Since 2006 Facebook had swept the world with its unique way of
knowing what everyone is doing at all times. With many transitioning from
MySpace people have found that Facebook has a sophisticated way of social
networking. From TV shows to school professors, its hard to find someone without
a Facebook. With that being said Facebook had found ways to keep up with the
times and change some of its ways. But how is Bucks and the rest of the world
reacting.
Lately Facebook has been having many changes to its setup. No one knows why the
changes have accured but our Bucks students have a lot to say about it. Phil
Smith, 22 a cinema and video production major had had a Facebook for 5 years and
says "I really dont notice the changes everything still seems regular to me." He
also said that the people at Facebook are just doing that to keep everyone
interested in login on. "I just go with the flow, when Facebook changes I just
learn how to work it its no big deal" John Baxter 19, a physical therapy major
from Bensalem said. Both students thought that without the changes that Facebook
is making, people will get bored and stop going on. They also felt that its a
good way to really know what all your friends are doing and that inspires them
to log on.
But on the other hand many Bucks student are not interested in the changes, and
some dont like it. "Theres no privacy. As soon as you post something everyone
sees it," Steve Johnson, 19 a biology major commented. He explained that "you
can Facebook, while you Facebook," meaning that you are seeing updates all over
your screen every second you are logged in. "I don't need Facebook telling me
whats interesting and what's not interesting" Nancy Colins, a 19 year old
engineering major said. She also said that she had a Facebook for three years
and the only reason why she has a Facebook is too keep in touch with old and new
friends, but it hard to do that when everything keeps changing.
Privacy is a major issue to all the students who are against the Facebook
changes. They find themselves having to change their privacy setting daily
because they notice that all their information is on someone elses news feed.
Because of the unwanted changes it has made some students join or log on to
other social networking websites like Twitter and Tumblr because of the
simplicity and privacy.
To every win there is a loss and while some people are hating the changes many
are not affected in any way at all and like the changes. But in the end Facebook
is a worldwide phenomenon and with or without the changes and updates it is
still one of the world most talked about topic and its not going anywhere.