for software not using the API --> | <!-- for software not using the API --> | ||
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3120/ FaceLift Skin] by StudioLD | * [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3120/ FaceLift Skin] by StudioLD | ||
* [http://userscripts.org/tag/facebook Greasemonkey scripts] | * [http://userscripts.org/tag/facebook Greasemonkey scripts] | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 11 December 2006
Facebook is an online social network for high school, college, university, corporate, non-profit, military and geographic communities. Founded by Mark Zuckerburg of Harvard University in February 2004, this online community has the largest number of registered users among college-focused sites.
Relationship to 鶹Ƶ
While a network related to 鶹Ƶ may exist on Facebook's website, Facebook is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by the College in any way.
Privacy concerns
While Facebook's privacy controls have been improved since its creation, it is important to remember that information one posts on social network sites like Facebook are potentially public to the entire world.
For students, privacy may not seem like a big concern now, but inappropriate pictures or information about yourself could come back to haunt you in the future, especially when searching for employment.
External links
- (public version)
Extensions
- by StudioLD