This is a great, short piece about how the internet (in general) has fueled democratic movements in the Middle East & North Africa and how some of the protesters are showing their thanks to Google, Twitter, and Facebook.
One young man in Egypt named his daughter Facebook Jamal Ibrahim. Yes, he named her Facebook. Here's a quote:
"A young man in his twenties wanted to express his gratitude about the victories the youth of 25th of January have achieved and chose to express it in the form of naming his firstborn girl “Facebook” Jamal Ibrahim (his name.) The girl’s family, friends, and neighbors in the Ibrahimya region gathered around the new born to express their continuing support for the revolution that started on Facebook. “Facebook” received many gifts from the youth who were overjoyed by her arrival and the new name. A name [Facebook] that shocked the entire world."
I have to agree with the author here - the only internet company whose name might sound acceptable for a child is "Quora."
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I think it is interesting that people name children after big companies and there are already children named after L’Oreal, Chevrolet, Armani, and other big companies. On this website http://www.saltywaffle.com/ you can even vote and rank the names after social media platforms that you can give to your child! So there will be other "social media" children to play with little Facebook, as the author says!
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