Paying for Facebook

With Facebook being in the news for trying to go public, I have been thinking about what the social networking giant is going to do to make more money and satisfy investors. If Facebook starts charging people to use their site, I believe many people are going to stop using it. Facebook should always be free, but give users more options when it comes to personalizing their page. One thing they can do is charge for different profile styles. Right now there is the original version and the new timeline version. I think users would pay to be able to have a choice of more options and allow for different text colors, page colors, fonts, and add free pages to be use.      

Kony?!?!

Nobody can deny how fast the Kony movement spread once it hit Facebook. One thing that needs to be said is that nothing will be done to find Kony just because someone in their dorm room "shared" the video. People feel accomplished when the make their status about Kony. In order to do really do something to support the movement, people have to reach out to the American government and United Nations. Many politicians are on Facebook and other social media sites where they can be reached by the average person. There is strength in numbers and with the upcoming elections in November politicians will do anything to gain an edge over other candidates no matter what position they are running for. This is the perfect time for people to have their voices heard by those in a position to take action. I feel this is also more affective than raising money because the millions of dollars raised for various causes never seems to reach the people who need it. New Orleans still has damage from hurricane Katrina, Haiti is still devastated from the earthquake that hit, and many areas of Japan look the same as the weeks after it fell victim to natural disasters.  

The Social Media Takeover

Social media is taking over the world as we once knew it. Social media has left the confinds of our computers, and has penetrated the outside world. If you pay attention to what you see in public, read, and watch on television you will know what I'm talking about. Marketers have been placing the little icons of sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more in the corner of everything they can. I see them on billboards, websites, newspapers, stickers, and just about everything else. This gives them great publicity and helps spread ideas. People will "share" what they are reading on Facebook so others can read it too. Also, people tell their friends to go on their page to view something they found interesting. If they aren't part of Facebook, they can feel obligated to make one in order to keep up with what is going on so they don't miss out.