10 Most Interesting Companies In The World

#4 Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)

Facebook is another of the tech giants that rank as one of the most interesting companies in the world. Its social media platform has over 1.7 billion users and counting, bringing together more people than any other platform on the planet. Its reach has grown so vast that it was at the center of a fake news controversy during the recent Presidential elections, with fears that fake stories being carried on its platform could have influenced the election’s results.

While many people still drone on about the MSM like it’s 1970 still, the reality is that Facebook and other social media sites have far more power to affect opinion than the MSM now. They are the only places where people can be challenged by new ideas and confronted with stories and angles they don’t agree with. Otherwise people remain in their bubbles, allowing in only the news from the sources they want to hear it from; whether that’s right-wing or left-wing, it matters not.

Aside from that, Facebook has some other interesting things going on. There’s Instagram for one, where women can show photos of nothing but their butts and have 6 million followers (Joe Rogan did a great bit about this in his latest Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) special), and the Oculus Rift, the virtual reality headset that could forever change online social communication. There’s also that whole “bring the internet to Africa via satellites” initiative, but I’m starting to get distracted by the thought of women’s behinds on Instagram, so let’s end things here.