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I don't facebook.

Um, if you don't face book, how do you read book ?

I just eat pudding instead ;-)

Arrrgh, my wife answers me like that: Should I go left or right, dear? Her answer: yes.... LOL

It's FaceBook.com. I heard about FaceBook.com too, I visited it once, but I still don't understand what this site is all about ...

It's a social networking site that was based around colleges, but now anyone can join it. Of the ones that I've tried this has the best interface. myspace is simply horrible.

It's a social networking site

That's exactly what I fail to understand : "social networking site".
I absolutely don't understand the meaning of this concept ... :-/

Everybody seems to understand except me ... it's quite frustrating at long.

What's the purpose of a "social networking site" ?

What's the purpose of a "social networking site" ?

It's based on the degree of separation idea. You have a set of friends (or even relatives). Your friends would also have their own sets of friends, whom would then have their own sets of friends. This creates an interconnected network of friends. It opens opportunity to meet new people based on interest, affiliation, background, localities etc. You can also share photos, exchange messages, post bulletins which are visible to friends within your network.
It is also a mean to locate long lost friends, and be in contact with existing ones. Some people use it for professional networking, some for finding dates, some even use it for stalking.

The major social networking sites are Myspace, Friendster and Facebook.

Technically, any non specialized site with a forum-board could be a generalist "social networking site" ... ?

Technically yes. But in social networking site, it's more on the personal level. You normally start with people you personally know in the real world, and move forward from there.

Ok, now I think I understand this concept :-) Thanks :-)

I still yet to have the calling urge to network socially, IRC is fine for me.

I think they're to stalk the pretty girl who wouldn't talk to you in 8th grade.

It's a way to keep in touch with friends and to meet new folks with similar interests. For me it's one more outpost on the interwebs for old friends to get a hold of me.

Well, the one I am a member of, Care2, is "animal, human, environmentally focused, but is a social network nonetheless.

Wikipedia uses it in a different way: In its simplest form, a social network is a map of all of the relevant ties between the nodes being studied. The network can also be used to determine the social capital of individual actors. These concepts are often displayed in a social network diagram, where nodes are the points and ties are the lines.

Have you heard of Myspace.com? It's a bit like that.

Sorry, no I don't

Honestly, no. For me, a lot of my old friends are all over the world and keep on moving so this is a handy way to keep in touch.

Woo-hoo!

It looks like the privacy is better. You can't see someone's page unless you're a contact. So less stalker-y that way.

Matt's our new intern. He'll be starting his fourth week today.

On the site, he goes by bofthem.

One of his first duties was to help pick the random winner for the Launch It Challenge.

Oh, cool!

I heard teh trips are roxxors