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For All Of You Who Dont Know About Bebo Here Is A Little Bit About It.

Once a user has registered an account, they edit and maintain their own profile page using online forms. The top of a user's profile contains information about the user, which would typically include their name, a picture, a paragraph about them, and some miscellaneous information under various headings. Although default headings are provided, many users create their own to reflect their own interests, or to include quips, quotes, jokes or gibes.

Profiles include; a whiteboard, in which other users can draw pictures with a variety of colors using a system called ffArt, a comment section where other users can leave a message, and a list of the user's friends. These are all publicly viewable, unless the user selects the "Private Profile" option, which limits access to the profile to friends specifically added by the user. Profiles usually also include quizzes, slide-shows of pictures, polls for their friends to vote in, photo albums, blogs with a comments section for others' responses, a list of bands (see below) of which the profile-holder is a groupie, a Flash Box, which plays video, often linked from YouTube, or uploaded directly to Bebo's servers. Members can also add "Widgets" which are more graphically rich components provided by an external site - typically something like a slides-how of the members photos with some transition effect applied.

Bebo Bands

On 11 July 2006, "Bebo Bands" was launched. On this section of the site, bands or solo artists are able to create a profile showcasing their music. Along with undiscovered talents, it has a section called "New Music Only on Bebo" linking to established artist pages including Paris Hilton, Matt Willis, Orson, Coldplay, Kylie Minogue, The Kooks, Lily Allen, and more.

The band pages include; a band member list which is similar to the friends list on a normal profile, a list of groupies (fans who have added the band, as though it were a friend), an area for tour dates, a blog, and a list of songs which have been uploaded for playing through Bebo's media player, or to be added to other user's playlists. These songs can be grouped by the band into albums, along with cover-art. All band members can edit the content of the band profile. Although the Bebo Band section is intended for use by musical groups, the facility is also used by many to form clubs or societies, or as unofficial fan pages for established bands.

Bebo Authors

This is similar to the Bands feature, above. A member can create a "Bebo Authors" page, which is an area for them to showcase their written work. Other Bebo members can leave a review of each work, by rating it out of five stars and leaving a comment. Author pages are organised by genre/form, and can be browsed accordingly.