Chapter 1

The Many Faces of Facebook

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Discovering Facebook

check Knowing what you can and can’t do on Facebook

check Finding out how Facebook is different from other social sites

check Seeing how different people use Facebook … differently

Think about the people you interacted with throughout the past day. In the morning, you may have gone to get the paper and chatted with a neighbor. You may have asked your kids what time they’d be home and negotiated with your partner about whose turn it is to cook dinner. Perhaps you spent the day at the office, chatting, joking, and (heaven forbid) getting things done with your co-workers. In the midst of it all, you may have sent an email to all the people in your book club, asking them what book should be next, and what date works for the most people. Maybe while you sat on the bus you read the newspaper or called your mom to wish her a happy birthday or searched on your phone for a good restaurant to go to for drinks with friends. This is your world, as it revolves around you.

Each of us has our own version of the world, and as we interact with ...

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