Hi Folks! I
can’t express how great it feels to be back into the world of blogging. Before
going further with my today’s post, I would like to apologize for being on a
sabbatical for quite a long time. To tell you the fact, I was juggling with the
dynamics of my daily life- job, studies, exam and much more. Now, I won’t bore
you with my trouble tale any further and straight away jump to the topic of my
today’s blog post regarding Promote button on Facebook.
Facebook- the very word has become
quite a phenomenon in the current social media scenario. Devised by Mark
Zuckerberg along with his fellow college mates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes, this social networking site went
online in February 2004. If popularity statistics of Facebook are anything to
go by, it has 955 million active users both via computer and mobile device.
Over
the years of its inception, the creators of Facebook have introduced several changes
in the outlook and user interface of this social media site such as pop up
photo windows, video calling, the activity wall on the right hand side of the
page wherein one can see the updates by their friends and the latest being ‘timeline’
thing.
I understand that the populace active on
Facebook have their own set of likes and dislikes for these changes. But
whatever you say either one’s own sweet will or compulsion, people have
accepted these changes. But this Promote button on Facebook has really put me
off. I don’t know about those people who use social media as a vital tool for
marketing and promotion. However, I don’t think that it will any sort of
meteoric rise to the distribution and traffic that promotional pages are already
getting.
If
this Promote button on Facebook got acceptance and usage, it would be a slap on
the face of general people, celebrities, companies and brands operating on this
social networking site. Because this action would indicate that their worth
among their friends and ardent fans has decreased and money is the only
criteria to rebuild them. At last, I would say using this promote button is
entirely up to one’s own discretion but it shows the greedy face of its Facebook makers.