- Ah, Facebook, you've changed the world.
You've connected people and you've created
a brand new reason to murder someone?
That's right, Facebook is a website that you use
every single day but how much do you really
know about it?
Well, today, in this Facts in Five, I'm going to
explain everything that you need to know about Facebook
in five minutes or less and believe me,
there's a lot that you probably don't know.
Today we're taking on the biggest social media network
on the planet, you know, the one you've likely
been using for years, the ones that your parents
just recently discovered and the one that your weird
Uncle Ron uses to send you late night requests
for games of online poker and Farmville?
Yeah, that one.
That's right, this is Facts in Five, all about Facebook.
So what is Facebook?
That's likely a question you've never actually
asked yourself.
Facebook is a social networking site that was launched
on February 4th, 2004 by none other than Mark Zuckerberg.
He did this alongside four of his friends and roommates.
Originally, it was used to connect students
at Harvard University but it quickly expanded
to other schools, that is, until 2006 when it was then
open to anybody 13 years of age or older.
Today, Facebook is one of the top methods
that people use to get in touch with over 150,000 messages
sent via the site and its mobile app every single minute.
On top of that, every 15 minutes, there are 49 million
posts on Facebook, 150,000 new friend requests,
and 7.5 million new likes.
Fun fact, Facebook's colors were made blue
because Mark Zuckerberg is red, green colorblind.
So, who is on Facebook?
Facebook sees over 1.44 billion users every single month
with 79% of them accessing the site through their phones.
Since the total number of users increases dramatically
every day, it's impossible to declare an accurate number
of how many profiles and pages that there actually are.
But, according to employees at Facebook, there are
only 3.74 degrees of separation on average
between any two users.
And with the network adding eight people every
single second, that number is ever shrinking.
Shockingly, there are more Facebook users
in the United States than US citizens who actually
voted in the most recent election.
Wow.
So, odds are, if you know someone, it's pretty much
a certainty that they either have Facebook
or someone close to them does.
Where can Facebook be accessed?
While its headquarters is in Menlo Park, California,
Facebook is available to almost anyone anywhere
that has the Internet.
The one major exception, of course,
is China where the site as well as other major
social networking sites like Twitter and even YouTube
have been blocked by the government since July 2009.
The Chinese government believes that being able
to speak out helps the organization of protest.
Despite this, there are over 95 million users in China,
many of which who simply use VPN's to get around
the block and 79% of them are using their cell phones
to access the website.
When is Facebook unsafe?
Even though there are many amazing things
that Facebook has done, sometimes some of the things
it brings us can be awkward or even scary.
That, of course, among some privacy concerns.
For instance, while great strides have been made
to ensure that every user's information remains private,
Facebook keeps pretty close tabs on us.
Going so far as tracking what sites that we visit,
even after we log out of the site.
Also, over 600,000 hacking attempts are made
every single day to accounts on Facebook,
a staggering number.
And the scariest fact of all is simply unfriending someone
has actually caused people to get murdered.
Believe it or not, several people have actually
lost their lives over something so trivial.
By the way, like this video or I'll kill you.
Just kidding.
Or am I?
Why is Facebook so useful?
Despite the negative things that have occurred
directly or indirectly because of Facebook,
there are many, many positive things.
Many of them beneficial to the entire world
and some that are just plain fun.
For example, in 2013, Mark Zuckerberg donated
1 billion dollars to charity making him the largest
charitable donor in the United States.
On the other hand, if you want to have a little fun,
change your language settings to "pirate,"
and enjoy all the fun that that has to offer, argh!
Yes, that's a thing you can actually do.
In all seriousness, Facebook has connected
and reconnected people all over the world
and to most people the benefits far outweigh
the negative issues that it brings into our lives.
That being said, if you have Facebook, be sure
to add me by liking my fan page and adding
my Facebook profile.
My personal profile is where I post all the pictures
and behind the scenes stuff about my personal
life and all the events that I go to, et cetera.
And my Facebook page is a really great place
to catch up on all my videos and all the memes I post
and all that fun Internet-y stuff.
The links to both of those will be in the description
below so be sure to follow me and like my page
and other than that, subscribe to this channel
so that you can catch my next video
and I will see you guys later and on Facebook.
Peace, love your face.