facebook, lalaaa Options

[mojaam]

In short, facebook is like an updated college yearbook. I admit, I was jealous seeing my older brother using the site and I couldn't but now, I too can . It's just a little lonely but that's only because my highschool people are slow on things, some still haven't even decided which college to go to. So who has one? Im bored and wanna see people's pages . Here's mine;

http://frostburg.thefacebook.com/profile.p...38&l=04a63ec66d

Oh and by the way, normal folks can't see it unless you get a special link for them. So go to "My Account" > "Get AIM Profile Link" and use the url there.

[flc]

Nope. I'm only a junior in high school. =/

[silver-rain]

Nope. I'm only a junior in high school. =/

There's also a high school facebook; you just need your high school email.

[flc]

There's also a high school facebook; you just need your high school email.

Is that so..

I don't think my high school gives us e-mail addresses, to my knowledge..

And isn't Facebook pretty much like MySpace anyway?

[*mipadi*]

And isn't Facebook pretty much like MySpace anyway?

I think they serve different purposes. MySpace is more about meeting people; Facebook is more about keeping a network of people you know.




Besides, Facebook is soooooo much better. There's a lot more fun things to be done with Facebook, and the creators (who were in college when they started it) do a lot of interesting things to show how people and information is connected.

[flc]

Besides, Facebook is soooooo much better. There's a lot more fun things to be done with Facebook, and the creators (who were in college when they started it) do a lot of interesting things to show how people and information is connected.

Oh yeah? What sort of things can you do on Facebook?

[*mipadi*]

Oh yeah? What sort of things do you do on Facebook?

I think the most interesting thing is "visualizing" your network of friends. A map (as a Scalable Vector Graphic, or SVG) is created that shows all your contacts and your connection to them, as well as their connection to each other. The algorithm used is adept at finding groups ("cliques", if you will) of friends, and grouping them together in the resulting graph.

One of the coolest things is finding how you know people. If you go to the profile of someone who is not your friend, Facebook builds a path specifying which mutual friends connect you to that person. Facebook also tells you which friends you have in common, and (if this information is filled in) how that random person knows your friends.

There are other interesting things, such as tracking trends in interests, both nationally and for your campus, as well as providing fun statistics on how many people are single, liberal, and so forth. It's also very easy to find people with similar interests. You can also specify how you know someone and when you met him, so you can build a timeline of when you met your friends, and in what context you met them (through a club, a class, etc.). This makes it easy to see how other people met your friends, for example.

And, of course, there's the security aspect—it's a lot easier to restrict your profile on Facebook than on MySpace, which allows people to post more sensitive information, such as their cell phone numbers or room numbers, while still allowing only trusted individuals to see such information.