And this is why:
Facebook is a social network tool. It is designed to make it easier to keep in touch with your friends. Once you sign up, you set up a profile for yourself, and then you can start finding your friends. You can search for people by name, school (high school and college), and workplace.
Once you have friends set up, the interaction starts! Updates to your friends profiles will automatically show up on your Facebook home page. When you first get your account, your profile will show any contact info you enter, interests, favorite music, TV, movies, books, and quotes, as well as your education and work history. Any photos you upload and any Facebook user groups you join will show up on your profile as well. There’s also a message board on your profile called “The Wall”. Anyone can write a message on your wall for everyone (or just your friends, depending on your privacy options) to see.
Facebook also has many “applications” available to install into your profile. Most of the ones I’ve seen are for entertainment. Lots of mini social games and such. Of course there’s also useful additions like weather and various political awareness apps.
It’s completely free, and there’s nothing to install on your computer. Everything is done through the Facebook website. If you use Firefox, there is an extension to provide better integration with Facebook. Try out Facebook, and find out what you’ve been missing! Once you’re on, go ahead and check out my profile. Feel free to add me as a friend.
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