How do i create an away message on facebook?

How is buddypress different from an open source Facebook? i mean both allows users to follow stream,message,create profiles?

• facebbok buddypress difference

• Answer:

  Functionally, Facebook is much more robust. Back in 2008 were pretty close to feature parity, but Facebook's thousands of developers can do much more than our 4+. The major draw to BuddyPress is control, of both your data and your community of members. You're your own Mark Zuckerberg in this analogy, free to tweak the controls how you see fit. BuddyPress gives you a significant head-start towards the social-network you have in your plans, built on top of open source software that's readily available almost everywhere. Facebook is a closed platform that, yes, everyone is familiar with, but no, your car club might not want to host all of their photos with them; your company intranet may not want Facebook's user accounts as its hub, etc… I see them as too very different tools in a huge toolset. It's not one VS the other anymore, it's if/and/or/when to use the right tool for the job.