Facebook Reaches the World

"Facebook's user base is nearly as large as the US population," states the headline. And of course, this announcement was made by Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook's CEO) on the company's blog. Technology is taking over the world--and apparently, so is Facebook. But if Facebook is so important to staying up-to-date with technology, why not Twitter? And LinkedIn? And Squidoo, Flikr, YouTube and a million other networks that are equally "vital?" I think that's why I've shied away from them for so long. Yeah, they might serve a purpose every now and then (I used LinkedIn to try and contact a girl from my mission), but most of the time the only purpose they serve is to make you feel just a little better about your supposed social status. After all, who doesn't love to find out that "[t]here are a total of 3 messages awaiting your response"? Even if some of them are from Prince Albert Kohl who "am [sic] a Singaporean citizen," there's something exciting about personalized messages. It's only too bad Google's Autopilot was only an April Fool's Day joke. :)