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Thank you David. &nbsp;So let me get this straight. As the web site developer I mark up my site page with Open Graphics that specifies perhaps a video, an image, and some text that I want to show up on the visitor's Facebook page. &nbsp;When the visitor clicks the Facebook Share button on the site page, &nbsp;Facebook &quot;scrapes&quot; the OG markup on &nbsp;my page and transfers the collected informaton to the visitor's Facebook page, probably to their timeline. Is that about right? &nbsp;<br />
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Thanks for your help.
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Thank you David.  So let me get this straight. As the web site developer I mark up my site page with Open Graphics that specifies perhaps a video, an image, and some text that I want to show up on the visitor's Facebook page.  When the visitor clicks the Facebook Share button on the site page,  Facebook "scrapes" the OG markup on  my page and transfers the collected informaton to the visitor's Facebook page, probably to their timeline. Is that about right?  

Thanks for your help.

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How does sharing to social media work? &nbsp;If I put an icon on my web page to Share to Facebook, what part of the page gets shared, &nbsp;where does it show up on Facebook and whose Facbook page does it show up on?<br />
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How does sharing to social media work?  If I put an icon on my web page to Share to Facebook, what part of the page gets shared,  where does it show up on Facebook and whose Facbook page does it show up on?

Thanks

How does sharing to a social network work?

A social networking service is a platform to build social networks or relations among people who share similar interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections. A social network service consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his or her social links, and a variety of additional services such as career services. Social network sites are web-based services that allow individuals to create a public profile, create a list of users with whom to share connections, and view and cross the connections within the system. Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, pictures, posts, activities, events, and interests with people in their network. Other popular services include Google+, LinkedIn, Instagram, Reddit, Pinterest, Vine and Tumblr.

Social Networking

Facebook is an online social networking service. After registering to use the site, users can create a user profile, add other users as "friends", exchange messages, post status updates and photos and receive notifications when others update their profiles. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics, and categorize their friends into lists such as "People From Work" or "Close Friends". Notable features include a News Feed, Friends, a Wall, a Timeline, the Like button, Messages and an inbox, Notifications and Networks and groups.