Facebook Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Society === {{See also|Social networking service#Social impact|Social impact of the Internet#Social networking and entertainment|Social capital}} Facebook was one of the first large-scale [[social network]]s. In ''The Facebook Effect'', David Kirkpatrick stated that Facebook's structure makes it difficult to replace, because of its "[[network effect]]s".{{POV statement|date=January 2020}} As of 2016, it is estimated that 44 percent of the US population gets news through Facebook.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/facebook-extends-lead-as-news-gateway-study/articleshow/52456528.cms|title=Facebook extends lead as news gateway: Study β The Economic Times|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=May 27, 2016|date=May 26, 2016 }}</ref> A study published at [[Frontiers Media]] in 2023 found that there was more polarization of the user-base on Facebook than even far-right social networks like Gab.<ref>{{cite journal | pmc=10390321 | date=2023 | last1=Acampa | first1=S. | last2=Crescentini | first2=N. | last3=Padricelli | first3=G. M. | title=Between alternative and traditional social platforms: The case of gab in exploring the narratives on the pandemic and vaccines | journal=Frontiers in Sociology | volume=8 | doi=10.3389/fsoc.2023.1143263 | pmid=37534329 | doi-access=free }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page