Anatomy of a Facebook Profile

The center of the Facebook universe is the profile. Associated with a living, verifiably human individual (Facebook weeds out profiles for fictional characters, mascots, and the like), the profile is your personal headquarters for all your activity on the Facebook network.

In Facebook, much of your professional activity is attached to your personal profile, a reality many users don't fully grasp until they've started a profile and joined various groups. When you send an email or join a group, the recipient and other group members may have access to your profile (though you can control who sees what). Therefore, you need to be aware of how the different parts of your life may interact. We're from British Columbia, so ...

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