Title of Article:Facebook Wants Your Two Cents Date published:27th February 2009 Brief description of the ideas in the article: Whenever changes were made, either in the aesthetics of Facebook or regarding its policies, users of the social networking site would never have a chance to agree or disagree with those in charge. However, Facebook will now accept input from users on how to manage the site. This implies that users will be the ones who determine the policies that concern them, such as those on the subject of privacy, ownership and sharing. The procedure will allow users to comment and vote on them before they are established. Virtual Town Halls will be carried out for a certain period of time in which the new documents will be presented. It is only after receiving opinions and feedback from users that Facebook will implement the new policies. In this attempt to be more open towards their public, the Facebook team is also presenting the possibility of forming a council (of users) to work closely with them. Technology: Facebook is a social networking site that allows people to share pictures, comments and post several materials for others to see.
Inernet
In order to have access to a social network, the first thing required is connection to internet.
Social Network
A structure in which people (or in some cases, organizations) are the nodes.
It represents relationships between the nodes and information is shared between them and flows through them (1)
The grouping can be specific: depending on someone’s community, workstation, city, etc. At the same time, this grouping belongs to a larger social network.(2)
It works using a variety of servers
DNS: Distribute the load between them when users try to log in
Proxy servers: are between the user’s computer and the network. They load cache material
Database: contains the media users upload
Back-end: makes the communication between servers possible. (3)
Social and Ethical issue at stake: (identify the issue, provide the setting in the article, add your opinion, provide a solution if possible) ·Policies and standards: users can now comment on and change the way Facebook Works according to their needs. ·Policies and standards/Privacy and Anonymity: the way in which users change the Terms of Service of the company will allow them protect their privacy as they will be able to determine the company’s policies. ·Participation: The company is letting the site’s users to participate in the decisions and developments of it. ·Policies and standards: Facebook has released the new “Facebook Principles” as well as “Statements of Rights and Responsibilities”both of them are to make it clear for both the users and the developers what the commitment between them is and so that any decision carried out is according to what is allowed by the users. ·Privacy and anonymity: Applying this new system, Facebook will also update its Privacy Policy. ·Honesty: By doing this Facebook becomes more close to the people who use it and the transparency with which it is planning to work will improve the trust users have on the company. ·Power: Facebook may be giving its customers too much power, specially considering they have never had a said in such affairs before. This could be risky for the social network. ·Trust: Facebook is trusting in the users, in that they will shape its way of functioning for their benefit in the same way users are trusting in Facebook when they agree to collaborate in the promise that their suggestions will be heard. There will be a problem if Facebook and its users cannot come to an agreement. (1)http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/social_network.html (2)http://www.whatissocialnetworking.com/ (3)http://computer.howstuffworks.com/myspace1.htm
Title of Article: Facebook Wants Your Two Cents
Date published: 27th February 2009
Brief description of the ideas in the article:
Whenever changes were made, either in the aesthetics of Facebook or regarding its policies, users of the social networking site would never have a chance to agree or disagree with those in charge. However, Facebook will now accept input from users on how to manage the site. This implies that users will be the ones who determine the policies that concern them, such as those on the subject of privacy, ownership and sharing. The procedure will allow users to comment and vote on them before they are established. Virtual Town Halls will be carried out for a certain period of time in which the new documents will be presented. It is only after receiving opinions and feedback from users that Facebook will implement the new policies. In this attempt to be more open towards their public, the Facebook team is also presenting the possibility of forming a council (of users) to work closely with them.
Technology:
Facebook is a social networking site that allows people to share pictures, comments and post several materials for others to see.
- Inernet
In order to have access to a social network, the first thing required is connection to internet.Social and Ethical issue at stake: (identify the issue, provide the setting in the article, add your opinion, provide a solution if possible)
· Policies and standards: users can now comment on and change the way Facebook Works according to their needs.
· Policies and standards/Privacy and Anonymity: the way in which users change the Terms of Service of the company will allow them protect their privacy as they will be able to determine the company’s policies.
· Participation: The company is letting the site’s users to participate in the decisions and developments of it.
· Policies and standards: Facebook has released the new “Facebook Principles” as well as “Statements of Rights and Responsibilities” both of them are to make it clear for both the users and the developers what the commitment between them is and so that any decision carried out is according to what is allowed by the users.
· Privacy and anonymity: Applying this new system, Facebook will also update its Privacy Policy.
· Honesty: By doing this Facebook becomes more close to the people who use it and the transparency with which it is planning to work will improve the trust users have on the company.
· Power: Facebook may be giving its customers too much power, specially considering they have never had a said in such affairs before. This could be risky for the social network.
· Trust: Facebook is trusting in the users, in that they will shape its way of functioning for their benefit in the same way users are trusting in Facebook when they agree to collaborate in the promise that their suggestions will be heard. There will be a problem if Facebook and its users cannot come to an agreement.
(1)http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/social_network.html
(2)http://www.whatissocialnetworking.com/
(3)http://computer.howstuffworks.com/myspace1.htm