Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Facebook Turns 5

Back in June 2008 is when I joined Facebook, and didn't really get into it until the past few months. My FB logins far surpass my MySpace visits now simply because it seems to require less maintenance on my part, allows me to maintain a desired level of privacy, and lends itself to users' individuality without the obnoxiousness you see on MySpace. Facebook has arguably become known as the MySpace for the more mature generation. In any case, it serves us well in keeping people connected and even bridges us with people from our past.
I had no idea that Facebook has been around for 5 years now. MySpace had been dominating the social networking sector for the everyday American since 2006, until it was surpassed by FB in 2008 as the most popular social networking site internationally. Not a bad accomplishment for a networking tool that originally linked Ivy League students exclusively.

Happy Birthday, Facebook! If it were possible, I'd SuperPoke you right now and throw some birthday cake your way. At least in the virtual world of Facebook, that is possible.

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