THE SUBJECT...

Cyberwellness Tips...

1)Use nicknames that are not suggestive.

2) Do not respond to messages to people who are       unsolicated.

3)Do not reveal personal information to strangers.

4) Do not exchange photographs.


http://www.b4usurf.org/index.php?page=cyberwellness-challenges

Dangers Of Facebook...

1) Identity theft.
2)Threats to personal safety such as stalking or threatening either online or in real life.
3)Social risks trough participation in minority groups or in stigmatized groups.
4)Personal information is shared with third parties


http://www.shockmd.com/2010/01/04/the-dangers-of-facebook/

Inspirational Uses Of Facebook...

1)Facebook acts as a free yet effective invitation partner.

2Facebook promotes active discussion and sharing of thoughts between millions of users.\

3 Facebook has a unique provivison called Facebook Connect that let's you use Facebook's code to create an authentication mechanism for your website.

4)Facebook's Application Development Platform has turned many ideas into businesses and young people into entrpreneurs. 

http://digitizor.com/2009/09/09/interesting-facts-about-facebook-and-users/

Interesting Facts About Facebook...

1. There are over 250 million registered users on Facebook of which 125 million login for atleast once almost daily. And on an average each of these 125 million users spend atleast 4 minutes on Facebook everyday (per user). This also makes Facebook one of the busiest websites in the world.

2.Over 1 billion photos and 10 million videos are uploaded to Facebook each month. Images alone consume hard disk storage space as much as 25TB of storage space every week. This entire thing became so humongous that Facebook redesigned their image storage system.                                                       

3. Demographics: Almost One-Thirds of the total Facebook Population are school or college going. The age group that uses Facebook the most is 35 - 45 years.

4. Facebook acts as a free yet effective invitation partner for over 2.5 million events that are created every month.

http://digitizor.com/2009/09/09/interesting-facts-about-facebook-and-users/

Case Study On Facebook...

In 2004, a college student, Mark Zuckerberg, wanted to build an online version of the student directory with basic information, commonly known to school as face book. Harvard(a university in America) did not offer such a directory and administration insisted that they were unable to aggregate the information required. Thus,one night, Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard's students record and created a basic site called Facemash which randomly paired photos of graduates and invited visitors to vote who was "hotter". After 4 hours, 450 visitors and 22,000 photo views, Harvard administration disconnected Zuckerberg's internet connection and took down the site. However, Zuckerberg continued with his new project as he believed that information should be available to all students. He added applications and and expanded networks to other schools and to work networks employees. Eventually, in September 2006, Zuckerberg's social network website, Facebook.com,was opened to the public. Now, the site has more than 68 million active users worldwide. Unlike other social networking sites which had been targeting the older demographics or teenagers, Facebook was designed by college students for college students. There were several funding from venture capitalists since the launch of Facebook. Notably US$500,000 from Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal), US$13 million from Accel Parterns and also US$25 million from other partners.
Adapted from: http://www.scribd.com/doc/13084222/MT5007-The-Facebook-Case-Study