What is Facebook? 14/1/2021 1 Facebook is a social networking site that makes it easy for you to connect and share with family and friends online. Originally designed for college students, Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg while he was enrolled at Harvard University. By 2006, anyone over the age of 13 with a valid email address could join Facebook. Today, Facebook is the world's largest social network, with more than 1 billion users worldwide. 2 3 Mark Zuckerberg Why use Facebook? 4 Have you ever wondered why people like using Facebook? After all, there are already a lot of other ways to communicate online, like through email, instant messaging, and so on. What makes Facebook unique is the ability to connect and share with the people you care about at the same time. 5 Understanding the Basic Principles of Facebook Culture By John Haydon 1. Freedom to share and connect: 2. Ownership and control of information: 3. Fundamental equality: 4. Social value: 5. Open platforms and standards: 6. Fundamental service: 7. Common welfare: 8. Transparent process: 9. One world: 6 7 From startitup.in.th For many, having a Facebook account is now an expected part of being online, much like having your own email address. And because Facebook is so popular, other websites have worked to integrate Facebook . This means you can use a single Facebook account to sign in to different services across the Web. 8 9 https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/facebook101/getting-started-with-facebook/1/ 10 https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/facebook101/getting-started-with-facebook/1/ How does Facebook sharing work? 11 12 The Social Network (2010) Facebook allows you to send messages and post status updates to keep in touch with friends and family. You can also share different types of content, like photos and links . But sharing something on Facebook is a bit different from other types of online communication. 13 Unlike email or instant messaging, which are relatively private, the things you share on Facebook are more public , which means they'll usually be seen by many other people. 14 While Facebook offers privacy tools to help you limit who can see the things you share, it's important to understand that Facebook is designed to be more open and social than traditional communication tools. 15 We'll talk more about sharing and controlling your privacy in our lessons on Facebook privacy and adjusting privacy settings 16 Introduction If you're thinking about joining Facebook, this lesson will show you everything you need to get started. We'll explain some common Facebook terms and how to create a Facebook account 17 We'll also explore the Facebook homepage , Timeline , and Facebook for mobile devices 18 Common Facebook terms Friends? Likes? Status updates? If you're new to Facebook, there are a lot of terms and phrases that may seem a little confusing at first. Reviewing some of the most commonly used terms will give you a better understanding of how Facebook works and what to expect as you get started. 19 Creating a Facebook account Before you can use Facebook, you must create an account . Creating a Facebook account is free. All you need to get started is an email address and a few minutes of your time. 20