News Report #2

Facebook had its fifth birthday recently. The creator, Mark Zuckerberg is now known as the youngest billionaire on the planet thanks to the online service. He created the program when he was only nineteen years old as a way to reconnect with old friends and acquaintances. Within twenty four hours and its creation, over a thousand of his fellow Harvard classmates had joined. Now, after Facebook’s recent fifth birthday, the online service now accommodates more than one hundred and fifty million users throughout the world. The online service offers a safe place for people to reconnect with friends throughout the world, the ability to join groups for different causes, as well as massive storage space for each user for the uploading of photos. Although Facebook faces rivals such as Myspace, the company is making the service beneficial for a wider population. It is said that the recent election of President Barack Obama owes some credit to Facebook. Facebook was used as a means to reach out to a younger generation that may not have previously voted or was not properly informed on their voting choices. I personally am a Facebook user and have been able to reconnect with several friends. Many people, not just the younger generation are joining the Facebook community. I know that many high school as well as college professors use Facebook as another way to stay connected with students. Overall Facebook meets many challenges for the future due to the recession like economy and other competitors but Zuckerberg plans on improving the system even more to meet the people’s demands.