How did we live without Facebook?August 20, 2011 - 13:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During the recent years social networks gained extreme popularity among Armenians. When Internet began penetrating into the country, young people moved from mIRC, Hayastan and similar chats to Odnoklassniki.ru. Now, they prefer Facebook. Socialbaker.com website, which makes the official statistics of Facebook watches the changing number of users across the globe. According to statistics, Armenia is in the 117th place with 195 380 users. Three years ago few Armenians were aware of Facebook while the registered users used the site only to communicate with friends or relatives living abroad. Now, social networks arouse a lot of talk, both positive and negative. On the one hand, they are a perfect source of information and communication. Besides, they provide a wonderful opportunity for online marketing. On the other hand, social networks may turn people into zombies, diverting them from the reality, live communication, walking or reading. They make the days too transparent both from the viewpoint of personal relations and psychological condition, mood or location. So, a question arouses: isn’t our right to private life jeopardized? Do we use our time correctly? And finally, how did we live without Facebook? Lusine Paravyan / PanARMENIAN News Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Armenia parliament to consider draft proposal on impeachment June 17 The Armenian Parliament will hold an extraordinary session on June 17 to consider a draft proposal on the resignation of the government. Armenia to send Deputy Foreign Minister to Berlin’s Ukraine Recovery Conference Georgia will attend the forum at the level of Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, while Azerbaijan will send their Foreign Minister. About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. |