Facebook - The Advent of a New Era

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Yesterday as I logged in my Facebook profile I got an update that one of my cousins's having a birthday. I sent a birthday message to her and she was really in a state of shock by receiving a birthday text from me. Honestly speaking it was the first time I was wishing her in her 25 years lifespan so far. I was inclined to think that maybe if Facebook was not there to update me about that I would have spent my entire life without wishing her on her birthday. And the point which lingers in my mind is that,"Are we so much dependent on Facebookall" The obvious and honest reply is," YES."

Facebook took over Orkut and it got the hype in no time. Even Mark Zuckerburg wouldn't have thought that Facebook would be such a success while devising it. Nearly 450 million people are connected to each other through this channel. You can talk to people of entirely different origin, place and race by the click of a single button and what fascinates Facebook from different online messengers is its compatibility, user friendly environment and the amount of applications for interaction.

Facebook is really on a roll and is a great medium to get connected to your friends, relatives and even random people. You can find your old friends; can contact your distant relatives, share photos and videos within a blink of an eye. I even know a couple who met on Farmville and later on married. So people are not only communicating, sharing information and playing games they are also getting into a relationship via Facebook. Now you're talking.

The huge impact which Facebook made on our lives is addictively phenomenal. I used the term addictive because people on our planet would even ask the angel of death to wait a moment so they could update their status just before dying.

Facebook is not only playing its part in making the world literally a global village but it has also worked to make a business out of it. The other day I was discussing about the benefits of advertising your business via Facebook. If we consider Facebook as a country, with a population touching merely 450 million users it would be ranked 6th according to population. Targeting these 450 million users using a single banner advertisement is not only cheap as the reach per person will be quite low but will also yield great output as the advertisement can be targeted explicitly.

With the revolutionising of the world technology has been on the rise every second. Technology promises greater prospects to follow and our dependability on it is increasing by time. And Facebook is just the beginning of an entirely new Digitalised Era.

Facebook - How to Sign Up

Facebook can seem daunting at first but as soon as you start with a personal profile page you will see that it is fun and easy to navigate. The first question that some of you might not even dare to ask is: How to sign upall

With the sign up process you will be creating a personal profile page, which is the start to using Facebook.

1. Facebook Website

First of all you have to go to the Facebook website. You will be opening a sign up screen with a form to fill in your details: your first and last name, email address and a password of your choice. Make sure you also choose your gender and your birthday.

2. Security Check Page

Click sign up and you will be taken to a security check page. This is a standard check to make sure that only real people create profiles. Simply add the 2 words that appear in your security check box and click sign up.

3. 4 Steps to Create Your Profile

Then you will be taken through the four steps to create your profile.

Step 1 is to add friends whom you might already know. Facebook uses a recognition algorithm that matches people you might know with your email address.

Step 2 is to add your email account details and your email account password. This way Facebook will let you know which people in your address book are already using Facebook and you can connect with them straight away.

Step 3 is to add some more profile information, with the same intent of finding people you already know, for example people who went to the same school, university or work in the same company.

Step 4 is to add a profile picture which you can do either by uploading a photo from your computer or by taking one straight away with a webcam if you have got one.

If you want to quickly create your profile you can simply skip most of these steps and add those details later. Once you have clicked the 'Save & Continue' button you have a profile page! You will have to check your email for a confirmation from Facebook. This way they make sure that you use a valid email address.

By clicking on the 'profile' tab you can see what your current profile looks like. You will still want to add some more personal information to make it look complete. If you look at people's personal profile and you see the button called 'add as a friend' it means that you are not yet connected. By clicking it you choose to get connected to them.