The New Porn Site Called Facebook

I don't know if you have had this problem on your facebook newsfeed lately, but millions of people have been having rude, vulgar, and violent pornography popping up. Yesterday I was one of the unlucky people to have to witness this issue. I thought that one of my friends was just a giant perve and I preceded to report the photo to facebook. However, the longer I "creeped" down my newsfeed, the more I noticed other users having the same problem. Apparently, according to this article titled Facebook Slammed By Porn Attack, a porn company hacked facebook flooding it with vulgar porn.

I in no way support or agree with the pornography industry, but on one hand unfortunately, it is disgusting to say that, for the porn agency, this has been a lot of good publicity for them. Facebook has millions and millions of users around the globe and these hackers have reached many of them. Now, while I am sure for the majority of the people who were effected probably had the same disgusted reaction as myself, I am also sure that many people had the opposite reaction. I mean, the porn business is still booming for a reason.

On the other side of the spectrum, this is terrible publicity for facebook. There are so many children and other people of all ages and backgrounds that use facebook. There are so many people who were very offended by the photos that ended up on their newsfeed. Many people have cancelled their facebook accounts and moved to other social media like Twitter. The article, Facebook "virus" shows hardcore porn and violent images, addresses the drastic move of users and tells readers that facebook is aware of the situation.

Ok, thats great that they are aware of it, but are they doing anything to take care of it? Are they searching for the hackers? Are they going to hold a press release apologizing to the public and to the facebook users who were offended? I really think that they should. I feel like if they hope to get back users that they lost, then that is a vital step. I am sure that the number of users who were offended was much greater than those who were not and, if the problem persists, than even more people will deactivate their accounts.

Is facebook going to take the necessary PR steps to try and heal their reputation? Or, will they continue to let the quality of their feeds lessen and allow offensive material to grace their pages?

Kardashian Cashing in on Divorce

I am absolutely not shocked at all by the fact that Kim Kardashian has already filed for divorce. What makes me angry about it though, is the accusation of whether or not it was all just to make money or a publicity stunt. No one can ever know for sure if Kim and that guy (no one can ever seem to remember his name) were really in love or if it was all just a big money making scheme, but what angers me is how often this happens in the entertainment world. Does no one understand what marriage means anymore. It is a promise to love and be with someone for the rest of your life. It does not mean hey we are gonna be cool for the next two months and then go our separate ways. Also, Kim says that she hasn't made one penny off of this whole ordeal, but I don't see how this can be true given all the publicity, airtime, and interviews.

This happens so much in the entertainment world and it is so sad that something as special as relationships are used as publicity. If you think about it though, break ups, a marriage, a new couple, a divorce etc. are all over every tabloid when they happen. Many times, that is when the person involved becomes more famous because their name is all over the place.

Most of the time, I do wonder if the relationships are even really real. What if they are just publicity stunts? Where will society stop to save the few sacred things we have left in this world?