FEATURES OF FACEBOOK AND BENEFITS OF FACEBOOK

Today the world has become a small place all because of the internet but how did this change came into being.  All this was changed in the year 2004 at Cambridge University when Mark  Zuckerberg made Facebook, since then we have seen some of the most relevant changes around as for eg. We have the ability to reach anyone and anywhere without providing any other details and now we have to simply provide the users name on facebook and we are directed to the profile within seconds.

Below are the major benefits of facebook usage in our life so, read on and get to know them in detail.

1.     Chat- We can chat with anyone in our friends list by texting or video calling them it is one of the basic benefit of facebook usage.

2.     Friend Request – We can send request to anyone who we know and add them to our list of friends and communicate and share information with them whenever we feel like.

3.     Profile Creation – One of the most important feature of facebook is to create your personal profile which will give you benefit of making our information available to others so that they can find you and connect with you on facebook.

4.     Comments – The most common used feature of facebook is to comment on posts by doing this we give our opinion about the post and also make our views expressed to others.

5.     Story timeline -  In this option we can update and share information about our life and help others by sharing some important information about the post which needs to be spread.

6.     Event post – In this feature we get the opportunity to organise event and make others aware and involved in our events by posting such events publicaly we are creating a large group of people aware about our events on our profile.

7.     Report – This is the most useful option on facebook as it gives the right to inform facebook about the misuse of their facilities on anyone disturbs others privacy facebook can deactivate their account and prevent them from contacting any other people on their friends list.

8.     Sharing – Another important feature is sharing we can share any post we like which has any useful information for others on our timeline so that others might also like and comment and get to see the post we are sharing on our profile.

9.     Video Upload – Information is well understood when there is a video made of it which is a good medium to share information on facebook as many people like to see it.

10.                         Like – The most frequently used button on facebook page is this one everyone likes something or the other which is why facebook has now made emoji on like to express the users feelings more creatively.  By liking someones post we are appreciating their work and making them aware about it at the same time.

11.                          Block – This button on facebook gives us the right to block any profile on facebook which is violating the your privacy and causing you disturbance by commenting on your post or sending inappropriate messages.

12.                         Account linking – Facebook now gives you the option to connect your page on any other website with this button you can access two or more accounts at the same time.

13.                         Advertisement – By advertising any brand or organisation on your profile or page you are making the promotion of that particular brand my providing knowledge about the product or services of the client and you can make good amount of money from advertisement.

14.                        Page merge –This option helps us to merge the pages of different accounts on one platform this gives us access to information on both the pages.

15.                         Privacy Policy – It is the setting which you make for your account based on your conveinence for allowing how many people you want to share your information with on status or story timeline.

16.                         Bookmarks – We can mark any important page or profile on facebook with the help of this feature so that we can directly access the information of that topic easily next time.

17.                        Tagging – This is another widely used feature of facebook it allows user to tag different people from their friends list on one post so that it is visible to others on their timeline.

18.                         Workplace – It allows you to show your workplace on your profile by highlighting your company name and your designation there along with the year of your joining that particular organization.

19.                        Location – It allows you to mark your current location  for helping you create detailed post which gives correct information about your residing and this is very helful especially when you are travelling or promoting a certain place.

20.                         Game – It is now becoming very famous for everyone who loves to play games on facebook as there are multiplayer games for everyone and it allows you to compete with different player from around world to make the game more exciting.

21.                        Job post – This allows you to advertise your hiring post which will reach out many others  and you can specify all the information on this feature so that it reaches out to the right people.

22.                         Page delete – Facebook gives you the option to delete your page when ever you feel like but it takes upto one week for that process to complete so that if you change your mind you can roll back changes and continue the use of your page.

23.                         Page role – You can set roles for your page like who you want to appoint as the editor or developer and also change the admin by assigning them to their respective posts.

24.                        Groups – By creating groups you bring together people who like similar information on a topic and can share and express their thoughts on that matter within the group.

25.                        Profile conversion into pages – With the help of this feature you can convert the profile into a public or private page and also make information available to be able reach more people by  setting the page to public.

26.                        Badge – It is given to public figures and people who have large numberof followers so that their profile is identified distinctly from others and are more reachable to everyone.

27.                        Recommendations – When we feel like we need to promote and make others aware about a page of any organization or a person then we must use this option to recommend by writing a review about your experience you will help others to make use of the service of that page.