This week we talked about social media. Most everyone in todays world is in some way part of a social media network. Wether it be Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Etc. There are many different views of these sites. Some say that they are great because you can keep in touch with your friends, while others feel that they are dangerous for younger children to be a part of.
I feel that one problem that will become with these websites is the amount of users. Every once in awhile you can see that the websites are running slowly from the amount of users that are on at one time. Metcalf's Law states that the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of users. This can become false when the amount of users becomes to high for the network to withstand.
This photo from Mirnabard.com shows different examples of social networks and how they are classified.
The largest social network to date is The Facebook. This video from Sony shows the official trailer for the 2010 movie titled "The Social Network". Not only has this website been quite successful through their initial use, but are now expanding to many other areas. Recently The Facebook bought Instagram for $1 Billion. With 850 million users, does Facebook really need more?
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