bebo.com online address book

<<<INTRO>>>

Bebo is basically a social network were people just go to socialize and meet new people. Its quite similar to other social networks such as My space, Pictari, face box, hi5 etc. I think that out of these mentioned bebo is definitely more secure. I would say its aimed at people from the age of 12 to about 40 years of age according to the feature that it has and the people who have joined it so far.
...it has changed a lot since I joined it about three years ago or is it two? (I know its quite a long time lol) I'm pretty sure you are curious to know all the new staff it now has. I don't really know how long bebo have been running for but I know that its been running long enough to have over a million off people using it (quite a lot of people). It's also free to join so don't hesitate to try it out. Did you know that even the queen and some other ... more

<<<INTRO>>>

Bebo is basically a social network were people just go to socialize and meet new people. Its quite similar to other social networks such as My space, Pictari, face box, hi5 etc. I think that out of these mentioned bebo is definitely more secure. I would say its aimed at people from the age of 12 to about 40 years of age according to the feature that it has and the people who have joined it so far.
Bebo has lots of stuff you can do on it has changed a lot since I joined it about three years ago or is it two? (I know its quite a long time lol) I'm pretty sure you are curious to know all the new staff it now has. I don't really know how long bebo have been running for but I know that its been running long enough to have over a million off people using it (quite a lot of people). It's also free to join so don't hesitate to try it out. Did you know that even the queen and some other major celebrities are on bebo? There profile are made private though only for their friends and family lol.

<<<FRIENDS>>>

I'll definitely start by telling you about friends, because without friends there is definitely no bebo at all.
When I joined bebo you could only add up to a 100 friends, that has definitely changed because I now have 320 friends lol. To be honest I only know about 100 people but the rest are just random people who add you mainly because they are desperate for friends, they fancy you, the think you look cool etc.
This is a disadvantage really because at the end of the day when these people add you they will only chat to you for the first week and they'll go quite which really annoys me.
However when someone adds you as a friends you have the choice to either accept them, decline them, or decide later (lets you decide the next time you log on).
You can add friends via browsing bebo on people's profile and clicking "add as friend" which is an option under that person's profile picture. Of course you also have the option to delete people from your friends list or block them if they annoy you, which is easy peazy, you can either go their profile and click "block" which will block the person from sending you mail messages, block the person from sending you profile comments, commenting on your pictures, posting to your white-board, commenting on your quizzes, commenting on your polls, commenting on your blogs etc.
To delete them you just go on their profile and look under their profile picture there will be an option that say "remove as friend" and you'll be done. Still talking about friends, there is also an option on your profile which lets you chose top 16 friends. These will be the friends that are going to be displayed on your profile so you better chose them careful. You can change them anytime you want so don't let me scare you lol. You can also chose top 100 whom will be shown on your mail compose page and they are the ones you can see changes of their profiles etc.
When you want to add a friend you can either send them your URL, go onto your profile page just under your top 16 friends there is an option of putting someone's e-mail address so that they can be invited. On your home page there is also the same option were you just put someone's e-mail address and they will be sent an invitation by bebo.
There is a new feature on friends called "friends stories". Basically it lets you write a few words of how you met the person on your friends. If you can't be bothered to type you can always tick on the provided options which includes family (meaning that they are in your family), online (somewhere on the internet which is not bebo), worked together, through a friend, we hooked up, we dated, childhood friends etc. When you are done you just click the save button and it will save the details and wait for the other person to confirm.

<<<PHOTOS>>>

On bebo you can create as many photo albums as you want. However only 21 of the albums will be shown on your profile page, you can chose which ones you want to go on your profile page though. You can name the albums anything your want. I don't know if you will take this as a disadvantage but your album can't have more than 48 pictures in one album. I find this annoying because I'm a sort of person who like taking pictures of ma self and I'd rather they all fit in one album.
Therefore I had to create about 7 albums of my pictures. Altogether I have 18 albums some of them are full of random pictures which are just too random lol. If you click on "photos" it will show you the last time you updated your profile, the descriptions of your albums and how many pictures are in each album.
Under the album there are options such as contact sheet (which I don't really get my self), send-it (lets you send your album to the other people for them to see), create-slideshow (I'm sure you know what this is) or you can print a MOO-card. Moo is basically a printing company which lets you print your pictures in different ways, e.g. turn them into little cards, stickers, crop them and re-print etc. It however costs £9.99 for an order of 100 mini cards or £1.49 for a pack of 10 mini cards. 90 stickers in a book costs £4.99 and you can pay either by Pay Pal, Visa or master card. I'm not sure how long it takes for the cards to be delivered because I haven't used the service before (I don't know why I should use it anyways lol).
If you click on a certain album, it will view all the pictures in that album (in small icons) and under the picture it will show you how many comments you have on a certain picture and the name of the picture. On top of the page just before the pictures there are also options such as contact-sheet, send-it, edit captions (lets you edit the pictures), edit album (lets you edit the album as a whole by changing the name of the album, description of the album, an option of either letting only your direct friends view the album or everyone and an option of letting people copy your pictures into their own album).
There is also an option of re-ordering the pictures in the album or to delete the whole album. If you click a picture it will zoom in and show the real size of the picture. When you click it there is also more options just below the picture which are send-it (lets you send the picture as one rather than the whole album), edit (which lets you edit the picture by changing its name), move (which lets you move the picture into another album), copy (which is the same option as move really as it only lets you move the picture into another album), use as album cover (lets you use the picture as the album cover which will be displayed on your profile) and finally the last option is to use the picture as profile picture oh and you can also leave your self a comment on your own pictures if you want and you can only use up to a 1000 characters (which is rather a lot if you ask me) :~D .
Still on the same page on the right hand side of the page there are small icons of all the other pictures in that album and you can just click any one of them you want to view and there is a little option to view all albums again.

There are a few ways on how you can upload your pictures. You can either go on photos which will show you all the albums you have already created. If you are new and you aren't got no albums yet, there will only be one option which is "create new album".
If you click on that option you will have to name the album first and chose if you want it to be viewed by direct friends and if you want people to copy from it. It will also ask you to give a description, this is however not an option you have to write at least a word for it to proceed. Bebo only lets you upload 1 to 5 pictures at a time which takes a maximum of 3 minutes depending on your internet speed really. Some people usually have problems uploading with the multiple upload
Feature so there is an option for them to upload one at a time which is well annoying. If your picture is over 2MB, bebo suggests that you resize your picture to 640x480 but it doesn't matter what size as long as its below 2MB. Bebo doesn't allow people to upload pictures which has nudity if you happen to do this your profile will be deleted without notice, which is rather painful but fair at the same time.
Another thing is that your pictures must be in the BITMAP, PNG, GIF OR JPEG format.
Another way of uploading a picture is via your profile picture. How it works?? Well you just click your profile picture and it will ask you to change your profile picture by using already uploaded pictures or by uploading a new one funny enough there is also an option to delete that profile picture. If you chose the option "a new picture" it will ask you to chose an album to put the picture in or to create a new album. When you are uploading pictures you can still upload five at the same time but the first picture that you upload will automatically be your profile picture when you are finished.
If you might be wondering how many pictures I have of me own, well I have over 250 pictures only of me myself and I. You might think that's a lot but I actually feel lazy to upload all of them because I have more than a 1000. You could say I am picture addicted but it's only because I love myself so much. If you want to visit my page for a second before you finish reading the whole review which rather seems to be a marathon you can go on http://www.bebo.com/shaazy-aka-xxNaSh and click on my photo albums. You might actually get the chance to see exactly how I look.

<<<EDIT PROFILE>>>

This is the feature which lets you edit the information which will be shown on the first part of you profile. You can access this feature by looking just under your profile picture and it's the second option down. It lets you edit the basics which are your first name (it doesn't really have to be your first name it can be anything your prefer because the name will be on your profile but bebo suggest that anyone under 21 shouldn't use their real name), your last name (for people who are under Bebo suggest that they only put the first initial of their surname or something else if you are under 21), you can also chose a display name which will be viewed to other bebo users, you can chose your age but if you are under 16 your age will automatically be hidden for security reasons but if you are over 16 you have the choice to hide it yourself if you want.
You can also chose your gender (either female or male), your relationship status which can be either single, seeing someone, in a relationship, engaged, married, it's complicated, down for whatever or not saying. You can chose the country you are from ( I could name you every country in the option list but that would be silly, there is almost every country really), the option of were you live now (you can type this one out), as well as your home town.
Scrolling down, there is a box were you can write about your self (and again you can only write up to a 1000 characters).
There is an area were you can write a few of your favourite things and on this area you can type out your own title e.g. music and write all the music you like and artist, sports and you can write about your favourite sports and teams and players etc you can however create up to seven headings and I think there is no limit to how many characters you use.
There is an option of making your profile public or private. Again if you are under 21 Bebo suggests that you make it private for security. Moreover, there is also the options of making your flash box auto-play (meaning your videos or music will play automatically when people visit your profile) or to turn it off and make people press play themselves.

Bebo came together with skype to make bebo even better. That means you can IM or call your bebo mates whom have joined skype for free. You can chose another nickname for your skype and you can chose to either turn it off or on.
And finally the last option is off your details which lets you type all of your contact details which can only be visible to selected direct friends.
The contact detail includes your home address, mobile phone number, house number, work address and telephone number, instant messaging details such as msn, yahoo, AIM etc, alternate email and a comment box were you can add any other contact details. When you have finished updating your profile you have to click "save" which is the last button next to it there is also the button "cancel" which cancels everything and goes back to your profile.

<<<POLLS>>>

I am pretty sure you all know what polls are. Well basically on bebo you get to create you own ones and the best part is that they can be of anything and I mean anything lol. On my bebo I've only got three only because they can show three of your polls on the main profile. People tend to take the polls on your main profile anyways because they can't be bothered to click on to the next page so that's why.
However you can make as many polls as you want I am sure of that though I never made more than three polls lol. On each poll you can put a heading e.g. from my own poll "what's the best" you can either give an option of at least two answers and up to five answers. My answers on this poll are a) Hip Hop, b) Rock, c) Garage, d) R&B and e) None, I can tell you that the people think garage is the worst one if you want to know which one is the best one then you'll have to visit my profile and see for your self.
There is also another one of me polls with the title "am I a nice or kind person" you might want to visit this one if you want to know if I am a nice person I can tell you that 14% of the people think that sometimes I am nice lol.
You can also leave comments on the polls and I think you have to be logged on to leave comments so I'm sorry bout that one. When you go on the poll page it will show you how many days you've had the poll for, it will show how many people have voted and how many comments you have on each poll. There is also an option to make another new poll or to delete the other polls.

<<<BLOGS>>>

I am pretty sure that everyone is familiar with this word. Basically a blog is were you can write anything you want and when I say anything I mean anything. You can write poems, song lyrics, jokes, character picture (pictures drawn by computer characters, on my bebo page I've got one of homer Simpson, a heart a gun, a tree etc) and other random stuff.
You can write as many blogs as you want although only the last three ones you have written are the ones shown on your profile. I have about nine blogs of me own and some of them are not that interesting.
Nevertheless, If people want to see the rest of the blogs they will have to click on "view all" to view all the blogs of that person. You can however, also comment on the blogs. But the person who writes a blog they have an option of accepting comments or declining them so don't be confused when you can't find the "comments" button. Another thing is if you write a comment the person who wrote the blog has the power to delete your comment if they don't like it. A person can also comment their own blogs which is rather silly.
If you look on the bottom right hand corner of each blog it will show you how old the blog is. My oldest blog right now is just over 451days which is probably quite a long time because it's over one year and three months old and my recent one is 72 days old lol. You can renew your blog if you want, possibly by changing the heading or a few words on the blog and click "save" again and the days will renew etc etc. Blogs Is no longer a popular feature on bebo though as there are new features which are rocking bebo.

<<<COMMENTS>>>

This is basically your main profile comments which are shown on your profile. 21 comments can be shown at a time though. When you look on the comments you can see the picture and the name of the person who sent you a comment. If you don't like a certain comment don't worry because just beside the title before the first recent comment that has been sent there is an option that says "view all".
When you click on that option there are two options on the bottom of each comment and the second option is "delete" which lets you delete the comment for ever. The first option is however "reply" which lets you reply to the comment either by sending back a public comment or by sending a private e-mail.
This option is also shown on your profile even before you click the "view all" button. I think it's a helpful option as it will save you time of clicking the person's profile which could take minutes to load sometime mainly depending on the speed of your internet connection.
When looking on the bottom right hand corner of the comment there is time which shows you how long the comment has been there fore, this could be in minutes, hours or weeks. I think this is a helpful little feature because it will let you know just exactly how long that person has contacted you in.
There are times I don't go on my Bebo for a little while and it tells helps me in that way that I know how long they have left me the comment. You can't however send yourself a profile comment and I won't even complain on this feature because I don't see the point of sending your self a profile comment!!.
There is also a character limit of a 1000 on every comment sent. You cant send the same comment to people more than two times in a minute and you can't send another comment to the same person after you just sent one (you have to wait a few minutes though I don't know how many exactly), if you attempt to do this it will tell you that what you are trying to do is called spamming and you shouldn't do it (it says something along those lines really lol). I don't know if I mentioned this but you can't write with HTML codes on your comments.
This might be a disadvantage but I still see it as an advantage because HTML codes tend to get outer order in the long run. If you have "My space or hi5" you might definitely have a little bit of a clue on what I am talking about. HTML codes can be huge when finished, though they are pretty and cool. I however, do have a feeling that by the end of this year HTML code writing will be available on bebo which could be a disaster if you ask me.

<<<MAIL>>>

The mail feature is just one of the features which has been on Bebo since it started. The mail feature has however changed through the past years. Now you can add your own skin to the background. You can either create your own one or just copy the ones that has been already made. If you fancy a lot of skins which is basically the background of your mail you can always add them to your favourites and change them whenever you want. If you want to change skins you just click on the "mail" icon and it will take you to a new page. Just above the new page there is a few options and the last option is "skins". When you click on it, it will show you the two most popular skins and below that there is the top five newest skins followed by the rest.
There was a new feature of sending a message to everyone at the same time and you didn't have to waste time by ticking a box as it would do it for you. When you received this kind of mail from your contact list it will group them just below the individual mails that you just received.
However, this feature has been taken off onto another page because people kept spamming. I used to get about 20 mails everyday on non-sense details which really annoyed me. It got annoying at a point that I had to block some people because they were just addicted on using this feature.
When you want to send an e-mail to some one you can either go on their profile and click send message which is an option just below their profile picture or you can go on your own profile and click the "mail" icon which will take you to your inbox. Just above the page there is an option which says "compose new message" you just click on there and off you go. When you compose a message you can send your picture albums, videos, music, record a sound, and many other things.

<<<WHITE BOARD>>>

The white board is one of the feature which has been on Bebo since it started. The whiteboard lets you draw onto someone else profile or your own profile. Only three of the latest white board drawings can be shown on a profile. When you drawn you get the choice of a colourful background and drawing pen. You can either change the pen to draw thick or thin, depending on what you want really. However, you don't really have to draw on a white board you can chose to just write text if you want. Anyone can comment on a whiteboard, though the profile owner has the authority to delete any comments they might not want.

<<<BANDS>>>

This is a new feature on bebo which lets you create a band. Basically it's to do with music bands. One person has to create it and then invite some more admin people to help them monitor the band. People who are fans can join the band by adding themselves as groupies. You can't however edit the band if you are a groupie. When you join a band you can see the owners and other members. You can leave comments on the band and the pictures they might have uploaded.
You can cancel your membership anytime you want. On the band profile you can also see how many visit they've had. Bands they don't really have to be about music, they can be of a place (country, a city, town), sports (basketball, football, netball, etc), friends, music, sexy people, TV shows etc.

<<<WIDGETS>>>

Definitely the coolest thing on bebo yet. This is the only way you can put html codes on your profile. Explaining to you this feature could be a little bit tricky, I think it's a feature which you have to experience to know exactly what it does, but I will try and explain as much as I can.
The widget feature lets you add slideshows of your pictures onto your profile. This feature is sponsored by rock you and photo bucket. You can also add glitter text, photo effects, voice comments (which lets people leave a voice message on your profile), guestbook, gossip, entertainment and lots more. Before you can put a widget on your profile you have to go through some options e.g. if you want to make a slideshow you will have to click on create slide show, and you will have to chose between rock you or photo bucket. Photo bucket will only be the easiest one if you have a photo bucket account.
When you click on photo bucket or rock you option it will take about two minutes for everything to load onto the next stage of creating the slideshow. It will ask you if you want to add pictures from your bebo albums, pictures from your computer folders, tagged, my space, ringo, zorpia, a URL, Badongo and lots more other sites.
Once you have chosen were you pictures are coming from you will chose to add some music on you slideshow, you can add some tags, pins, transitions etc. When you are done it will give you an HTML code which you will have to go back to e widgets home page and selected add widget, it will ask you to paste the HTML and click save and it will automatically add to you profile. You can also add the widget to other sites that accept HTML codes on your profile.

<<<OTHER HALF OF ME>>>

This is a new feature on bebo which came on a few months ago. What does it do?? Well it lets you chose one person to be your other half. This should mainly be your boy-friend, partner or some one you are in love with. However, people on bebo they just add any one really e.g. their friends, sisters, brothers etc. It doesn't really matter as it's optional on whom you add.
You have to invite some one and before they appear on your page as your other half they have to approve you first. There is also an option of writing a little bit of info about your other half or to your other half but the characters are few and I mean few!!. Your other half will be shown just at the end of "about me" area of your profile and it will show the picture and name of your other half (the picture is very small though".
When you want to change your other half you have to go on edit and chose the option "dump em" which is a little bit harsh. When you done this they will automatically be deleted from your other half title and you will also be deleted on their other half title (this does not delete them from being your friend though).

<<<WEB BADGE>>>

Is a cool option really which lets you advertise your bebo page on to other web pages which could be yours or some one else's. The bebo badge option is just under the profile picture and it's the last option. When you click it, it will however take you to a page full of your own badges. Why is there a lot of badges for one profile?? Well the badges are in nine different colours. This helps you to chose your favourite colour which shade the majority of the whole badge.
The colours on option are green, orange, red, yellow, purple, blue, black, pink etc ( I don't know the last one's name lol). However under each coloured badge there is an html code. If you click on it once it will automatically highlight the whole code for you so that you won't miss a letter or word of the html code. You can therefore right click on your mouse and copy the code, then you can paste it to any web page.
I've actually added a blue badge to my hi5 page and it looks great. Whenever I change my profile picture the badge will change as well which is amazing. On the badge there is not only your picture but also your bebo name, you bebo URL and bebo logo. The good thing is if anyone clicks on your bebo badge it will automatically take them to your bebo profile.

<<<SKINS>>>

This is one of the coolest features on bebo. What is it?? Well it's basically backgrounds of your profile. You can either make one of your own which is pretty hard, or you can copy one that has been already made. You can only use one skin at a time and you can change it anytime you want. When you change a skin the previous one that you had on your profile will automatically be saved to your favourites and I think you can have up to twenty favourite skins. You still have the option to delete a skin off your favourite list or you can try it on or click on "similar skins" which will take you to a page full of similar skins to the one you just clicked on.
If you want to change a skin you will have to chose the third option which is under your profile picture and it will take you to the skins page were you will come across thousands of ready made skins by other bebo members or by bebo its self.

<<<PLAYLIST>>>

This is basically a play list of your favourite songs. It will show the artist and the song title. You can also add an album to the play list. Other bebo members are capable of copying your play list songs to their own. You can download you own music straight to the play list. You can also see how many people have the same song on their profile. So far I only got one song on my play list I used to have lots but I took them off. The one I currently have is also being used by 1525 bebo member. You can go on the charts which shows you the latest song which has been recently added and it will also show you the popular songs which you can copy to your profile if you want.

<<<QUIZZES>>>

This is one of the oldest features on bebo and it lets you create you own quizzes for people to participate on. The quizzes can be about anything, but many people tend to create the "how well do you know me" quiz which is rather popular. You can ask up to twenty questions on each survey and a minimum of five question. You answers to chose from can be from two to five answers.
When you create your own quiz you get to chose the answer that people have to select In order to pass the quiz, At the end of each quiz you will be shown the percentage total score of your results or other people's results. You can also leave a comment on a quiz once you have finished it.
You can create as many surveys as you want but only five will be shown on your profile. It will also show the total of people who have taken the quiz, you can only see the correct answers to the quiz when you have participated in it.

<<<CHANGE MODULES>>>

This is a new feature on bebo which basically lets you move around the layout of your profile. There are only two things which you can't move and those are top 16 friends list and profile comments. I did change some of the layouts but didn't change much because I'm used to the old layout which is pretty cool. The changing modules option is once again just under your profile picture, you click on it and off you go.

<<<SHARE THE LOVE>>>

This is a feature which came on bebo a few weeks before valentines day year 2007. They basically put it on as a valentines feature so that you can show other beboers some love, however, when valentines day was over they still kept the feature because everyone was loving it. This feature is a little stamp on someone's comment. Basically when you are writing someone a comment just below the typing box there is a box which you can click to give some one the love. Because people keep receiving comments and not all of them have love stamped on them, bebo automatically counts all the love you have been given before and puts it on top of your profile, and there is a number besides the red heart that shows people how many love you've had since day one.
I don't know if this is a disadvantage, but you can only give love once a day to only one person. They say love is rare so you can't give it once a day I think its also there to avoid spamming of it. On my bebo profile I've so far only got just over 40 love stamps on me profile which is rather normal I tell you. If You find some people who have over a 100 love stamps on their profile, then those are the people who beg for it. I certainly know because my mate has over 150 stamps and she always begs me to give her some love everyday so I'm sure she does that to everyone on her friends list lol, its rather sad really.

<<<PROFILE VIEWS>>>

On every bebo profile there is profile views. This however shows you how many people have visited your profile since your started on bebo. On my bebo profile I have almost 10500 visits which is quite a lot I must say. The disadvantage of this feature is that sometimes it takes up to a week to upgrade the views which I find very annoying really. Another disadvantage is that it doesn't show you exactly who was on the profile, so its quite a mystery to you on who actually was on the profile.
it's a great feature overall because it tells you how many people have been checking you out.

<<<MUSIC>>>

This is were you go to check out all the latest music that has been downloaded, you can also check the popular music bands. You can add some of the music to your profile if you want and let me warn you that there is thousands of music so it will take you a long time to browse them all. However, they are grouped according to genre e.g. indie, rock, pop, rap, hip hop, soul, acoustic etc. On this area you can also create you own band, buy music posters or create a fan group.

<<<FLASH BOX>>>

This is a new feature on bebo which lets you upload videos to your own profile. When this feature first came out you could only download videos from you tube via copying and pasting a URL code or selecting ready made videos by bebo. For you to be able to upload a video you need to download video egg which sponsors bebo videos. You can upload many video formats such as MPG MPEG MP4 etc. Uploading a video may take from ten to thirty minutes this mainly depends on how fast your internet connection is and how big your video is. You don't really have to only upload music videos, but also movies, sports clips, TV shows, funny clips etc. You can upload as many videos as you want but only sixty of the videos will be shown on your favourites and only four of the will be shown on your profile. If you click on a certain video you will see how many people are using your videos, comments that people have left on the video, you can chose to send a video or copy the video's URL. You are however, not allowed to upload porn videos or your profile will be deleted automatically!

<<<AUTHORS>>>

This is a new feature and I just recently noticed it but I'm sure it's been on bebo for a few months now. What does this feature do? Well it's for people who are into books, poetry etc. You can write your own book or poem and publish it here for other bebo members to read. Its not that easy really because you will have to create another profile were you publish all your written books and poems. You will have to invite your friends or people of the public to come and read and they will rate you and make a review on your book. You can be a fan of a certain author if you want and you will be updated of when they have published a new item. This feature is not really of my interest as I don't like books.

<<<TESTIMONIALS>>>

This is a place were any one who has a bebo account can go and testify how good or bad bebo is. Hundreds of people go on here everyday therefore there are new testimonies every day. I only sent one though and it was probably years ago lol so it's probably gone now which is a big shame!. Testimonials are mainly there also to help future bebo users, because they will see how other long term users felt about bebo, so it will encourage them either to join or run away!!

<<<HELP>>>

This is a place to go when you need some of your questions to be answered. The help icon is on the bottom page of every profile and is the first option. On the help page there are already some questions which are typed out by bebo and already answered (FAQ's). Some of the answered questions on this page are how do I cancel my bebo page, is bebo free, how do I join my college, how do I keep my home page private, why would I become a member of bebo etc.
If your question is not on this page you will have to contact the bebo staff. There is a time when I contacted bebo staff because I needed help on something (can't remember what) but their reply was very quick. The first reply is an automatic reply which tells you that your e-mail has been received. The following day I got a reply from someone and they helped. I was well impressed because I thought they were going to take long because of all these people who are using bebo.

<<<SAFETY>>>

This is definitely the place to go if you want to learn how to be safe on bebo. There is a video which shows you some safety tips. There is a website for parents to visit and it will show them the risk of their children using social networks. It mainly warns people not to disclose personal information. There are also other web pages provided which you can visit and read more about being safe on the internet.

<<<COLLEGE/SCHOOLS>>>

This is were you can join your school or college. A long time ago anyone could join any college but now you have to enter an e-mail address of you college I think for you to join. You also have to provide the year you started and possibly the year you finished if you are no longer going to the college. When you join your college you can see other members from your college who have joined. Currently my own college which I have joined has 956 members on it. On your college page you will find a forum were you can type random things and other members can comment on that comment. There is also groups which is basically little clubs that members of that college create for other colleagues to join. On my own college I have joined the sports group because I love sports. f you join a group you can have access to the calendar of that group, you can leave comments and suggestions, you get to talk to other members and send them mails etc.
On the college profile there is also a feature called "the wall" which basically is a graffiti wall which lets anyone draw silly stuff on it. People can only own one wall, if they want to create another wall they will have to delete their previous one and create a new one. Only 30 recent walls are shown on the profile page and people can comment on a wall if they want to.
For the college profile picture, members have to vote for a picture and the background skin. The most voted picture (which is uploaded by members theme selves) or skin will be used.

<<<CH-CH-CHANGES>>>

This is basically a feature on your homepage which shows you your own changes and your friends changes, this could be your friends comments on your pictures, your friends new friends they've just added, you new friends you have just approved, new videos that has just been added by your friends or yourself etc.
You also have the option to move the changes feature on to your profile for other members to see.

<<<WHAT ARE YOU DOING>>>

This is a new feature on bebo which lets you type exactly what you are doing that moment. You can also type what you are going to do the following day, what you are thinking, how you feel and what you wish for. The description can only be up to 140 characters and only one description can be shown on your profile. If you write a new one it will replace the one that's on your profile that moment.
When you visit other people's profile you can also add what they are doing, wishing, feeling etc to your own profile buy easily clicking the "add to my profile" button and it will automatically copy that person's words on to your profile, the good thing is you don't have to type!.
There is also a scoreboard of the popular "what are you doing" that's being used by other beboers. If you click on the update button it will take you to a page were you can see some of your mates recent "what are you doing" and your own recent one. You can either delete your recent one, copy your mates or type out a new one. it's a great feature really, but it isn't that addictive because I hardly use it!

<<<THINGS TO DO>>>

This is a to-do list which is found on your home page not your profile page. The main things which are always on the "to-do list" are accepting friends request, confirming friends story and adding new friends. I don't think you can add your own task on it. I have tried to do it but it didn't work.

<<<MY ACCOUNT>>>

This is were you can update your account information. To access your account you have to go to your home page and just above the home page there are some options and the last option in the list is "my account". You can edit your username, your e-mail address, change your password. You can also change your notifications which are sent to your e-mail. You can chose either to receive or not to receive bebo spotlight, monthly newsletter (latest news on bebo), comment notify, birthday reminders, mail notify (when you are sent a new mail message), friends story notify and changes update.
On you account you can also chose to review your profile comments and white boards (this means they won't be published on your profile unless you approve them), you can chose to view friends changes on your home page, you can chose the minimum age of people who can contact you the age ranges from 13-60 year olds. You can also chose the maximum age of people who can message you or leave comments on your profile, and this also ranges from 13-60 year olds. You can also chose the sort of adverts you are interested in, and those will be shown on the advert areas of your profile. The advert option includes, jobs, mobile telecoms, music, sports, health fitness, entertainment, automotive etc.
Moreover the last option you have is to cancel your profile, which is pretty crazy.

<<<SEARCH>>>

This is were you can search either the internet, music, people or bebo itself. The search engine is powered by yahoo, so you won't be disappointed. I have never used it before though, but I'm pretty sure it's useful to those people who like browsing a lot.

OVERALL I THINK BEBO IS THE BEST ONE OF THEM ALL NOW. AND I WILL RECOMMEND ANYONE WHO IS PLANNING TO SIGN UP TO A SOCIAL NETWORK TO CHOSE THIS ONE.

IF ANYONE WANTS TO HAVE A LOOK ON MY BEBO PAGE JUST USE THE LINK I HAVE PROVIDED BELOW
http://www.bebo.com/shaazy-aka-xxNaSh OR http://shaazy-aka-xxNaSh.bebo.com

OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO VISIT BEBO JUS GO ON:
WWW.BEBO.COM were you will get to see other featured member, new things on bebo, new music, sponsored profiles etc there is also an option to register to bebo if you are interested after reading my review you can also add me as friend if you really don't have anyone on bebo and you don't know what you are doing, but that will be unlikely as you have read my well educating and very informative review lol. 

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