SOCIAL SOFTWARE AND

WEB (2b)
SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE.
 REASONS FOR DEVELOPING
FACEBOOK.
• Facebook.com is social network that helps
people search and find their friends and
loved ones round the globe.

• Facebook.com is a social network for

bridging the gap between friends and
organization.It is a forum for discussion
and also a forum for chatting with friends.
 HOW DOES IT WORK
• Users sign up to www.facebook.com to make a
profile.
1. Name and Address
2.Prefered user name for login.
3.Alternate e-mails where comments
and notifications will be sent.
4. Date of Birth .
5.Other profiles like schools attended and
work experience.
6.Users give more personal descriptions.
 NUMBER OF USERS AND
OTHER INTERESTING
•
STATISTICS
People on Facebook: More than 500 Million active users.50% of active
users log on to facebook in any given day. Average user has 130 friends.
People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook.

• Activity on Facebook: There are over 900 million objects that people
interact with (pages,groups,events and community pages). Average user is
connected to 80 community pages, groups and events. Average user
creates 90 piece of content each month.

• Global Reach: More than 70 translation available on the site. About 70% of
Facebook users are outside United States. Over 300,000 users helped
translate the site through the translation application.

• Mobile: There are more than 250 million active users currently accessing
Facebook through their mobile devices. People that use Facebook on their
mobile devices are twice as active on Facebook than non-mobile users.
 FEATURES
• Like all social networks, there are lots of methods to communicate to other users.Some ways are

• COMMUNICATION
1) Facebook request
2) Message threads
3) Friend list and contact list
4) Personal message

. COMMUNITIES
There are lots of communities and groups based on events,entertainments,religion,likes of
indiviuals,etc

GROUPS
Different user group setups
- By country
- By likes of music
- By religion.
- By Games.
- By personl Interests.
 FEATURES
• Events
The user is able to
1)Create events
2) Follow other events created by others.
3) Give comments on events happening
within a particular geographical region.
4) Follow specific events round the
world.
 SECURITY
• Security and Safety
1)Monitored private message
2)Refering a friend
3) Password verification.
4) Vouching and reference system.

- User Verification.
Verification also helps the site stay safe.By
verifying name and address,you show other
facebookers that you are who you said you are.
 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
• My friends and loved ones has seized this
opportunity to contact me and see my pictures
which makes every one happy especially after
viewing old school pictures.

• The network has helped me to rediscover the

small nature of the world. Information technology
has made the world a global village.
• I have made friends with lots of people with my
religious beliefs.