>Latest news is that Microsoft wants to buy FaceBook. I don't remember how many billions it would cost them.
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>I don't get it. I'm not on FaceBook nor do I plan to be on it.
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>Why would it worth that much money? I mean it does'nt cost a thing to be a member of FaceBook right?
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>To me this is another one of those time wasters on the internet. Why would I want people I don't know know stuff about me. I simply don't get that frenzy over FaceBook.
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>Can anybody explain what's going on here? Apparently I don't get it and I'm wondering what's the big deal here.

Both my kids (25 and 22) are on Facebook and it's a _big_ thing in their social circles. I've actually watched groups of college kids sit around with their computers and have an interaction that involved Facebook as well as conversation.

Facebook is how they keep in touch with their friends. In some ways, in fact, it's like the Chatter section here. It lets them keep people up to date, share ideas, etc., etc.

Tamar