Facebook, what you like and don’t like about it

Facebook - a popular name among those who are so into it. Individuals from different ages, gender and nationality who have an account in Facebook are now using more of their time chatting, working, playing, exchange pictures, videos and socializing with other people amidst the distance and lack of time. And even if a community like Facebook serves numerous advantages, it also proves to have certain disadvantages as well. From these advantages and disadvantages the person will be able to recognize what he/she likes or dislikes. There are now series of improvements in the system just to make up with the shortcomings. First will take the advantage and explain some of them after that we will see some of the disadvantage:

Advantages:

§ Allows user search for new and old friends.

Like to have new friends from different places around the world, also to meet some friends that you have been a long time don’t see them.

§ Accessible to chosen universities having a high level of security.

For example, if a student from a country wants to study abroad. Logically he will get the general information about that university like camps location , university policies, majors that university have and other stuff like that. If the university has an account in facebook, he can get less formal information like name of professors and make friends even before he moved there.

§ Makes it less awkward when communicating with strangers or people you are not familiar with.

This is one the most benefit that a lot people will get from facebook, also tell us one of the reasons why facebook has spread out too fast.

Some of people have serious problem talking and communicating with other people for several reasons and they want to have barrier between them and strangers or people, so facebook give them exactly what they want.

§ Makes it easier to join groups having similar likes and dislikes

The last thing you will be care about in facebook is (won’t be able to have a friend), because the probability for that it almost zeros facebook gives you the ability to search for your friends. For example you may find friends have same hobbies and interests or friends with same thoughts. This also a reason why facebook has been so famous.

§ Allows members to check students who are taking the same class, living within the same area, or coming from the same academy

As before, facebook is for everyone companies, universities, members, families and individuals. Members have the chance to get answers from their student without asking them all of that comes from facebook.

Disadvantages

As before facebook have some disadvantages and this some of them:

§ Overcrowding
Imagine that you can meet all people you knew like your family and friends also people you don’t knew at anytime and anywhere. That is a great idea but if you really thing about it you will notice that is maybe too much, no one is sure that the user will be able chat or comment to all of them every time he sign in.

§ Weakening long distance relationship

User can make a lot of friendship to different people from different places around the world in facebook. This type of friendship won’t be as before by virtue of the distance. Also people may forget the real meaning of friendship.

§ Unsupported by physical adjacency

As we know in facebook you are chatting to different people in different places, and there is no physical adjacency because of the distance, and this will not make the relationship between them strong.

§ Contributes wide-range procrastination

Setting in front of the computer and on facebook makes you procrastinate doing things must be done in the moment, and this will be repeated many times, that will affect for example the productivity in the work for the employees.

§ Rampant addiction

It’s obviously, that facebook will lead to the addiction, because it has many attractive things (people, downloading videos, sharing music, pictures and event….); it’s another live in one place and in the same time in different places.

§ Stalking is possible

As facebook provide a variety of features and because of open and public nature of it there is the possibility for being stalked and observed online or offline, this can be highly aggravating and users loss their privacy

§ Acquaintances be labeled as friends

In facebook every user account has people named as friends even if the user himself don’t knew them So, there is no difference between your friends and people who just added.

Surely, the disadvantages don't pose a threat to you just by merely looking at it. Someone else has to prove that what users do with their profile is directly in proportion with what can happen to them. A user must understand what he is trying to give out otherwise things might get messy and people will mistook them as someone else.

It is quite obvious that a trade off is happening between the advantages and disadvantages of Facebook. While it increases the communication and connection between friends and the online community it also increases the risk of procrastination and makes it easier for others to stalk a user. Worse, some are actually punished for what they put on their profile and would claim that it was there only for fun.

Despite the above mentioned advantages and disadvantages of an online networking service, it still is gaining demand and popularity among the young crowd. There are about 10,000 students (professionals and young professionals not yet included) who are joining into Facebook every day. This is regardless of the age, race and country. Some are now trying to criticize the status of professionalism of this site whether it's just another fad like other online networking services are.