Facebook, SAVES.

I wonder how intelligent this young man “Mark Zuckerberg “ that he was able to allure over 901 million active users monthly into this mainstream, a hit, a  masterpiece and I would say a successful culture of collaboration, FACEBOOK.

Its capability to stay close with the customer and make the world more open and connected I believe is the reason of its ongoing success despite the growing obstacles typical of a technology start-up in which the management is encountering.

I bet most of you, especially the teens wake up every morning and immediately peak on their iphones, tablets or the like and check on the latest news or what’s going on in the world, or even share and express what matters to you. It is somehow like a feeling of euphoria which Facebook can give that no other sites or social networks or other collaborative tools can do. This makes me think of how powerful Facebook is and how enormous it can grow.

Looking back on a variety of very entertaining games, the billion dollar purchase – Instagram (Waugh, 2012) and its variety of special effects to layer over photos, Pinterest - a site where people “pin” pictures that interest them and share them with friends (Valdes, 2012), and Facebook’s products like the latest Timeline, the chat and video call, messages, photos and videos, activity logs, events, pages, news feeds and subscriptions. But aside from all these is an influence that can help and save people’s lives which I am very much blissful about. How is this possible? Because of Facebook’s strength to connect with people, the company announced last May 1, 2012 a plan to encourage all Facebook users to begin posting their donor’s status on their pages. Imagine nearly 7,000 people in the United States die each year while waiting for an organ transplant, no advertisement, no announcements of their needs. How much more if we are to consider other countries especially the developing and 3^rd world nations. Since its introduction in UK and US, the organ registration spiked remarkably. And now Australian Facebook users can link to organ donor registries. By accessing the timeline, clicking on "life event", selecting "health and wellbeing", and choosing "organ donor" and from there you can share your status to your friends and families. Having this wide awareness can help increase organ donation rates (AAP, 2012).

Having posted most of Facebook’s highlights and its clever projects make me realize that the world is definitely changing at a speed we could have never imagined. It is in this era where social networks like Facebook acts as a collaborator and a tool to save lives.