Facebook's best-kept secret is a second website that's amazing for talking to your friends

Everyone and their grandmother knows all about Facebook. You can't not. The social network has more than a billion daily users across the globe.

It's an essential part of modern life.

What's less well-known is that as well as Facebook.com, the Californian tech company has a second, stripped-down website you can use to talk to your friends. And if that's all you want to do, it's a whole lot better than the original Facebook.

Take a look: