I saw this documentary program on BBC World Television. It was all about the popular social networking web site Facebook. I got a lot of information about Facebook on how it collects users personal information and makes money out of it. Well, I think making money online like this way is not bad. However, If our personal information is protected and not leaked to third parties, then I think there would be not any problem. But, If they sell or leak our personal information to third parties in exchange of money, then that is not good.
Internet has been invented to communicate and exchange information around the globe. Making money over the internet is becoming more and more popular than ever before. It saves time and money. What Facebook is doing is selling information of people which they have never bought. So how do Facebook collect information? They do not ask for any information from us. They lay a so called trap for there users and wait. Then we users login and fill up the information and provide a little more about ourselves. For example, what we eat, where do we shop, are we married, etc. When I logged in to my account to check what else can I fill up, I found that Facebook has setup a form so that I may by mistake fill up my credit card information including my credit card number, the date of expiry, etc. Why have Facebook created such a form. Then I found that they have also created an option to gift something to my Facebook friends online. In order to make the transaction quicker and faster I must fill up the forms. So, now you can see how clever they are from there counterparts like MySpace, Orkut, etc.
I am sure that next year this time there will be another social networking web site like Facebook, competing with Facebook, and trying to win advertisers trust. I now personally think that visiting and using these social networking web sites are a waste of both time and money if you do not make money. If you still want to use social networking sites then before giving them your time to them, ask yourself what will they give me in return. If you are satisfied as a customer then please go ahead and enjoy networking with you friends online over the internet.
Internet has been invented to communicate and exchange information around the globe. Making money over the internet is becoming more and more popular than ever before. It saves time and money. What Facebook is doing is selling information of people which they have never bought. So how do Facebook collect information? They do not ask for any information from us. They lay a so called trap for there users and wait. Then we users login and fill up the information and provide a little more about ourselves. For example, what we eat, where do we shop, are we married, etc. When I logged in to my account to check what else can I fill up, I found that Facebook has setup a form so that I may by mistake fill up my credit card information including my credit card number, the date of expiry, etc. Why have Facebook created such a form. Then I found that they have also created an option to gift something to my Facebook friends online. In order to make the transaction quicker and faster I must fill up the forms. So, now you can see how clever they are from there counterparts like MySpace, Orkut, etc.
I am sure that next year this time there will be another social networking web site like Facebook, competing with Facebook, and trying to win advertisers trust. I now personally think that visiting and using these social networking web sites are a waste of both time and money if you do not make money. If you still want to use social networking sites then before giving them your time to them, ask yourself what will they give me in return. If you are satisfied as a customer then please go ahead and enjoy networking with you friends online over the internet.
