Facebook

Facebook. In today's world, it's like "Everyone has a Facebook". I learnt this phrase in a movie that I've watched recently, which is the "Disaster Movie". Well, it is undeniable that Facebook is a quite successful online-networking tool.

I have joined Facebook last month. Before that, when my friends asked me to join, I was quite reluctant to sign up for Facebook (FB) as I think there is nothing interesting. However, after I got an account in FB, I started to learn why people got addicted to it that easy. It's not really about making new friends, it's about the applications within it! The main application of writing on the "wall" on one's profile allows people to express their comments easier. In addition, the "wall" will also displays the activities that one have done in FB. To view these "walls" or profiles of others, one will have to add that person as friend. One by one, when one keeps on adding his friends list, his network gets larger.

Other interesting applications include tagging of photos. People who have account in FB can tagged themselves in someone else's uploaded photos. So when others are viewing one's photos, they can identify the friends of their friend, and then get into the profiles of their friend's friends. Once again, people are connected.

There are also some other gaming applications. The one that I am so into right now is the "Fluff Friends" where people can adopt cartoon pets. After adopting a pet, one can pet it, feed it, decorate its habitats etc. So, you might wonder: How does this application help in connecting people around the world? Simple, people are "encouraged" to pet, give gifts, and feed others' pets as there will be "munny" (which is so-call money in the Fluff World, people use it to buy items, foods, decorations etc.) granted. In every "fluffer"'s (those who use this application) profile, there will be information of other fluffers displayed randomly. Therefore, one can click on one's profile to pet their pets. The network can be spreaded so widely that a fluffer from Malaysia can pet a pet owned by a American.

Anyway, although some of the applications are really fun to play with, one will maybe get bored someday. In the end of the day, the thing that really matter are still your friends that you made on FB.

PS: For those who know me and have a FB account, search me by this name: Yfoong Liew(http://www.facebook.com/s.php?ref=search&init=q&q=yfoong+liew&sid=f49f8b16b9b52e7bf89037731846358d) and add me as friends ya~ ^^
*wink*

=Yin Foong=