Dustin Moskovitz

Marty Nemko, a Californian career counselor has stated that “too many students are going to college not because they want to but because they think they have to. You must go to college or you’ll be a second class-citizen” (Marklein). Students may be pressured by their parents saying you need to earn a living so you must go to college, peers competing into who get into the best colleges and becomes the most successful and teachers are constantly preparing high school students to get ready for…

The Rise of Social Media & the Social Media Generation Over the course of the last several years, various forms of social media have infiltrated nearly every aspect of our lives. The rapidly developing forms of technology easily available to us such as smart phones enable us to gain a vast array of data in virtually no time at all. We can connect with people thousands of miles away in as much time as it takes to simply press “send” on a direct message sent via Facebook or Twitter. Many…

1c. What explains Facebook’s social pervasiveness and economic power? In this context are there issues of concern? Facebook is a social networking site, launched on February 4th, 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin (Facebook, 2016). Facebook networks its users through the integrated use of technologies such as messenger, email, photo and video sharing, forums, websites and the ability to connect with friends through online social…

His Charitable Plan,” it states that, “Zuckerberg and Chan recently announced their decision to transfer 99% of their Facebook stock to a new charitable-based venture called the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative.” The other co-founders of FaceBook, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Sean Parker, also, are worth over a billion dollars in their own right, according to the Forbes article “Forbes 10 Youngest Billionaires.” FaceBook has continued to grow into a global power company, and with over 1.59…

at night, some people staged a procession in Ramu in protest of the perceived blasphemous image uploaded to a Facebook account. Newspaper reports stated that local Awami League leaders were initially seen mobilising the mob and emphasising the sentimental religious issue to counter the opposition. The Daily Star, a widely circulated national daily, reported that a motley group comprising local leaders of pro-Awami League organisations, BNP men, madrasa students and common people were allegedly…