www.facebook.com sign up

Facebook, at www.facebook.com, is the world’s largest social network. The above site is also the Facebook login page, where you can sign up to join the network.

What does www.Facebook.com offer you? If you want to broadcast the mind numbing minute details of your life to everyone, this is the site for you. For most people, Facebook is basically an enhanced home page, a way to post a picture of yourself on the web, and inform the world at large about what is going on with your life every 5 minutes. Basically, it is heaven for narcissists. It appeals mainly to people with lots of idle time on their hands, and who are into popularity contests. That is, teenagers, and some college students. The fact that the site is so chock-full of ways for self-expression, from incessant status updates, to invitations to join various groups, to social games where people can find yet another way to one-up each other, makes the site extremely addictive to some. For a certain subset of the population, it has become virtually the only way to connect with the rest of humanity. Recently, NPR reported on a couple of Australian teenage girls who wandered into a set of storm pipes and got lost. Fortunately, they had a cell phone with them. Did they quickly call the police for help? No. They made a status update on their Facebook page. Two hours later, a friend noticed that update and had the wits to call actual emergency services. If a storm had hit during that time, they would have drowned.

Now, there is a good case to be made for one to have a permanent home page on the web, if only so that other people can google you and contact you. Of course, the best solution is to set up your own webpage, so that you can control what information you put out there about yourself. Facebook.com is notorious for playing fast and loose with their user’s private information. In fact, Facebook’s reputation for frivolity has prompted another company to start LinkedIn, a social network for actual adults. The emphasis at LinkedIn is on professional connections and acquaintances. It is basically a way to visualize your professional network. Hence, there are viable alternatives to Facebook.

However, if you still would like to sign up with the Facebook social networking site, you can visit www.facebook.com to log in and sign up.

Link for www.facebook.com sign up