EzzellSes493

Ask me why Facebook so often during the news and why would it generate so much interest; after all, isn't it simply a web page?

I guess the most apparent response to this question is 'no, it is not simply a website'. It is a position, a home, an expression of phone, a space to connect and possibility to share. As a result, supporters of Facebook guard their to its use, defending it as ardently like any heavily fortified 'Castle'. However, with equal valour, others (dwelling inside Castles) seek in order to dismantle it, or at the very least, impose restrictions on it has the use. I realise the castle analogy could appear unusual given Facebook's viewpoint of open communication. However I use it all here to illustrate how attitudinal walls have created a grand divide between those who realize how to use Facebook, those who think they find out how to use Facebook and those who don't realize how to use Facebook.

Michael DuBasso

It has been proposed that Facebook (besides other forms of social media) may well be useful in emergency and disaster situations given it offers the opportunity for 'real-time' updates that are not restricted by common media regulations. However, even as I type this Allow me to hear the collective outcry of who suggest social media could possibly have devastating consequences in these kinds of same situations, especially when 'untrained amateurs' and / or 'rubber necking' glory searchers offer false or deceiving information. Of course there is additionally the danger of exposure to tragic circumstances involving members of your family before 'official notification' is usually given. Worse, are the bullies who use Facebook as a means of torture and uglier still, are the heartless (faceless) folks that deface tribute pages.

These arguments are repeatedly raised (particularly by parents, politicians and school administrators who never use or understand, Facebook), as evidence that Facebook's use need to be restricted or even banned. But, isn't this a condition of blaming the method, when really, it is the wielder for the tool? After all, a simple fork (designed for being an eating utensil) could become a toy in the hand from a child in a sandpit, or a weapon with the hand of an enemy.

It is with this as the primary goal that I offer a few suggestions, one to parents, politicians and school facilitators; and the other to your team who administer Facebook or myspace.