Will you be my friend? (facebook.com)

Member Name: Rook252

Product:	facebook.com
Date:	08/11/09 (20 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy, free, quick way to keep in touch

Disadvantages: Useless chat facility, can waste hours on there on daft games and the like

In the old days catching up with a friend meant heading into town for a cup of coffee, or a long telephone chat. These days you don't even need to talk to them to catch up, just log onto Facebook and see what their status update says they are doing.

Facebook is a massive online social utility, when you first join you create your page. This page is like your own personal marketing, you promote your activities and beliefs through it. From then on when you first log in you will see a sort of news feed, which lists all the changes to your friends profiles and statuses. This ranges from the mundane 'Sarah can't work out why there is no sugar for her tea' to the life changing 'Lucy's relationship status has changed to married'.

Facebook allows you to send insite mail, which is very handy when you don't know your friends email addresses. You can also create groups and events, for example inviting people to your bbq online to save time on text messages or phone calls.

There is also an insite chat facility, but the less said about that the better. It is extremely unreliable, and is best avoided.

Facebook can become addictive for some people, and its without a doubt a very easy place to waste a few hours without even noticing, however used moderately it is a really easy tool to help you cheaply and regularly stay in contact with your friends.

Summary: Handy facility when used in moderation