Classification(WA1)(VERSION3)

     Since Facebook has been all the rage for the last five years, there are millions of users in the world. It has become the universal social network over the world instead of  just being popular in certain regions. People use it for a lot of reasons, but I think there are three major factors why people want to use Facebook. The first and most important reason is that people want to share their personal life with others and the second is that by using it you can obtain much information. The last reason is to boost or maintain your self-esteem and confidence.                   

     Most Facebook users are willing to share their personal life and feelings with others; no matter it is about sadness or happiness. Once something or someone influences them, they want to share with friends immediately by uploading some words or pictures. They may also get some replies below, which can probably cheer them up when they are sad or friends can share their delightfulness even though they are not with them. Those comments and thumbs are the most crucial factor that makes most users want to continually share their lives.        

     Facebook, as a social networking platform, the users can really get a bunch of information by viewing friends' recommended pages or follow some online news pages.  On those pages, there is a lot of useful information, such as lectures, charitable programs promotion and impressive news happened domestically or internationally recently. So we can know that Facebook' role has changed from only recreational function to also information providing platform. Through Facebook, we can obtain information and also spread it easily. For example, Facebook played an important role in some uprisings happened in Middle East recent years, which was one of the major factors that lead to their victory. With the advent of Internet and Facebook, we can connect each other even though distance between us may be hundreds or thousands away. Because of this fact, people in different regions in the country can know others' status, so the leader of the uprisings is able to control and use that power to overthrow the corrupt government.                      

     Facebook users can also be divided into two groups by different category. One group is those who are confident and have a lot of friends, and the other are those who are less confident and has fewer friends. Users from the first group are probably more willing and tend to upload and share their feelings with friends, by doing so they can maintain or even boost their self-esteem and confidence while receiving thumbs from friends. It may make them feel that they are still influential or popular among his or her friends, that is, those thumbs ensure their current popularity. The function of Facebook for those who have fewer friends are more like an information platform, so usually they only view others' pages to find out their friends' life or some other information. Sometimes they may upload their personal feelings, hoping to get more thumbs, because those thumbs or comments are probably going to build or boost their confidence.                                          

     As I mention in the above, for many reasons people start to use Facebook, which is a useful and also disruptive social network, but it doesn’t mean that Facebook has all positive influences. You can see it from different perspectives then you will get different answers. Some may think that it provides both recreational and informational function, but others may think that it is ruining their privacy and also wasting their time. Therefore, we know that Facebook has its own benefits and weak points, so there is no absoluteness that everyone should use it. It all depends on you.