Face to face with social networking

Social networking site Facebook has gained three million users in the UK since October. The chances are somebody you work with belongs to the site. In fact, if you work in a large office, it’s possible many of your colleagues are members and have even started a network and begun talking about the company.

Facebook is this year’s big net phenomenon – it has 30 million users worldwide – but MySpace is even bigger, with 100 million users. Then there are others, such as Bebo. Wherever they are doing it, one thing is for sure: people are talking to each other online in rising numbers.