5 ways Facebook has changed our lives

Facebook will enter its 10th year on February 4 and 1.2 billion users, and the question is, how has Facebook changed our lives?

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Although Facebook is a creative vision, an ingenious creation, a bit of noisy luck or a combination of the three, Mark Zuckerberg 's social exploration has deeply rooted in his daily life. digital age users.

All can say people 'like' and 'share' and photos of happy children. As with any new technology ( or new discovery ), the impact of the final product is in the hands of users. We are finally, only people with all happiness, sadness, obstruction and discomfort must be discharged.

10-year-old Facebook is also an opportunity for us to look back at the 5 social revolution that changed us both in terms of better or worse.

Share! Share! Share!

Good points: Wedding announcements? A memory. Birthday announcement? Just take a newborn baby posted on the timeline.

Dating? Graduating? Buy a house? Buy a puppy? Same.

We all take photos, the ability to share big events with all of our friends with just one click is never before happening.

There were other spaces before Facebook but my parents, brothers and uncles couldn't participate. And that is not perfect. Changing the contact status to ' once ' can help you get rid of long conversations ' How? You guys are great . '

Not good points: Share too much!

Serious. It has been 10 years, some people cannot distinguish what those in the list want, need to know.

Yes, sometimes some photos of dinner look delicious. Sometimes. But detailed updates about the daily routine and the operation of a 3-year-old are too many.

We all know you have a wedding ring. The fact that you only polish the ring you have had 14 years? Not much meaning.

The past is not really the past

Good point: When a site that has 1.2 billion users, it's a fairly large database of the world's population of Web users.

That means you can find someone much better than 10 years ago.

Typically there is a woman after many unsuccessful attempts to reunite with her mother who was lost after 44 years. How much time does Facebook take? Two days.

For most of us, less impressive, friends since childhood, college roommates, even teachers for a while can quickly find each other on Facebook. There is no denying we have friends who ask Facebook that the other way has not been done yet.

Not good point: Sometimes, the absence of contact is not a bad thing.

The high school students disturbed him and the bad things of his children, his children bothered you. But we can't say it.

We talk about goals. And the flirtations of the past. And chatting.

Regret is part of the past. But with Facebook, regret about a dissipation or anger leads to a late night Facebook message. As you know this is an insertion into the lives of others.

'I find Facebook issues shattering marriages,' said Gary Traystman , a lawyer in New London, Connecticut for Wall Street Magazine.

More than 80% of US divorce lawyers said they witnessed an increase in social media divorce cases, according to the US Marriage Law Institute, and a third of divorce records last year. available from Facebook, according to a Divorce Online poll.

The charm always has. But with Facebook it is a bit convenient.

Make you happy

Good points: In 2009, a survey of 2,600 students at University of Texas researchers showed that "addicted" students using Facebook were the ones who were most satisfied with life. These students are also more busy with social work and resourceful.

A more recent study by the University of Wisconsin shows that after 5 minutes of surfing profiles on Facebook, users have a significant increase in self-esteem. A Cornell University study in 2011 had similar results.

'For many people, having a machine assumption is that the Internet is bad. This is one of the first studies to show that there is a psychological benefit of Facebook , 'Associate Professor Jeffrey Hancock said.

Not good point: May make you unhappy.

Other studies have looked at aspects of using Facebook and less positive results.

Last year, a University of Michigan researcher found watching friends' postings on Facebook, photos of happy babies during Caribbean holidays or announcements about advertisements, recruiting and Horrible nights in town - can make us sader about our boring life.

" The surface, Facebook offers an invaluable source of basic human needs for social connections, but it can be somewhat destructive ," the study said.

As with many things, your profit may be different. But it is clear that Facebook has become a part of our lives, impacting our emotions, better or worse.

Meeting every day

Good points: It's never easier to meet with classmates in high school or college now thanks to Facebook. A 5, 10, 20 year anniversary meeting was quite time consuming.

Now just need a Facebook event invitation and you can focus on other work.

Not good point: If every day is gathered, why must be reunited?

The fact of reuniting with old friends is losing its charm when we know the names of the three children of the former club president or character from certain games that will have a person to perform. figure.

Timothy Davis, co-founder of the reunion site Classreport.com for the Baltimore Sun newspaper, knows he has seen a decline in the number of meetings in recent years, especially among middle-aged people to people in age 20.

' Many people I haven't talked to for years will see my wedding photos on Facebook, then I'll meet them and we won't say a word together, ' Rebecca Miller , 23, has a meeting. said to a cross party at the class president's house. ' Why go to a universal meeting when I just go around'.

Privacy

Good points: For those who want to find and use, Facebook offers tools that allow you to choose who sees what.

Therefore, when the grandmother was invited to see pictures of children playing in the snow, the grandmother did not need to be secretive with the words of a bastard who knew for two days.

Facebook's rival Twitter is designed to be a public forum by default, where you can post 140 words of valuable knowledge to the world. Facebook also allows but limited range directs your thoughts to your family and friends.

Score not yet: As you know:

Security vulnerabilities are a fact of many websites being developed. But when the user database increased significantly, Facebook's problems (such as CEO Mark Zuckerberg's page was hacked) took place for a large number of users.

While Facebook has privacy settings that allow users to protect information, some privacy advocates say the site does not make them convenient enough to search and use.(Facebook had to work to satisfy this concern, especially young users) .

And finally, Facebook benefits when you decide to share more openly. The details of your life that you share on Facebook are aggregated and assembled into one of your profiles to help advertisers locate you with what they think you like.

Therefore, when you report you are pregnant and soon after, are you " bombarded " with Facebook ads about children's belongings? This is not a coincidence.

Obviously, Facebook does not transfer to advertisers your personal information. But there is still a nameless profile of a user with his hometown, gender, age and what you like and dislike, waiting to be used for advertising purposes.

In short, it is the entry fee using this social networking tool. Therefore, Facebook has changed the way we communicate. Whether Facebook is really free or not is another matter.