Positive things about Facebook?

[Bella]

How it's good for a business, career, networking etc.

[Andrew]

PROS:

- Staying connected with friends and family far and near.
- Connecting with folks around the world.
- Having the ability to reach multiple friends with one post.
- Seeing what friends are up to.
- Pages (not walls) offer an ability to get your products, talents, or whatever to reach billions of people around the world. Facebook has the largest membership in the world on the internet.
- Groups are great for connecting with others that share similar interests.
- Community games allow you to play with friends if you are into those type of things. (I hate them myself and getting invites can be annoying so I just block all game invites when they come.)

[AZHAR]

It’s efficient. Rather than trying to contact a lot of people individually, you can reach them all with one post.3) You can share photos, videos, links, updates, messages–all in one place, so you don’t have to log into and out of half a dozen different platforms.4) It’s free. Always a good thing.5) There are already-established communities there, so you’re not reinventing the wheel.6) And the #1 reason for me: many people don’t check their email every 3 minutes like, um, some people I won’t mention. They may not even download their email to their computer and may only check it online once or twice a day. If you really need to reach them right away, you may be out of luck unless you’re friends on Facebook or following each other on Twitter. I’ve found that sending a message via FB is the fastest way–and in some cases, the only way–to reach lots of  people it might otherwise take me days to contact.- See more at: http://www.createmixedmedia.com/blogs/th...8yicW.dpuf

[Patrick Harrison]

Legal Matters
Even if Facebook seems so informal in the eyes of non-professionals, it has proven to be very advantageous in tracking down legal disputes. Officials from the Pennsylvania State University reported that they have successfully pursued those students who have bombarded in the field during the Ohio State Game way back October of 2005. It is also helpful in police searches for tracking down culprits and students who violate the standards and moral codes of their colleges where they attended. However, a lot of students either in the high school or college level constantly disagree with how the authorities rely on the information given out in Facebook. They thought that it was unfair to be penalized just because a drinking spree photo was posted on an album in the website.

Social Interaction
When it comes with communication, digital communities like Facebook hits the number one spot. It most certainly has a lot of advantages when it tackles about communication per se. It can allow it users to track down long lost friends, acquaintances and relatives that they haven't seen for years. Users are able to meet new groups and are able to interact with their likes and dislikes. Through the system's organization of profiles, it allows its users access to other personal interests that a contact can use. This can also be a perfect gateway for love to bloom in a dating process.

Student Connection
Since Facebook is popular with the younger masses due to similar interests and habits, it is also opens a door for connecting student organizations and ideas. Organizations can post on their walls updates regarding upcoming events and gatherings. And even though there is an increase in the accessibility of online communities like Facebook, there are supporters who still insist that the service offer more alternatives in terms of communication modes therefore allowing announcements of different capabilities and functions which will remain dominant.

Economy
Facebook's influence is continuously succeeding other online communities thus makes it a more amiable site to let the economy flourish. Through the system, companies can advertise their products and in return for the space provided by the site, the advertisers pay a certain amount of money enabling the site to raise revenue. Most of the advertisements posted are aimed for the majority of Facebook's population which is mainly students of all kinds. It's a win-win situation.

[Shubham Waykar]

Facebook is a very good social
networking device. It allows you to
create and maintain a profile, which
can be used to tell people more about
you. On your profile you can edit things
such as your profile picture, gender,
birth date, hometown, family,
relationship status, political views,
religion, activities, hobbies, interests,
favourite music, favourite movies,
favourite TV shows, favourite
quotations, favourite books, about me
information, contact details and
education and work.

There are also many groups, pages and
networks that you can join to connect
with people that have similar interests.
As well as joining them, you can create
them yourself.

Status updates can be used to tell people
what you are doing, eating, drinking,
reading, watching, listening to, etc. You
can also use the status update to post
links, photos, videos, events, etc.
The best thing about Facebook is the
interaction with friends. Once you have
added a person as a friend (and they
have accepted your request), you will
have the opportunity to view their
profile, comment on their photos and
chat with them, invite them to groups,
challenge them in games, add posts to
their wall, send them virtual gifts and
more.

Applications can be added to your
profile to allow you to play games, take
quizzes, etc. You can also invite friends
to these and challenge them.

Adding friends is a good way to connect
with family, long lost friends and
unknown relatives. I personally
discovered my half-brother who I didn't
even know existed.