College Alumni Magazines Compete With Facebook
The advent of online social networks and communities has created problems for college alumni magazines, especially for those that are slow to become available on the Web. Some of alumni magazines have changed their format of content; the University of California, Los Angeles, for example, have rid themselves of the printed class notes to use it for online content.
The New York Times reports that college alumni magazines serve many purposes. They highlight the news and research at their institutions, and serve as prettied-up fund-raising vehicles.
The details that people include in class notes has evolved over the years, perhaps reflecting a younger generation’s tendency to share more. While some alumni magazines cling to the milestones of marriages, moves, births and deaths, others let people vent about personal issues, often in a way that is well-suited to online conversations.
According to Programmableweb, the Facebook platform has developed to become an open source.
As a starting point, we’re open-sourcing a significant part of Facebook Platform, including most of the code that runs Facebook Platform plus implementations of many of the most-used methods and tags. This release is just a first step in providing you a look into Facebook Platform.
Hopefully, online communities create basic skills that are essential for being competent in the present work market.
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