A Brief Analysis of Facebook as Product

Running head: A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF "FACEBOOK" AS PRODUCT
A Brief Analysis of "Facebook" as Product
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1A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF "FACEBOOK" AS PRODUCT
Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................2
2. Discussion..............................................................................................................................3
2.1 A Brief History on Facebook...........................................................................................3
2.2 The Experience of Facebook............................................................................................3
2.3 Interactivity of Facebook.................................................................................................4
2.4 Infrastructure of Facebook...............................................................................................4
2.5 Convenience of Using Facebook.....................................................................................5
2.6 Health Issues Related to Facebook..................................................................................5
2.7 The Downsides of Facebook............................................................................................6
2.8 Specifications for a Social Medium.................................................................................6
2.9 Other Major Specifications............................................................................................10
3. Conclusion............................................................................................................................11
4. Recommendation..................................................................................................................11
5. References............................................................................................................................13

2A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF "FACEBOOK" AS PRODUCT
1. Introduction
Facebook is one of the most popular free website based on the social networking
platform. The website provides facility to the users to register within their website. The
registered users would then be able to create their personal profiles, upload videos and
photos, and keep touch with their friends by sending messages and several other features
(Judd 2014). Facebook is online social media platform and a social networking service,
which is mainly based in America. Their main headquarters is located in Menlo Park,
California. The website of Facebook was primarily launched on 4th February, 2004. This
company was mainly launched by Mark Zuckerberg.
The website is mainly available in 37 different form of languages that includes many
public features that includes the common marketplace, pages, events, groups and presence of
technology. There are several components of key networking within the profile of each of the
members who are associated within the company.
With major improvements within the development of the website, Facebook is able to
offer a wide range of options based on privacy for their users. This option provides the
facility to the user for describing the privacy options and thus making them visible to
everyone. The user would also be able to block some of the connections based on their level
of thinking of privacy (Trainor et al. 2014). The members would also be able to choose the
options, which could be searched by the users. They would also be able to choose the parts of
their profile that could be viewed by the public. There is also a personal feature of message,
which would almost resemble the feature of email.

3A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF "FACEBOOK" AS PRODUCT
2. Discussion
2.1 A Brief History on Facebook
The company, Facebook was invented by Mark Zuckerberg. Initially, the membership
of the website was limited within the students of Harvard University. After the popularity of
Facebook, the company was expanded to several other colleges within the area of Boston.
Later, the company was expanded to most of the universities within Canada and the United
States, various corporations. In September 2006, the company was able to provide their users
with a valid email address that would require an age requirement of 13 years or older
(Brügger 2015).
2.2 The Experience of Facebook
Unlike most of the social networking sites, Facebook offers a different feel than most
of the other websites. The entire system of Facebook is highly organized and helps in
engaging with other registered users. The main objective of Facebook is to help the users in
accessing and displaying personal information and also the information regarding other users
as per their needs (Simon, Brexendorf and Fassnacht 2013). The users would also be able to
pursue several form of connections between all kinds of people. The visitors are greeted with
the impression based on search activity on their newsfeed. They would also be provided the
facility for sharing of ideas. Facebook is a huge source of information and a proper place for
communication. It is also a multi-layered area based on the performance of identity. The
access to Facebook is mainly through the help of desktop computers, laptops, smartphones
and many other digital kind of devices.
In the year of 2007, Facebook had gained the majority of the popularity on the global
platform. They had expanded their user base for the inclusion of different kinds of people
beyond the reach of students (Grieve et al. 2013).