The EggLog

If you haven’t signed up to this site, you’re missing out. Facebook is an online community much like Myspace or Bebo, but only the bright and sensible can use it. The only people who complain about it are those who are easily confused by the myriad features that make it unique and better than any other community site I have used.

People go “oh no, not another one” and “I can’t be bothered with another one”. I thought this at first. I soon changed my mind.

There are loads of examples of the features that please serious internet users. Instead of having to wade through the hundreds of “wall” comments to find previous correspondences between you and a friend, there is a “wall-to-wall” function that only displays comments between you and this particular friend, with a text-area of course, for quick use. The personal messaging system is very good too. Old replies are not put in the actual message like in an email or a personal message in most other sites, but listed above.

Yet another example would be the small amount of text underneath each friend’s name explaining how they know each other, which is great when you see that one of your friends is friends with another of your friends that you had no idea that they knew the other person.

I personally like the way that everyone’s profile is laid out the same, with the same scheme etc. It makes for quick and easy browsing. And on your homepage there is a news feed giving you information on the activities of all your friends.

In a nutshell, this site will be very useful when I go to university in October.