When I was a freshman in college, Facebook was what all the ‘cool’ kids were doing. Both in class and out, you could always spot someone updating their Facebook wall or checking out what their friends were gonna do later that week. Since then, Facebook has grown in both size and influence and is joined by Twitter as one of the top social networking sites today.

With the number of registered users growing by the thousands every month, a great question to ask yourself is “why did you join Facebook?” We all have our reasons, but here are 5 reasons why you may have:

1. Peer Pressure

One of the biggest reasons why people join Facebook is because their friends are on it already. Many people that I have spoken to don’t want to use Facebook, yet they feel the need to be on it to stay in touch with their friends. For some, it is more convenience than recreation, but either way, Facebook has become as mentioned earlier, a sort of “cool kids club” type atmosphere.

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