Facebook

Facebook is a recent success in online social networking, with over 120 million users as of September 2008.

Much critisism has arisen from Facebook's advertising methods, their Beacon advertising system, and their use of external website data to publish details of users purchases elsewhere on the Internet. Some users were also put off by the addition of Facebook applications, cluttering pages, and insisting on sending application invites to their friends.

Facebook has recently redesigned their interface, New Facebook, in an attempt to create a neater interface for users. This new design also emphasises the users wall, and the global news feed, while putting the users information on a less high profile tab.

Last updated on 12 October 2008, at 14:13.