Why can anyone join Facebook now?

I orginally joinded facebook because it was only for college students and you had to have your school lised to join. Now anyone can be on facebook no matter what and I dont; like it. DOes anyone know why Facebook changed? and do you like it how it is now?

Why can anyone join Facebook now?
Facebook's success will depend upon having a very large client base. The idea is to push advertising at them as the revenue stream. Thus it is necessary to suck in every body they can to inflate their numbers and thereby demand more money from the advertisers.
Reply:Not everyone is supposed to be able to join FaceBook, only high school and college students/recent graduates


But people are now lying about what grade they are in (i.e. middle schoolers can claim they are freshman, older people can say they graduated a college)
Reply:Well lets see...not everyone goes to college, (ya know, maybe because they can't afford it), and is that any real reason to keep someone off of a website that helps you keep in touch with old friends and make new ones?
Reply:i hate it now but they changed it to expand their targeted groups and to make more money
Reply:its been that way for a YEAR and two months now
Reply:I agree. It was kind of special that only people from school could join, but it is probably going to get out of hand w/fake profiles like MySpace now that they have changed it.
Reply:no idea
Reply:Better way of networking i guess, i'm a member but i don't visit often its too time consuming i like 360 or myspace better
Reply:i really like facebook and i like the fact that you dont just have to be a college student to join it! i have friends from all over on facebook and thats whats its about ,,, keeping in touch with old and new friends!
Reply:its trying to be like myspace.
Reply:never heard of it.
Reply:It will have changed so they can have more money.


More people, more people click adverts?


It's not always great when a site changes because they need more money, but normally it means that the site will be improved for everyone.


I like the way facebook is now, I think it's a lot more fun than it used to be =]
Reply:Why not let anyone join Facebook? It gets more revenue from advertising if more people join.





I don't like Facebook too much overall because of the whole privacy issue, but I use it anyway.
Reply:i think its pretty cool but thats me because im a high school student and alot of friends and i keep updated through facebook i think its better and they did it that way because they needed money or something
Reply:It probably changed due to people posting fake schools in place of their real one.
Reply:so they can make more money...


like myspace?
Reply:I never been to facebook ,,,I know nothing about it...I thought it was a place to put your photos,,,dahhhhh I will have to check it out ,,,,
Reply:I like my privacy too much so I have just avoided facebook altogether.
Reply:Because they want to make $$, and they're limited if they only allow college students.





I personally prefer Yuniti ( http://yuniti.com ), they're still a small site and a lot of fun (and offer a lot of things Facebook doesn't)
Reply:no i don't know why it changed, and i don't like it at all.


they should have left it as it was.
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