Lesson 1. Introduction to Facebook

In this lesson, you learn about the Facebook phenomenon, where Facebook came from, and what you can do with it.

What Is Facebook?

Facebook (www.facebook.com) is a social networking website. To flesh out this definition a bit more, it’s an online community—a place where people can meet and interact; swap photos, videos, and other information; and generally connect with friends, family, coworkers, fellow students, fellow hobbyists and enthusiasts, and numerous others in their social network. Facebook connects people within cities or regions, work or school, home or abroad, and so on. Built on an architecture of profile pages that allow individual users to share information about themselves and communicate with ...

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