More and more college students
are signing up and logging onto
Facebook at a rapid pace. From
2004 to 2009 over 300 million
users have created an account,
with nearly half of them being college
students.
Mark Zuckerberg, the creator
and founder of Facebook, was a
computer programming major at
Harvard when he and his fellow
roommates decided to create a
new social networking site.
Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard,
but still earned the title of
world’s youngest billionaire. He
also gave college students a brand
new undiscovered niche for communication.
First year Bucks student Samantha
Konieczny, 18, of Philadelphia,
who is majoring in
journalism, considers Facebook to
be the best way to keep in touch
with family and friends.
“Yes facebook allows me instant
access and communication
with old high school friends,” said
Koniezny. “It’s still weird to me
that my parents have accounts as
well.”
“Yes, absolutely I’m able to
keep in touch with family and
friends via Facebook by either
wall posts or the chat box located
on the bottom of the screen,” said
SarahM, an education major from
Bensalem.
Keeping in contact with old
high school friends and current
college classmates seems to be the
overwhelming response as to why
current students create Facebook
accounts. This is exactly what
Zuckerberg imagined when he
created the site: a social networking
site for college students.
Bucks and thousands of colleges
across the nation have also
taken the Facebook “mania” to
another level.Many colleges have
created Facebook accounts for
specified activities and clubs at
their respective campuses .
Bucks now has over 40 various
Facebook groups, ranging from
the music club to the environmental
group.
Also, several newly created athletic
group pages have popped up,
including men and women’s soccer,
along with highlights and pictures
of various other Buck’s
athletics.
The recent eruption of Facebook
accounts among college students
however is still undeniable, even
to MySpace founder Tom Anderson.
Since 2007, millions of college
students have registered for Facebook
accounts; 85 percent of all
recognized college students have
an account, and 75 percent of
those same students log on every
day for a hour or more.
Those percentages show just
how much of a phenomenon and
addictive type of entertainment it
has become. “I spend about an
hour or two on Facebook, every
day” said Konieczny.
Sarah M. of Bensalem feels the
same way. “I’m regularly online
whenever I have the time, usually
a few hours” she said.
In the end Facebook has become
and will continue to be the
fastest growing social networking
site because of the uncomplicated
layouts and effortless means for
communication.
So create a Facebook account
and join the various group pages
that Bucks offers on the site.
By doing so you will realize this
phenomenon, revelation, and new
brand of entertainment has not
only shaped the world and nation
that we live in, but it has also provided
us with a new collegiate
lifestyle.