The features Facebook has to offer is what has kept such an active audience for almost a decade.
Social media has become a part of the norm in society; so to no surprise Facebook has become one of its own power houses. Active users tend to choose one social media they devote all their time to. What attracts many users to Facebook is not the blue font and white background, instead what it has to offer such as, the easy set-up, messenger and the infamous wall that not only attracts internet users in the United States but also around the world. The trusting blue font and white background is not the only thing that has helped to attract internet users. Facebook has no registration fee nor does it take thirty minutes to make an account, in fact, according to Euson Lee, the author of “Computers in Human Behavior” stated “the average account is made within seven minutes” (Lee 5). The easy log in and easy way to manage a profile is why people still actively use Facebook. Society tends to go for simplicity and comfortability for instance, an over complicated login will lose quite a few of users even if …show more content…
Lee states in his article, “Computers in Human Behavior” “Facebook has increased social capital due to offering a like button on statuses, and creating the wall, also allowing to comment on photo or statuses.” (Lee 3). Therefore, creating a positive effect on society, where teens make up forty percent of this information from above. Facebook has become part of the social norm that even schools have pushed to require faculty and students to have one. The reason may be for convenience, simplicity or not wanting to fall behind in the technological