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And photosharing. And gossip magazines.

And sharing location ("I'm having beer at the pub. Come and join me")

Oh, and they use it for little things like product recommendations ("I need a new washing machine. what do people like?")

And then there's the whole "how do I fix my computer/car/whatever". Lots of people don't Google for it - they just ask on Facebook and wait for the original poster to Google it and reply to them

But yeah.. apart from these things it's pretty useless really.

Oddly enough, all of the things that you mentioned are useless to me.

Oddly enough, all of the things that he mentioned are crucial to 90%[1] of people aged 18-25[2].

[1] a slightly-educated guess

[2] and many others as well, obviously

[1] Wishful thinking? [2] Fickle user group.

I've rarely seen anyone ask for recommendations/questions on facebook. The few times that I have no one answers.

Seems to me facebook is just a bunch of people screaming for attention and collecting "friends" like baseball cards. Useless.

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