Facebook is a ‘net positive’ for society, but Instagram is a ‘net negative’ to society.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAs an undergrad at UCLA [2010], I taught a ‘Sociology of Facebook and Online Social Networks<\/a>‘ course which was about:<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat is the sociology of Facebook, and how will it affect the future?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
It seems I was quite good at predicting almost a decade ago that Facebook would take over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nFacebook owns what?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Facebook owns a lot<\/a>. They just wrote in a blog post<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\nOur main services include the Facebook app, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, Workplace, Portal and Calibra.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/about.fb.com\/wp-content\/themes\/fbcorp\/assets\/images\/facebook_wordmark.gif?ssl=1\")
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