What is Facebook
Facebook is the world's most popular social networking website. Facebook makes it easy for you to network or connect and share with your family and friends online or anyone who "friends" you on Facebook.
Facebooks Structure:
Profiles:
A Facebook profile is a page were the user post information about their selfs and their interests. It is shows your most recent activity including picture you pay have posted or "status updates" and "pages" you pay have liked. Your profile also shows who your friends are and your interests. It is basically a synopses of your digital life on Facebook. The user can chose what to post and what not to post and should realize that this information can be seen by others including friends, family, employers.
A note for teachers, what you publish on your profile can hurt you. I personally would not recommend posting picture that make you look bad in way including public drinking, committing a crime, or doing "stupid" things. Additionally, things posted about students or your employer can be held agents you and repercussions can exits. |
Pages
Pages are like profiles except a page is a "one stop shop" for content. Generally people of interest create pages to promote them self or promote an Idea or cause. For example, the Red Cross would have a Page, and your favourite band would as well. Its is a way for for group, people, or organization to network without having to "friend" the person first to share content.
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Groups
Group are what is should like, a collect of individuals in a group of shard interest. Any person can create a group and privileges can set by the group administrator (person who created the group). Group pages are used to share content with many users and have some useful functions such as group chat,mass messaging, and mass content sharing. You online need to share something with the group and it disperses to everyone.
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Group Vs Pages
Privacy issues - The need to know
Here are five essential things you should know about Facebook privacy:
- By default, the information you share on Facebook is publicly visible. In other words, if you never change your privacy settings, then anyone on Facebook—or the wider web—will be able to find and view your Facebook information and activity.
- Some information from your profile will always be considered public, no matter which privacy settings you apply. This includes your name, profile picture, and gender, as well as the networks you belong to. If you'd rather not share this information, don't include it in your profile.
- When you connect with third-party websites and applications, you're giving them permission to access and share information from your Facebook account. Pay special attention to application requests before agreeing to connect.
- Facebook advertisers use your public information to show ads targeted to your interests and personal information. Facebook does not share information about your identity without your consent. However, if you click on an advertisement, that advertiser may put a cookie in your browser for tracking purposes.
- Facebook uses facial recognition technology to identify you in photos. Facebook is able to use your tagged photos to collect data that will recognize your face. Currently, this data is only used to assist with tagging uploaded photos. (source http://www.gcflearnfree.org/facebook101/3.2)