Look Back: 10 ways Facebook has changed our lives
Yesterday, Facebook celebrated its 10th birthday with a nice-somewhat-cheesy Look Back video. But rather than have one video showing you Facebook’s history, the video recalls your own. It lets you see your first ever Facebook photos, your most liked and shared photos and posts, and a collage of some of your best photos. Of course, not all your photos look that great, but hey, it’s fun looking at past photos of yourself accompanied by a cheesy video.
Not everyone will get a video, it all depends on how long you’ve been using the service and how active you are. Active, long-time users should get the personalized video, while others will just see a collection of photos, or a simple thank you note.
You can share your video with your friends, but if you don’t, you’ll be the only who can see you personalized movie. Also, if you don’t want to share your movie because there are some posts or photos you’d prefer to stay private, there’s an “Edit your Movie” button but it’s not yet live for everyone. You just have to wait for it. Don’t worry though, the video will be available for a month before it goes away.
Below the video, you’ll see “Mark & the Facebook Team.” Click on Mark and you’d be directed at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s page, where he commemorates the service’s 10th year anniversary.
“It’s been amazing to see how all of you have used our tools to build a real community. You’ve shared the happy moments and the painful ones. You’ve started new families, and kept spread out families connected. You’ve created new services and built small businesses. You’ve helped each other in so many ways.”
“I’m so grateful to be able to help build these tools for you. I feel a deep responsibility to make the most of my time here and serve you the best I can. Thank you for letting me be a part of this journey,” Zuckerberg wrote.
Ahead of its 10th year anniversary, Facebook unveiled Paper, an app that aggregates social and news content, and looks much, much better than the old Facebook app.
Facebook gave us it’s thank you gift for helping it reach a decade, but how has it impacted our lives?
10 ways Facebook changed people’s lives
Stalking is good
Well, of course it’s not, but because Facebook makes it so easy to stalk people on the service, it’s kind of an acceptable hobby now. Plus, people don’t get to see who has been viewing their profile, which makes it easier for stalkers to view all your activities.
Friends become enemies
Yes, Facebook allowed for friends to track each other and stay connected, but how many of you have friends you’ve fought with because of a stupid post on Facebook? It can be a simple misunderstanding or a full0on battle between vegans and meat eaters, or atheists and religious people. Facebook has become both a platform for healthy debates, as well as a way to lose your friends.
Portfolio
Selfies, duck face, “model pose,” – these are just some of the photos we see on Facebook as many people have turned their accounts into their very portfolio. There’s nothing wrong with posting pics, just be sure you really want others to see what you look like and be open to criticism, because not everyone will think you’re hot.
Diary
Some people like posting their whereabouts and daily activities on Facebook, that’s good, especially for your stalker, because you’re making it easy for them to know where you are. But seriously, some people just don’t understand that a Facebook status doesn’t equate to your personal diary. People, the world doesn’t need to read about how you’re constipated or have a burning sensation when you pee. Go to the hospital!
Like if you… Share if you…
These are some of the most hated posts on Facebook: “Like if you…” and “Share if you” which are usually followed by “love Jesus/God/or other religious beings,” “want to cure cancer,” “end racism,” “go to heaven,” don’t want to die,” etc. etc. etc. It’s just so weird how people think hitting the like or share button would automatically change the world, save someone from dying, end world hunger, or magically spark world peace.
No more embarrassing childhood photos for your partner to uncover…
…Because your parents have already posted them on Facebook and tagged you and your partner or crush, and worst of all, your friends. You will never hear the end of it.
Pretending to not know everything
It’s weird, before Facebook, people wanted to know almost everything they could about the person they want to date, just so they can have something to talk about. Now, with Facebook, all you need to do is browse through their photos and posts to get to know a person, which leaves nothing more to talk about, or else you have to pretend you don’t know much as you’re worried about being dubbed a stalker.
Poking
In real life, if you poke someone, especially a stranger, you’d probably get punched in the face. But Facebook has made poking an acceptable way of getting attention. You can poke your friends if you want to get noticed but don’t have anything to say, or poke a stranger just for the fun of it. Poking doesn’t really have a precise meaning either, which makes it fun to do on Facebook.
“Like” whores
Sometimes, when you get bored browsing Facebook, you start hitting that like button on almost everything you come across. Not because you actually like it, but because everyone likes it. It doesn’t really make any sense so to put it simply, we’ve become sheep and we follow what others are doing.
Relationships are based on Facebook
We’ve all seen couples that fight because one of them hasn’t changed the relationship status from “single” to “in a relationship”, or changed it from “in a relationship” to “single” or “it’s complicated.” As they say nowadays, it’s not official until it’s been on Facebook!
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