Facebook Review

This piece is intended for all audiences. Its purpose is to describe the effects social networking sites such as Facebook may have on the average person.

If theres one thing that i could guarantee from the beginnning of this review, its that Facebook is instantly addictive. You join on a Monday and by the Wednesday its possible to have added everyone from you school and all the people that you live with to your friends list. On top of that your page isn't private, anyone can add you as a friend, and you just have to confirm that you know them. The ability to see what people are up to can be quite dangerous however. For starters it is a great way to time waste. Ten minutes turns into half an hour, and eventually a whole hour of your life has just passed you by. You go from one friend to another, checking out their photos and who they are seeing. The site is simple. You sign up, completely free of charge, and pick a network (where you live.) Once this is done you have created a home page. The site asks you to upload a picture of yourself so people know who you are and then you fill in your user profile. Some good things about it would be that it's a free way of communicating with your friends. Whenever you send a facebook message the recipient gets an email letting them know, so it will be read quickly.A downside might be that there is a total lack of privacy. There are only two privacy features- the first being the ability to block people. Overall I would recommend anyone to join 'facebook.' It's a safe and free way of communicating with your friends, and getting back in touch with people you haven't seen in years.