Facebook was famously created by a college dropout, Mark Zuckerberg, who developed the web application while an undergraduate at Harvard. The purpose of Facebook was originally for connecting, and reconnecting with friends. This concept was attempted previously with such platforms as Friendster and Myspace with limited success. The creation and subsequent copyright challenge was documented in the dramatic movie, The Social Network.
Advantages of Social Media:
Finding Jobs
There are many positive benefits to participating in social media. One of the foremost is the ability to further one's career and professional aspirations. The beauty of social media is that it is relatively easy to gather information that reflects ones interests and goals, and to find like-minded individuals with whom to network. Many have turned hobbies into full time careers via the internet and social media. Blogging, sharing text, images, videos, music that one identifies with or finds inspiring can open conversations, and lead to opportunities for employment in areas one did not know existed. Because social media can have an audience globally, very specific talents can turn into lucrative endeavors because globally there may be enough people in need of a service or product to support one's livelihood.
Security
Because so much personal data is collected by social media platforms, it becomes easy for another to potentially access ones private records, or get access to financial accounts or legal profiles. Social security numbers, birth dates, telephone numbers, familial relations, addresses, educational or professional histories are all typical ways institutions use to verify one's identity via the internet. All of these details can be relatively easy to collect through social media. Bullying Bullying or social intimidation has become problematic via this relatively new social opportunity..