Use. Libraries then turned to the Groups feature, but it was not until Pages were created in November 2007 that libraries were able to establish a genuine presence on the site. Status updates are the vehicle by which content is created on Facebook. A status update is a short post by a user, and it can be anything a user chooses to share with their community – reports on what they are doing or thinking or reading, where they are, photos, links, anything at all. Comments and likes are ways for a user's friends to interact with each other and the items they've posted. A like can serve two functions: a friend can like another friend's status update, or a user can like a page, which creates a connection between that user and the organization. Users can also comment on their friends' status updates or other activity. The news feed is a personalized stream of real-time from all a user's connections, including friends, pages, and groups. The news feed is the home page for Facebook users, and the site is designed to show new content on the first page users see when they log in. Axelsson noted that "one of the appeals of Facebook, initially at least, is that every time you log on there's the feeling that something new has happened since the last time you were there." The wall is the main page of a profile, page, or group, and it contains a complete record of the user's activity, including status updates, comments, photos, and likes. It is also possible for users to post directly on friends' walls. Facebook is considered a Web 2.0 platform. Although it has been noted that noted that "the label 'Web 2.0' is far less important than the concepts, projects, and practices included in its scope," it is still beneficial to understand the term and the characteristics of its applications. The term Web 2.0 is commonly attributed to marketing strategist Tim O'Reilly, who coined the phrase in a 2005 article titled "What is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software." O'Reilly studied the businesses that survived the internet business
Use. Libraries then turned to the Groups feature, but it was not until Pages were created in November 2007 that libraries were able to establish a genuine presence on the site. Status updates are the vehicle by which content is created on Facebook. A status update is a short post by a user, and it can be anything a user chooses to share with their community – reports on what they are doing or thinking or reading, where they are, photos, links, anything at all. Comments and likes are ways for a user's friends to interact with each other and the items they've posted. A like can serve two functions: a friend can like another friend's status update, or a user can like a page, which creates a connection between that user and the organization. Users can also comment on their friends' status updates or other activity. The news feed is a personalized stream of real-time from all a user's connections, including friends, pages, and groups. The news feed is the home page for Facebook users, and the site is designed to show new content on the first page users see when they log in. Axelsson noted that "one of the appeals of Facebook, initially at least, is that every time you log on there's the feeling that something new has happened since the last time you were there." The wall is the main page of a profile, page, or group, and it contains a complete record of the user's activity, including status updates, comments, photos, and likes. It is also possible for users to post directly on friends' walls. Facebook is considered a Web 2.0 platform. Although it has been noted that noted that "the label 'Web 2.0' is far less important than the concepts, projects, and practices included in its scope," it is still beneficial to understand the term and the characteristics of its applications. The term Web 2.0 is commonly attributed to marketing strategist Tim O'Reilly, who coined the phrase in a 2005 article titled "What is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software." O'Reilly studied the businesses that survived the internet business
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