Social media…well this affect little to almost our entire lives. With the growth of Internet access in rural areas in my hometown, my home community seems to utilize this technology to their advantage.
My aunt opened up a domain online to promote her home made cakes and cuisines. She started out independently with very few knowledge on computing. Knowing the fact that not many of those in the rural areas could get Internet access, she continued. Somehow, it lifts off to greater heights. At first, only close members her family knew about this. She started spreading it with words of mouth to friends about the new site. It quickly spreads via social websites and a little help spreading the word, her site became popular with incoming orders daily. The reason for it being successful would probably be how people recommended her and was able to look through her online portfolio.
Well, almost everyone in town seems to follow up with the trend. Each member of my family has a Facebook account. My youngest nephew has an account and he’s 8 years old. It builds up a network of people which makes it wonderful and easy at the same time. Say, there’s a gathering at our local KFC branch for a birthday party, I could post it out to all my family members online and poof! Done!
Myself, I wasn’t involved in the online world back then. No one was! Ten years ago, there wasn’t any exposure to open up an account on any social site. Only recently, that I was able to grasp the ability to explore the Internet and get to know how to maneuver in it.
By far, I’ve been using Facebook for almost a year. I’d consider half of my usage of the Internet is on Facebook. People tag, comment, invite for an event and even play online games in it. Some call it an addiction and malicious to an extent. But I find it useful, and a place to land on the virtual world.
Brenden Undan
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8 comments:
This is so clear example for social media. It spread from a small group and at last, maybe the world will know about the event.
Wow, thats nice. Each of your family members got facebook account?? That is great. They sure know your "updates" in your daily life right? As we seem regularly, where people update their status in facebook about what they are doing that time. So your family members sure know you eventhough you are far away from them right?!! Thats great!
Haha...sometimes that itself worries me. They know too much! But being far and alone makes up for it. They have the right to know.
This is great. it really helps us to communicate. Facebook, i do have an account. It helps me a lot, i can share many things with all my friends, its a great way to share and enjoy.
I agree with you Brenden. My family members also have the facebook. And they make me beware whatever i do and post on facebook. It can change my world in a second. What a powerful the social media is.
Facebook Myspace Twitter and others..
Helps me to find new friends. :)
and girlfriend. right? you find your girlfriend using facebook/myspace amerul shah?
what a powerful the social media is.
:p
@Shahirwan: Haha yup true.
"Facebook, i do have an account" you speak like Master Yoda xD
@Hafidz: Powerful, it is. Hahaha!
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