Hello dear followers. So I finally finished the long, exhausting book, "The Facebook Effect". In conclusion, The Facebook Effect, is really a story of delirious success, both financial and world changing. Even for those not so keen on geekery and computers, the political wrangling of the company supplies plenty of drama. I loved the irony when the "newsfeed" was added it allowed users easy access to groups they might want to join, which promptly lead to mass numbers joining anti-newsfeed groups.
Love it or leave it, Facebook has done what Zuckerberg intended it to, it has changed the way we conduct our social relationships and thus changed society itself. Employees, employers and public figures are re-evaluating how they manage their very public profiles on Facebook, with some pundits predicting that rather than people tending towards circumspect and professional Facebook profiles, society will just come to accept that Facebook will reveal certain aspects of our lives that we don't necessarily want public, and not judge too harshly. Even if you don't have a profile yourself, there is no way you can prevent others from posting photos of you, or revealing personal information about yourself (although one might question why said acquaintance is doing so) so perhaps a society that doesn't judge our drunken photos too harshly is more preferable to trying desperately to keep such things from the internet.
My only real criticism of this book is it left me wishing that I had a friend on the verge of creating a billion dollar company who just needed a small amount of investment to get started and that I got to be one of those lucky fools who gave thousands only to have the investment return in the millions.
How the heck did we socialize before Facebook? My God, it must have been a horrible way to live our lives. Can you imagine that a person would have to actual pick up a phone or even worse pick up a pen and write a letter? Now I admit, I have not written a letter by hand in years and years. Let’s face it e-mail has made it easier. How on earth did we stalk our exes, remember our co-workers' birthdays, bug our friends, build and maintain farms (Farmville) and cafes (Café World), before Facebook?
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