What if you get tired of Facebook?

Facebook has been in the media a lot recently and with more than 900 million users worldwide, it seems like it is a part of everyone's lifestyle. However, Facebook is still just a website, and just like anything else, it is possible to get tired of it. By clicking on the link below you can read about some other forms of entertainment and social networking, other than Facebook.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/05/social-networking-apps/

Facebook's Share Price Drops

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/05/21/why-facebooks-falling-share-price-really-doesnt-matter/

After Facebook's first weekend on the stock market, its stock fell from $38 million to $33.6 million. Even though the price dropped, Mark Zuckerberg isn't worried and he is just looking at the big picture, not short-term benefits. Would you invest your money in Facebook on the stock market?

Accidently Banning Photos

No matter what social networking site you are a part of, you have to be extremely careful about what you post. Heather Walker, a mother from Memphis, posted pictures of her deceased newborn on Facebook. Facebook censors deleted the images because they felt that they could be considered offensive or graphic, but soon apologized because they realized that the photos didn't break any of Facebook's codes. Do you think officials were right in deleting the photos? Read more about the incident and how Facebook decides what should be deleted/ banned from its site by following the link below.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/20/heather-walker-memphis-mother-facebook_n_1529609.html

A Week to Remember

This past week was life-changing for Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook. The fact that two important events took place in the matter of days was all a coincidence. On Saturday, May 19 Zuckerberg married his girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, in a surprise wedding. The couple planned to get married; however, they didn't plan for Facebook to come on the stock market the day before. The couple invited about 100 guests and said it was just a "party" so the details wouldn't be released to the public.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/mark-zuckerberg-and-priscilla-chan-how-they-pulled-off-their-surprise-wedding/2012/05/20/gIQAQVK1dU_blog.html

Social Media Spreading Diseases

As many of us know, through the use of social media and social networking, news is spreading faster than ever before. However, news is not the only thing that social media spreads. When a person tweets or posts a status about being sick or about having symptoms relating to a sickness, you may start to feel those same symptoms without realizing it. It is just like when you are sitting with a group of people and one person says they are tired, all of a sudden everyone else says they are tired too. Social networking gets sent out to so many people, so quickly, that eventually a form of mass hysteria occurs when everyone is experiencing the same sickness. This happened in a New York town among students at LeRoy High School. Read more about this story and how social networking can spread diseases by following the link below.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/Social-networking-can-cause-mass-hysteria/articleshow/13253835.cms

Facebook Sets Record IPO

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/05/17/facebooks-ipo-valuation-sets-record-is-it-really-worth-104-bi/?icid=maing-grid7%7Caim%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D161979

Facebook has set the record IPO of $104 billion. Facebook has about 900 million users, but despite it's success, people are wondering if Facebook is really worth it's price on the stock market. Do you think Facebook is worth it? Do you think people overlook Facebook's success?

Waste of time?

http://www.thereporter.com/rss/ci_20634657?source=rss

Did you know that Americans spent a total of 53.5 billion minutes, which is the same as 101,000 years, on Facebook in May 2011? Even though Facebook is useful for some people, other people use it for reasons that aren't helpful to anyone. The amount of time Americans spend on Facebook could be used productively instead. Do you think the time you spend on Facebook is a waste? What would you do with your time if you didn't go on Facebook?