Facebook--Dayna,+Linda

January 20, 2010

Facebook Privacy!!

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January 8th, 2010

Fake Friends on Facebook!?!? Have you ever become friends with celebrity on Facebook but then found out it’s not really them? It’s just a person who is trying to make friends and thinks that becoming a “celebrity” will make him or her have friends. This isn’t supposed to seem bratty or snobby, but it’s the truth. On Facebook, you can become friends with people such as Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Alex Evans, the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Will Smith,... the list goes on and on. But don’t get me wrong, some of these listed and more may be the real deal, but how are we supposed to know that?

[|Cybercriminals] are criminals that use the Internet to commit a crime. Cybercriminals on Facebook can disguise themselves as a celebrity to lure people to be their friend. But really they are probably planning some sort of scheme that would use the “friends” that they //have//. Other cybercriminals will use the fake profile to link it to a dangerous site or inappropriate site. When you are a friend on a fake profile, and you go to click on the “person’s name” it will take you to whatever link they have placed on it.

Some people are [|buying] friends on Facebook! BUYING! How ridiculous does that sound? The service is called uSocial, a little company ran in Australia. People are buying friends so they look more popular, but really it makes them look desperate. Some say that uSocial is violating the online communities for money. “It is shameful and deplorable,” an objector states. Lawyers on Facebook are trying to shut the company down.

 ​ So, if you really think about it, the only problem here is popularity. People try to be "celebrities" to gain popularity. People become friends with "celebrities" that are actually cybercriminals for popularity. And, people also buy friends in a desperate act to gain popularity. Thing is, sometimes it's just not worth it. Also, there is almost absolutely no way that anyone can know whether or not the celebrity is "real". Have you become a fan of or became friends with celebrities? Have you noticed that some are fake?



January 8 Hey guys! I can't believe this! I think that is so weird about "buying" a friend. Also, about the celebrities, on my friends suggestions it said I should add Justin Bieber. People should know that this is not real. I have heard many people (celebs) say that they do not have personal facebooks for this reason. I think is just ridiculous! What has facebook made people do these days? Great post guys! Clarence :] ​

How young is TOO young for Facebook??
==== Recently, Yahoo published an article about Facebook. A women's first grade daughter has a friend who is "supposedly" 13 years old. That girl is 7 years old, but she has a Facebook. The girls’ mother has a Facebook and sets up accounts for her kids. Kids are lying about their age to get on Facebook. The minimum age for Facebook is 13, but even 7 year olds are getting one. To see this article, click [|here].  [|Scientists] are worried about pre-adolescents on networking sites. They believe that the internet can damage their relationships with friends and family and their brains as well. In two surveys taken, 700 of 935 students (38%) between the ages of 12 to 14 said that they have some sort of online profile. 61% of those students 12 to 17 said that they use social networking sites to message friends, 42% said that they message daily. ==== ====Now, if you think about it, one of the only reasons that elementary school kids get and like Facebook is the games. The games are better than the free games on other sites. But, if Facebook gets rid of the games that are making young kids getting a Facebook, then it will also lose many adults' interests too. Many, many adults are addicted to Farmville and other games. Also, if Facebook gets rid of the games, then it will lose its main money source. It's a vicious cycle, really, one that Facebook can't get out of easily anymore. Take the games off? Lose money. Don't take the games off? Have very young users that lie to get in. It's a big problem. ==== ====What do you think about the //issue,// as some people call it? What do you think Facebook should do? Do you know a person in elementary school that you feel is just WAY to young for Facebook and has one? We would like to know! ====

I think that people have the right to have a facebook if they want one. If they know how to use it, then they should have one to use. I don’t think that it matters if people make up there age because people do it all the time on online chat web sites so they can talk to people that they know. Lukas

January, 4th 2010 Assignment: Complete the activities below and record your answers/thoughts on your Wiki page. Go to the end of your work on your wiki page, and type today's date. Please number your responses to the items below and write your responses in complete sentences. It is not necessary to rewrite the questions--simply restate the gist of it as you begin your response. Make sure to choose a unique color for your new edits. Please choose a "readable" color (not yellow!) and do not highlight the text.

1. Analyze the contents of the wordle made from all of the posts in your category. Remember that this includes all the posts on your topic...not just your own. What are the common ideas that are being discussed and debated? What trends do you see? Facebook, Money, Games, Farmville and Addicted are some of the largest words in the Wordle Cloud. This means that people on __Facebook__ spend __money__ on the __games__ they play. One of the __games__ in which most people are __addicted__ to is __Farmville__.

2. Go to Wordle and make a word cloud of just YOUR posts. To do this, open a new wordle space and then copy and paste all of the text from your posts into the space. Create the word cloud.

3. Compare the two. What is similar? What is different? "Facebook", on both wordles, is the largest and most commonly used word. The second largest word on the wordle cloud that we made was "FAD", which was not an especially big word on the overall Facebook wordle. Money, games and Farmville, a few of the largest words in the overall word cloud, were not even on our wordle. 4. Right before break, your assignment was to search the internet for blogs about your topic. Include the links to the blogs you found as the response to this question. Be sure to give the title of the blogs as well. Facebook Syndrome: 8 ways to beat your Facebook addiction- [] You're a Facebook addict if... - []. One in seven brings their Facebook addiction to work- [] 5. Compare your ideas to the those in the blogs that you found. What is similar? What is different? We are currently blogging about Facebook addiction, and all three websites here are about that topic. However, the first two websites also describe in detail the sypmtoms of FAD, and the third one shows how adults are also very addicted. We did add some vague ways to beat the addiction, but these articles explain specifically. 6. Begin to brainstorm about the topic of your next post. What research do you need to do? Where will you find the info that you need? We are planning to blog about how very young kids are getting a Facebook. We will need to research different adult viewpoints on the topic. There are numerous blogs on this topic since many adults have blogs about Facebook. We have already found an article on Yahoo! Shine called "How Young is Too Young For Facebook?". A few weeks ago, this article was featured on Yahoo! News, so it must be a serious and growing issue.