12 stages of facebook addiction

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2011/01/12_stages_of_facebook_addiction.php

Found this funny article on facebook addiction. I am writing my topic proposal on "addictions".

No more stalking

Apparently facebook is trying to cut back on the amount of creeping/stalking.
check it out in the article below

http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/23/breakup-notifier/

Facebook vs MySpace

http://www.2010.newsweek.com/top-10/heated-rivalries/facebook-vs-myspace.html

I found this article while researching for my paper. Its pretty interesting and funny in its comparison of MySpace and Facebook, although comparison isnt exactly a fair word for this article. Its more like adoration for Facebook and condemnation for MySpace, however it is comically accurate.

Facebook Ads

Well I kept getting the same ads over and over so here they are:

The 1st and most frequent one was an ad for playing soccer at Coker college: this ad was for women who have an interest in playing soccer at the collegiate level. Coker college is in conference carolinas which is the same conference Queens is in so I felt that was ironic and obviously I play soccer so they have found a connection there.

The 2nd most frequent ad was for shoes: "Shoe Bliss. Just $39.95"  I would say this ad is directed at young females because there are pictures of stylish high heels and boots. Again this ad is spot on because as I have said before on facebook, I have a shoe addiction.

The 3rd most frequent ad was for 5 free songs on iTunes: This ad can be directed towards anyone who has an ipod or mp3 player, which is a lot of facebook users today. However, I dont use iTunes to download music so this doesnt apply to me.

Facebook Stats

A link to some facebook statistics...pretty astonishing numbers


http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics