It is a website which allows you to keep in touch with many friends at the same time, like hotmail but more efficient... in that you do may send more than just an email to each friend but can send videos, sound files, do contests that you are challenged and more.
Your friends appear in a drop down box with their phots, which is user friendly. Go and see the film Orphange... It is really good
An Orphanage, Past and Present