After watching the movie The Social Network I began to wonder some of the things the creator of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, was thinking when he created Facebook and if those thoughts are still views he has today? In the movie, during the beginning of the creation of Facebook, he argued with all of his partners that he did not want to monetize Facebook by making advertising an aspect of the medium. However, is that still true today?
The movie suggested that the creator did not want any advertising on Facebook, but today, there is tons of advertising on Facebook, and that is one of the many reasons why the company is worth over $25 billion. As to the question, should Facebook include advertising, or how much is too much? I think Facebook does not have “too much” advertising, with just the bar on the right-hand side. However, I think they could gain enough profits from people being able to link their businesses from their businesses’ homepages, to their Facebook page, and charge them for home many hits occur in this fashion. Either way, it is not up to me, or anyone else to decide, obviously Facebook is a company that will do what they want, as the movie suggested, Mark Zuckerberg: “I am the CEO, bitch.”
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