News Report #1
“This App Knows More About Your Facebook Account Than You
Do.
Emily Price, Mashabel.com
You know the saying “There’s an app for that”? Well, this
article is about a Facebook app that literally breaks down your Facebook
profile and gives you a detailed report of everything ever happening on your
profile. For instance, it can tell you whom you have the most friends in common
with. Is it your best friend or a friend from your childhood? This app can tell
you who your oldest and youngest friend. It can also show you which of your
photos have received the most activity with ranking them most popular to least
based on likes and comments. This app even gives you a breakdown of you and
where you are from.
This caught my attention because I have always been careful
of what I put online based on the fact that I have a reputation to keep up.
Until reading this article, I never really realized how much information the
Internet can have on you. It’s like nobody can have privacy online anymore.
Honestly, I would not want to download this app. If I deleted something months
ago from my Facebook, it was for a reason, maybe a job or for myself. I think
it would be interesting to see the data compiled up of my activity on Facebook,
but not for others to see, especially about me and where I am from. In the
article Wolfram says, “…and perhaps it will also inspire some young Facebook
users to become data scientists.” With technology so intertwined with our daily
life, I am sure this app will inspire somebody to become a data scientist. I
think so because it is the interest and the time the person themselves will
take to be looking at these statistics.
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