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Assignment Web or Mobile System paper Amanda Bartlett IT/205 February/15/2015 Juan Vega

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Facebook: A social network engine
The Internet was designed to be a place where content such as thoughts, pictures and videos can be easily shared between different people. The people that one shares with are often members of social networks, such as friends, family or peers in a organization. This sharing has taken place on many systems such as bulletin board systems (BBS), image boards, forums and blogs. But none of these social systems have had the marketing success, as Facebook. How Facebook works
To use Facebook a person, group, or corporation registers an account and then specifies some basic profile information. Then the user can post status updates, upload videos and pictures, or “check-in” by posting their location.
In addition to their basic profile information, the user will also specify the social circles. Examples of social circles might be people that worked at Contoso, live in Seattle, or are friends of Bob. Though the use of these declared social circles. Facebook then finds content that the user’s “friends” have published. This content is dynamically presented as a personalized view (Bosworth & cox, 2006).
When selecting which content to show; the frequency is based on the affinity of the friend’s relationship. To measure the affinity of this relationship, the number of actions involving both users is counted; where a higher count signifies a higher affinity. Actions could include mentions in a post, “Liking” the friend’s content or tagging a friend in a check-in (Bosworth & Cox, 2006). Not all relationships need to be calculated, in many scenarios the user will proactively Assignment Web or