Facebook is one of the greatest tools with which the Internet Age has supplied us. One in every 14 people in the world use it; 90% of those in Indonesia have accounts. It is the reason I can talk about Mark Zuckerberg without linking to who he is. Facebook has become a part of life – whether young or old. And speaking of the latter, Queen Elizabeth has joined up.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has joined Facebook, adding a presence on the world’s most popular social network to the royal family’s accounts on Twitter, photo-sharing site Flickr and YouTube.
The British monarchy’s Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/TheBritishMonarchy) does not allow users to “friend” the Queen or to send her messages, but offers updates on royal news and diary events.
By midday on Monday, a few hours after the page went live, 60,000 people had clicked to signal they liked it, meaning they will receive updates on the royal family’s activities in their Facebook news feeds.
The page does not display personal details such as the Queen’s relationship status, interests or political views.
Britain’s royal family prides itself on keeping up to date with new technologies.
I’m not sure the royal family can point to joining Facebook in 2010 and say they’re really on the technological ball, but I am glad to see more and more people joining the site.
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