1. In your opinion, how is Facebook and Google+ different or the same?One of my friends recently invited me to the new Google+ social network. Personally, I think both Facebook and Google+ are somewhat the same. They are both social networks it's just Google+ is new and hasn't really gotten the big reconition that Facebook has. I am sure once Google+ allows people to join then it will get the recognition that it is looking for. There's not much that is different except I believe that Google+ has some type of video chat. Other than that, it has similar features to Facebook.
2. How many users does Facebook have? Why so many? Why did Facebook overtake MySpace?
There are over 500 million active users on Facebook. I think Facebook overtook MySpace because Facebook became a better and easy way to contact people. More people had realized that there was a new social network out so they hopped on the bandwagon, tried it out, and ended up liking it perhaps.
3. Do you think Google+ or any other social media will overtake Facebook?
I really don't think that Google+ will overtake Facebook. I think it might take a while for Google+ to obtain such a power thing like that. Google hasn't really been promoting Google+ that much. This could be because you can only join Google+ if a friend invited you to join therefore it will take Google+ some time to gain the users that it needs/wants. All the other social networks are basically old news. Neither of those can overtake Facebook or Google+ in general. Even though MySpace is still being used, I still don't believe that it has much competition anymore. It's now just Facebook VS. Google+ instead.
4. Why do you feel there is such an obsession with Facebook? Do you think this obsession is warranted?
I think that there is such an obsession with Facebook because it is a social network that is/was aimed mainly towards college students and business people. Facebook itself is a social network that helps individuals keep in contact with friends as well as help businesses promote themselves and etc.
5. What was your perspective of the film overall?
Overall, the film was very interesting. It gave us an insight on how Facebook really came about. We all just randomly signed up for Facebook one day because a friend invited us via email, a friend told us about it, or simply because we wanted to try something new besides MySpace, Xanga, or any other social network. It's just sometimes better to see a visual version of something to understand it better or for it to catch your eye.
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