Chapter 11. Sharing with Facebook and Other Social Networks

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Social networking enables people to share experiences and opinions with each other via community-based websites. It’s a great way to keep up-to-date on what your friends and family are doing.

In practice, a social network is just a large website that aims to create a community of users. Each user of the community posts his or her own personal profile on the site. You use the information in these profiles to connect with other people you know on the network, or with those who share your interests.

The goal is to create a network of these online “friends,” and then share your activities ...

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