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Where Facebook Began Its Journey

Facebook began as a small social network that was meant purely for college students, not so long

ago. Some say this was just an experiment; but even if it was one, it has emerged as a major

success story. Surely, no college student would have ever imagined that this network could

become a generator of millions of dollars.

Indeed, just a few years on, facebook has emerged as a successful social media network that has

brought people from far and wide much closer together than email and instant messengers could

have. Previously, it was thought that globalization had perhaps reached its highest point in close

coordination, when instant messengers and email became widely used, and even online

conferencing with visuals had people further believe that this was truly the case. Facebook,

however, has taken all this a leap further, as it has enabled people to develop entire

neighborhoods, cities, countries, ideologies, movements, etc. online.

The online groups formed through social media such as facebook are not just virtual groups; they

are now known to be motivated and active campaigns too. An example of this is the

establishment of social movements through facebook that result in action on the streets, such as

drives to help the poor and downtrodden. Apart from this, many other activities have been

organized and have resulted in thousands and millions of people getting together for a given

cause.

While facebook has served as a platform on which many have begun to organize themselves, a

lot of work has been put in by designers and programmers to make it all possible. If they had not

been part of the overall operation, hardly any of the things that you see on facebook would

actually materialize. These individuals have made a massive contribution to the various kinds of

pages and groups that have emerged. In fact, the landscape of facebook applications has been

purely produced by these individuals, and they remain the people that organizations, brands, etc.

turn to when they need to develop an application for themselves.

Facebook application developers are available as individuals who can get the job done for you,

and they are also available through organizations that have entire teams of them working

together on very large projects. The latter is thought to be a viable scenario, as a great deal can

be managed when many developers work together to produce large and complex applications.

Indeed, there seems to be no shortage of talented individuals who are capable of managing their

tasks, and it also seems quite apparent that more and more people are becoming aware that these

individuals and organizations are the ones to turn to when they need to project their causes,

organizations, brands, etc.

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Social Cubix is a fast growing Facebook application Development and Social Media

Application Company which has had a fair experience of developing a good number of Facebook

applications and social media applications