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Can the popular social networking website really help you to be a better friend?

Eleanor Margesson

You may not have a Facebook webpage but you will almost certainly know someone who does. Facebook is the number one website in the new internet revolution, that is ‘Me Media’ webpages where you generate the content. Facebook and similar sites, such as MySpace, hi5, Bebo and Flickr, are all networks which encourage users to interact with one another, but Facebook is different because of the social community atmosphere that it promotes. Unlike MySpace, no one else can view your page unless you have acknowledged them as your ‘friend’ and so users are protected from wider viewing. You are notified of any activity between your network of friends and given ‘mini news feeds’ about their lives as they update their pages.