Communicating with Friends

Once you have set up your profile, set your security and added your friends to Facebook, how do you start saying hello to your friends?

You can send your friend a message. Your sent message will be stored in your inbox. The replies from your friend will also be stored in the inbox. You can view your message under the “Inbox” tag.

You can also click on your friend to see their profile and write a note on their wall. The wall is a place to leave a note on everyone's profile page. You will be able to leave attachments on people's Walls, including photos, videos, and all sorts of rich media items that have been integrated with Facebook.

Alternatively, you can poke him! The poke is a subtle, wordless way of saying hello to someone you know. Your poke will show up in their notifications box when they log back in, and they'll have the option to poke you back, or ignore it. Poking is ultimately useless, although many would agree it's one of the small charms and reminders that differentiates Facebook from other social networks.

You can add more applications to your Facebook and invite your friends to add the applications to their profile too. I will talk more about application on my next post.