The best and probably most overlooked feature on Facebook is the "Wall-to-Wall" link on the news feed. It takes you to all the wall postings you and one other person have ever had. It's really akin to a photo album but for me, it's actually more enjoyable. You can see exactly when comments were made and go back and, in a way, experience them again. I think they are somehow more vivid than photos because many times these wall postings are conversations. They might be short (between two and five threads long) but they're always funny or enjoyable with your closest friends.
In some cases, you can see how your relationships have evolved. You can explicitly see how you conversed with someone you've just met and after you've dated them for years. If you're like me, you definitely held your true personality back, just a little, in the beginning. And then three or six months in, you were able to let it all hang out. All the little idiosyncracies that make people beautiful or interesting. You can literal see it unfold. Some of my wall-to-walls are quite long, especially with close friends, and it's just amazing to back and read them.
If you haven't done this, and you have an hour to spare, do it with your closest three friends.
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