Wednesday 17 October 2012

The Complete Guide To The Language Of Facebook

Facebook has gained quite a hefty amount of our global lexicon in its 8 years of existence, creating a language that is invariably linked to the behaviors that frequent the website. Of course, with 1 billion people logging in every day, it's hard to imagine everyday life without the most popular social media platform in the world.

Facebook is not only responsible for altering the meaning of longstanding words but also allowing a grassroots system to arbitrate and designate terms to better understand the experience from a user perspective. It's enigmatic to say the least, but Facebook has an entire dictionary about itself - and it's only getting bigger, and there's no doubt more to it than the language of Twitter.

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