The Facebook Craze

Facebook is the new social networking website for college and high school students. In July 2007 the website had 34 million registered users, the largest number of recorded users among the college focused websites. With features such as The Wall , Gifts , Marketplace , Pokes , Status , Applications , Facebook Markup Language students are using the site to keep in touch with friends and family, share pictures, links, videos,and make new friends.

Here are 7 Things You Should Know About Facebook
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7017.pdf

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If you are an instructor or student we would like to know your overall impression of Facebook. What are the advantages and disadvantages of such a site in Academia?