Finding Friends on Facebook and Social Networking Sites

You've Been Poked!

By Liesl Schillinger
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the April 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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When writer Liesl Schillinger joined Facebook, her real-life social network came alive with old friends, casual acquaintances, and best friends lost.

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