Statistic on Facebook growth.
FACEBOOK CODEBASE
The codebase of facebook is consist of around 9.2million lines few minutes before,but it is not included numerous backend services so the actual size of it is much more larger compared to 9.2million. There are also some components that is hard to be count accurately but the main site codebase is largest among the all of it by far so this is atleast a reasonable order-of-magnitude estimated.
FACEBOOK APPLICATIONS
Facebook is contained with many application which is a perfect combination of few multimedia elements such as text, images, animations, video, graphic, and audio. There are many types of applications, the examples are application in business, education, entertainment, friends and family, games, just for fun, lifestyle, sports, utilities and etc. The top 10 applications are Farmville(game), MindJott(game), Mafia Wars(game), Café World(game), Causes(general), YoVille(game), RockYou Live(games, videos, graffiti in other word drawing), Spotify(music), School of Wizardy(game), and Social interview(socialise).
SOCIAL PLUGINS
Social plugins are the simplest way to get started with facebook in a major piece of software, as an operating system, an operating environment, or a database, under which various smallerapplication programs can be designed to run. The plugins are inserted social features that can be organised into your site with a line of HTML code. The example of plugin in facebook is the “like” button which allows user to like any page or even the comments.
The coding are the following:
<html>
<head>
<title>My Great Web page</title>
</head>
<body>
<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=YOUR_URL"
scrolling="no" frameborder="0"
style="border:none; width:450px; height:80px"><iframe>
</body>
</html>
FACEBOOK PRIVACY’S POLICY
Facebook has been awarded in the TRUSTe’s Privacy Seal, this shows that facebook is fully reviewed by TRUSTe’s demand or imposed by obligation.Facebook also act in accordance with wishes, request, demands, requirements, or conditions with the EU Safe Harbor framework as desired by the Department of Commerce regarding the collection use
and data retention by Europeon Union.To engage in argument or debate of Safe Harbor ,Facebook reduces all disputes the connection with our policy and through TRUSTe. Facebook also will also provide initial responses to access request in faster manner in a period of time.Scope is also is part of the facebook privacy’s policy.Scope covers all of facebook. Next, Facebook also do not accept information from children under age (under age of 13). If children in other word under age of 13 attempt to register or provide any information will be automatically rejected quickly to avoid any conseqeunces, facebook strongly recommends parental guidance.Facebook encourage parents to teach their children about the safe internet uses.
MULTIMEDIA ELEMENTS IN FACEBOOK.
Multimedia element is very seductive to use the latest computer wizardry to represent information and develop computer elevate materials. However, the tutoring design of these systems should be based on a careful examination and analysis of the many factors, both human and technical, relating to social network. The elements must be pertinent multimedia tools and apply them to the social network. The types of multimedia elements used are sound, animation, video, text and graphics.
Text is one of the common and essential elements and the most impact on the multimedia interaction. Text provides essential information and it acts as the keystone attaches of the other multimedia elements together and that is how users interaction with facebook. Sound is used to contribute emphasis or highlight a transition from one page to other pages. Consider the appropriateness of using sound. Some sound is content related, such as hearing a foreign phrase pronounced. Other sounds are for effect, such as creating mood or setting a scene. Avoid from using sound when there is no compelling benefit.
Animation is a process of making a static image to alike it is moving. Animations are basically used to demonstrate an idea or to furnish with drawings, pictures or other artwork intended for explanation of a concept. Video is mostly taken from real life, while animations are based on combinations of numerous of drawings. The representation of information by using the visualization proficiency of video can be instantaneous and powerful. Whereas, it is the ability to choose how the user wants to view, and interact, with the content of digital video which provides new and exciting chances for the use of digital video in facebook. Graphics makes the multimedia in facebook more interesting and attractive. They help to illustrate ideas through still image. There are two type of graphics used which is bitmaps in a simple word is called paint graphics and vector which is known as draw graphics.
Multimedia elements in facebook is mostly interpreted in the facebook applications. Combination of all those elements makes an application attractive example of application is the FarmVille which is a game which is consist on the multimedia elements. Other than that,
The elements are also inserted the the facebook wall such as the wall post, status, posting video and more as shown in figure1 below.
Figure 1
CONCLUSION
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF FACEBOOK.
Facebook is widely known social networking site name by people all around the world and almost among all ages.Most people use facebook to keep in touch with their friends, find new friends, and as entertainment. Facebook has advantages and disadvantages at the same time.Advantages of using facebook is first of all it allows users to find old and new friends, by this we can keep in touch with our old friends that has no contact anymore or maybe in a distance from where we stay and get new friends at the same time even pen-pals.
Secondly,it is accesible in selected universities.Students from that particular universities can be able to give and share their knowlegde to everyone and also accept it as social network at the same time.Next, Facebook has high level of security which makes it less awkward when communicating with strangers or people you don’t know. This way we can avoid from exposing our important information to strangers.Other than that, facebook also can be used for love attraction or can be used as dating system. Nowadays pupils get knowing each other through facebook and it happens in co-incidence that they have love attraction.
Facebook also allows user to join or like an particular group easily.Users can like, unlike, create or edit the particular group.Users also can create event such as an invitation to a birthday party where users can add the destination, time,location, and even invite the person that the users desire only.Facebook user scan will be able to find friends from the same school, college, office, same class, or same location from where user are staying and more through Facebook friend finder. Moreover, Facebook also brings positive impact on marketing, networking wise, as we know Facebook is well known so its one of the best way of publitising buisness and many more. Facebook also have media impact such as involved in campaigns for True Bloods, American Idols, and Top Gear.Lastly, facebook provides bright futures to our fresh graduates, Facebook provides career to fresh graduaters.The careers are software engineer, product manager, design and user experience, sales and buisness development, legal, finance, facilities and admin, communication and public policy, IT and security, technial operations, HR and recruiting, growth and internationalization, platform and product marketing.
The disadvantages of using Facebook is overcrowding happens, too many peoples are using facebook nowadays as mentioned earlier if Facebook is defined by human population its a combination of 2 large countries which is India and China with 600 million users.Next, by using facebook it weakens the long distance relationship where the feeling of missing decreases which causes the relationship is weakened.Other than that, facebook unsupported by physical adjacency.
Facebook also contributes to wide-range delayment.Facebook can cause rampant addiction, where the most effected in this issue is the students they are addicted to Facebook because of its function and applications.Stalking is also possible to happen in Facebook, the information that users expose will give a great oppurtunity to stalking to happen.Users also use to label someone recognized by sight or someone known, though not intimately as friend by this it will increase stalking to occur.
Certainly, facebook has the plus and minus point in the equal part. As users, we should know which is the pros and cons and stop blaming the network. The usage of facebook is depends on the user, if the user has to use it in a wise way then it shall be more to the advantage compared to disadvantage and if misuse happen then the blame should go to the user of course. In conclusion, we shall use facebook wisely and avoid misusing it, to avoid any unwanted issues such as stalked in other word hacked, addiction, and many more.
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