[pct-l] what is a...

[Tom Holz]

Facebook is a website where you sign in and post little updates or 
thoughts or links.  You add other facebook users as friends and then 
follow their status updates.  It has a messaging system like email, live 
chat, and a bunch of little games, applications, and quizes.

(i.e. define "social networking" by example, without using the works 
"social" or "networking")

Facebook has a huge user-base and is very active right now.  I wonder 
how long it will last, but I've added a lot of friends from high school, 
college, and travel that I lost track of when I moved away.

Newbie's guide to Facebook:
http://news.cnet.com/newbies-guide-to-facebook/

Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook

People are also using facebook to network, date, connect over hobbies, 
and organize politically.  I think of it as an internet inside the internet.

Tom


jomike at cot.net wrote:
> ...Facebook? (Sorry, two questions in one day.) I've heard it mentioned a lot of late; an explanation would really be appreciated. Thanks
> 
> are we there yet
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