Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. Facebook has more than 1000 million active users.

The basic procedure to use this site is that you need to register yourself by creating an account that to free of cost. Once they have created their profile on the site than they can find their friends, exchange messages, chat with them, view eachother’s profile, get updates from their friends, etc. although there are many other social networking sites also like orkut, twitter, linkedon, etc. but the popularity that facebook has gained no other iste has gained such popularity that too in short span of time. Facebook is a means where users can bifurcate their friend list according to their school, college, work, profession, etc, not only this but also by close friends, known friends, etc.

This is the best means to keep updated with friends and families. Whether you are in touch with hem or not still you are updated about their lives. One can see the pictures being uploaded by another so that one gets an idea about the well being of another.

People have become addicted to facebook in the sense they need to upload each and every small thing right there. Friends clicks pictures not to keep them as a record of memories but to show it to the people on that facebook that they had an outing with friends and how much fun they had there. They post latest status that they feel about to share it with others. If you have lost your cell phone contacts even than not to worry a simple post on facebook will gather you all the possible contacts.

Earlier birthday were special to be celebrated amongst friends and family. Bi\ut now it is special with the number of birthday wishes being posted on facebook. So it has become part of our life.

The way we feel incomplete and handicapped without cell phone similarly if we don’t check our account on facebook even for a day we feel as if we have missed something important. Looking at the popularity and charm that facebook has created amongst its users even the cell phone companies have installed a function of facebook in their phones..

Thus, to conclude with only it can be stated that facebook has created its fever on everyone with which it’s difficult to stay protected.