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Facebook For Dummies, 7th Edition

by Carolyn Abram, Amy Karasavas
March 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
432 pages
11h 24m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 17

Ten Ways Facebook Uniquely Impacts Lives

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Getting ready to go to school

check Meeting people in your new city

check Keeping up with the kids

Sometimes people are dismissive of Facebook, saying, “I keep up with my friends by calling them and visiting them. I don’t need a website to do that for me.” And you don’t need a website to do that for you. At the same time, though, Facebook can supplement your existing relationships in very real ways. Here are some ways that maintaining a friendship on Facebook can have big impacts in the real world.

Keeping in Touch with Far-Away Friends

I once spent a summer leading a troop of sixth graders into the wild. After two weeks of backpacking, kayaking, climbing, and bonding, the kids were given a big list of email addresses and phone numbers, said their goodbyes, and were packed off to their respective homes. I, about to head out west to work at Facebook, lamented the fact that the kids were too young to be on Facebook because they almost assuredly would lose that sheet of paper. I quickly friended my co-counselors (who were all old enough to be on Facebook) and kept up with them through photo albums, messages, and posts. As an ...

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