Zuckerberg the Revolutionary

This past week when watching the movie “The Social Network” I was amazed at the innovation and creativity of Mark Zuckerberg and how he created one of the most revolutionary applications of this century. While a good portion of the movie is devoted to Zuckerberg’s clash with ownership rights to the very idea of Facebook, there is no denying that Zuckerberg is the one who propelled the social networking site to what it is now today. Zuckerberg knew what teenagers want and that is to communicate with their friends and keep up with what they’re doing in everyday life. What really struck me from the film was how fast Facebook seemed to catch on in the college scene. I personally remember logging onto Facebook for the first time in the 9^th grade of high school and I was not that impressed. I would log on at first and then I would get bored and let it idle for months. However since, I’d say my junior year, I have discovered all that people are talking about from this new medium. In the movie though there was one scene where, a college student from Stanford, who recently logged onto Facebook claimed she was already hooked and addicted to this new technology. This may say something about the age difference between myself as a 15 year old, and a 21 year old but there is no denying the great mass of people becaming addicted and entranced with this technology. This could also say something about the very nature of the way teenagers communicate. There is the well know stereotype about that once you become a teenager texting will take over your life and you will always need to be in constant contact with your friends. I think this is very true at some point we feel the need for the communication and Facebook is right there luring us in. While we may never know the real reason that so many people feel the need for constant communication it can be safe to say that it does not look like Facebook is going anywhere any time soon.