Tony you can search for your friends on Facebook and 'poke' them - inviting them to be your 'friend'. You can invite other friends to join.
Join a network - usually people join local networks i.e. London, Plymouth whatever... or workplace or school/uni . The majority of BBC employees on the BBC network consider themselves to be liberal. Interesting?
You can also join 'groups'. Search for things that interest you.
Play around with it and you will 'get it'.
There are thousands of applications to put on your profile page. It's easier once you have a few friends on your profile. You can adjust all your settings etc.
Good luck.
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and how can you protect your children or grandchildren from getting into wrong hands,, if they show photos? Poss frightened of what I cant control....
You can set in your preferences who can view what...
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