85% of College Students use FaceBook

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1. Scott Hildebrand
   

   September 8th, 2005 at 2:07 am

   Yes you do need a University affiliation, but not necessarily an .edu account. I’m UC Davis alumni and my alumni addy is .com. Works fine so just get an alumni address. However you might not want to waste your time, Facebook is just another SNS.

2. Paul Watson
   

   September 8th, 2005 at 1:21 pm

   “60% log in daily. About 85% log in at least once a week, and 93% log in at least once a month.”

   Sweet jesus. Dedicated users. I wonder how other sites compare to that? I imagine not very well.

   Nice look at FaceBook, thanks Michael.

3. Alex Ezell
   

   September 8th, 2005 at 6:04 pm

   I am actively working on adding this site to our Websense proxy to stop our high school kids from surfing it during the day and during their study hall.

   I work at a boarding school and it is nearly impossible to keep the kids (girls, predominantly) off of this site when they should be studying or doing their work in class.

4. mojaam
   

   September 22nd, 2005 at 7:02 pm

   It’s amazing how 85% of students have profiles up. Still, that does not mean all 85% of the people update/check em constantly.

   The high school thing is just stupid, with sites like myspace and xanga, high school doesn’t need facebook. Money is the only reason to do this.

5. djL
   

   October 9th, 2005 at 4:53 pm

   I think that the Facebook is worse than pornography. It’s all about sex, swearing and drinking. What kind of example is it setting to college students who’re supposed to be doing their work? Thanks to this nasty website, students now think that you gotta be drinking all the time to be cool.

6. Michael Arrington
   

   October 9th, 2005 at 5:20 pm

   DjL - are you serious?

7. Mel
   

   October 9th, 2005 at 10:37 pm

   I disagree DjL. It is just like any other social network. There are those who drink and those who don’t. On facebook there are many opportunities to get involved and promote activities other than sex, swearing and drinking. But unfortunately if you only seek out the negative aspects you’ll get them and vice versa.

8. Alric Arnett
   

   October 12th, 2005 at 12:33 pm

   I’m a student at Butler Community College. And I was Wondering if you could register my school to the facebook website because, al of my friends that are in college and talking about and I would like to be apart and also several others students at my college.

9. Liz
   

   October 12th, 2005 at 3:34 pm

   “I think that the Facebook is worse than pornography. It’s all about sex, swearing and drinking. What kind of example is it setting to college students who’re supposed to be doing their work? Thanks to this nasty website, students now think that you gotta be drinking all the time to be cool.”

   DjL, you’re absolutely stupid. As an avid facebook user, I’d like to note a few things.

   #1: The only time I’ve seen sex on facebook is when it asks if you’re a male or a female

   #2: Swearing?!?! Who honestly doesn’t swear these days?

   #3: The only time I’ve seen any reference to alcohol is when people have pix of themselves with beer bottles, etc.

   To sum it up: You’re stupid, get a life, and learn more about what you’re talking about before you make an ass of yourself.

   ;D

10. GMU Facebook User
    

    October 14th, 2005 at 10:06 am

    Facebook is just for fun people!!! Come on you need to atleast be able to let go of your kids once they’ve gotten to college. If you have taught them right then they will join the groups like “We Love Jesus” instead of “Crazy Will Sex and Booze.” Besides what is it to you; stop worrying about everyone else moral decay and worry about just your own instead.

    As for comments about checking Facebook daily, yes I know people, including myself, who check Facebook at least once a day, if not more.

11. GMU Facebook User
    

    October 14th, 2005 at 10:08 am

    PS At least Facebook is better than MySpace where you can have 40 year old creepy guys drooling over 20 year old college students!

12. tron
    

    October 14th, 2005 at 10:08 am

    everybody swears these days so that makes it OK. freakin moron…

13. Butler County Community College (Kansas)
    

    October 14th, 2005 at 11:17 pm

    Lots of friends from high school on facebook and I would like to stay in contact and also met other people.

14. Facebook user
    

    October 16th, 2005 at 10:59 pm

    “I think that the Facebook is worse than pornography. It’s all about sex, swearing and drinking. What kind of example ……students now think that you gotta be drinking all the time to be cool.” Blah blah blah… That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. First of all, facebook users are COLLEGE STUDENTS!!! The appeal of “being cool” to fit in has been left at the highschool level. I,personally, no longer care what other people think of me. That’s the beauty of COLLEGE!And secondly, students who don’t want to do their work, won’t. I hardly believe that facebook could be blamed for it. People will do what they want, and facebook doesn’t really influence that. I don’t drink or sex it up every weekend and I am on facebook every day. Thanks to facebook, I was able to contact other people in my classes to study with, I got in touch with long lost friends, neighbors, and relatives whom I probably would have never talked to. To sum it up DJL, you make me sad…

15. Remo
    

    October 17th, 2005 at 12:55 pm

    What are you talking about? Facebook is not all about sex, swearing and drinking. Have you ever even been on facebook? I suggest you know what your talking about, before you go around acting like you know what your talking about buddy.

16. Michael Arrington
    

    October 17th, 2005 at 1:20 pm

    “The appeal of “being cool” to fit in has been left at the highschool level. I,personally, no longer care what other people think of me. That’s the beauty of COLLEGE!”

    Ahhh, the lies we tell ourselves.

    So does anyone else have a blog that we can move this discussion to? I mostly just write about companies here.

17. Anna Leary
    

    October 17th, 2005 at 3:30 pm

    I love facebook. It has allowed me to reconnect with both friends from college and other from long before college. It is a great tool for keeping in touch and a fun waste of at work.

18. chris
    

    October 19th, 2005 at 9:34 am

    my girlfriends in college and im in high school i wish i could talk to her!

19. josh legrange
    

    October 19th, 2005 at 4:24 pm

    i love this site dude

20. Brittany Sessor
    

    October 20th, 2005 at 1:20 pm

    GOOO FACEBOOK!

21. Elyce
    

    October 20th, 2005 at 9:57 pm

    It’s funny… I wasn’t even gonna get on facebook because I thought it was a waste of time… I have no regrets, I talk to people I graduated from 8th grade with and I have even found long lost cousins… Djl is a hater and I feel sorry for you….By the way; facebook hasn’t affected my schoolwork in any way….

22. USC student
    

    October 21st, 2005 at 1:38 pm

    I don’t think the main purpose of facebook is dating. I’ve never heard of anyone meeting on facebook. I’ve heard of people going “oh, hey, you’re my facebook friend” but never intentionally meeting people via facebook.

    You forgot one of the most important features of facebook. You can put down what courses you’re taking, including section number, and immediately know who (of your friends first, then everyone from your school underneath them) is in what class with you, either at the same time or a different time. This creates an excellent way to find study groups or ask a question about an assignment.

23. michelle
    

    October 23rd, 2005 at 12:23 pm

    Is there any way a non-college student can get in the college facebook?

24. ckay
    

    October 27th, 2005 at 8:30 am

    I love facebook. It is the only way I found people I went to school with. I mean just this week I found a person I went to elementary school with and I never would have recognized him if I had seen him on the street. And two weeks ago on of my employees had an asthma attach and I used facebook to find some of her friend to go to the hospital with her to keep her calm, her friends’ phone number, her roommate’s phone number, where she lived, do I need to say more. Plus in college you don’t really learn everyone in your classes name so it is helpful to look up who is in your class and it is helpful to know who is majoring in what incase you need help. Course you are going to have people that abuse it like any other thing that comes out, but for the most part people like to stay in touch with their friend but they usually don’t because of one reason or another; and it will help you get to know the people on your campus. This is just a way to say, “O, I remember that person, I think I will friend them.”

25. Robert K.
    

    October 27th, 2005 at 8:38 am

    The facebook is amoral, a tool to do with it as you please. Christian groups and political groups have the largest “populations” by far. It provides many ways to meet people you live near (meet the neighbors), it provides many study tools (class scheduals etc…), through a message area it provides either the way to share the gospel of Christ or how to talk about the explicit details of a date gone bad. It provides many things…as a student alum of Auburn University, I stay in touch with my friends through it and look up old friends from my private highschool, whom I had lost contact with. I’m very thankful for this wonderful self regulating technoloy that Mark and Jim provided. With it, you offer the information you’re comfortable giving and you allow your friends…to be your friends. You can escape the evils of the world if you want, or be the hyper socialite with 750 friends. The truth is usually found in the balance and in openminded, but prudent wisdom.

26. kelechi
    

    October 27th, 2005 at 4:59 pm

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    #15 Abayomi Str, Oshodi Lagos
    state Nigeria

27. Daniel Harr
    

    October 27th, 2005 at 10:14 pm

    We desperately need facebook at hillsborough community college in Florida, I have so many friends that are on and my school is still in the stone age, somebody please do something, If anyone reading this has any influence, please get my school supported!

28. Blake
    

    October 28th, 2005 at 8:52 pm

    I’m a recent alum of st. ed’s u, austin, and I really want to try facebook.com. Can one of you invite me on? My .edu account was discontinued when I graduated. Thanks!
    blakeivy@valornet.com

29. washu student
    

    October 31st, 2005 at 1:25 pm

    “PS At least Facebook is better than MySpace where you can have 40 year old creepy guys drooling over 20 year old college students!”

    Yeah! Keep the creepy geezers off.
    You know everyone on the facebook or at least know that they currently go to your school and how they look. It’s a great resource and to the person who said it was all about sex and drinking…do you even use the website?

    and very very few people use it for dating. they might use it to let someone they like notice them, but then they’ll have to work at it in real life.

30. Melanie
    

    November 1st, 2005 at 10:38 pm

    Facebook is so awesome! I completely believe that 85% of college students have a profile and that over half of them check it every day, because I am a college student, and I check my facebook 2 or 3 times a day. It’s just a great way to meet people and find people with your interests.

    I also agree that there shoulnd’t be a high school facebook. Facebook is something that high school kids should look forward to when they get to college, but now it’s just for everyone. There are several groups that have been started protesting the high school facebook, such as “College Kids Who Oppose High School Facebook and Everything it Represents” or “Facebook For Highschoolers Is The Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Heard Of”.

31. Jay
    

    November 2nd, 2005 at 4:51 am

    Facebook is a great website to keep in touch with people. All of my best high school friends are currently attending different colleges than myself, and this site has proven a great way to keep in touch with them. Also, I have located various members of my family that I never knew existed, and have made some new and close friends. There is nothing wrong at all with Facebook. Keep up the good work, Mr. Zuckerberg!

32. bella
    

    November 2nd, 2005 at 6:22 am

    I thought Facebook was the dumbest thing in the world. Sadly I check it everyday because it is just that interesting! I go to school in usa but am originally from Canada…At first i thought it was just an american thing but honestly there are alot of schools in canada that have it as well. Everyone does check facebook all the time cause everyone changes or adds to their profile at least weekly. I have been able to connect with friends whom i havent talked to in forever through this. I love it!!!!

33. Jazmyn
    

    November 3rd, 2005 at 11:40 am

    Hello
    well i have read all the comments listed above and i have a few things to say.
    for one i havent seen any “sex, and drugs” and all of that, that the dj dude said so that is false information, and he is just jealous of the great site that has been made. I have met people and also its a way for me to communicate with people who i have no other time to talk to.Next, I am in high school and all these college students that are wasting your time on discriminating against high schoolers using facebook, um your wasting you time ,seriously, i mean you just recently got out of high school i’m sure, i mean is it REALLY effecting you that badly? do something better than make these “groups”. Yes there are xangas and my spaces but Xanga is in online diary and my space..has nothing to do with school so there is no excuse to why high school students should not be able to use facebook. i love it! when i get home i get so anxious to see if i have any “messages” or if anyone wants to “be my friend” its fun and something to do in your spare time. It has not at all effected my study or school habits; its actually helping since i have friends on facebook with similar classes as me ,and it gives me a chance to get in touch with them if i have a question or dont understand anything that was said in class, I like facebook its not promoting anything but bringing people together, its almost like a free classmates.com because that site is waste of money and its stupid, and the comment above “fitting in” and “finding yourself” um some of us in high school have already done that ( like myself) but anyway, lastly I would just like to commend mark on his great work and i thank him for his great idea of creating the website “facebook” and open to high school students.
    - Jazmyn

34. Tired007iowa
    

    November 5th, 2005 at 8:47 am

    I’m not sure if I like the “Creepy Old Geezer” reference. I’m 34 years old and am listed on facebook as a student. I don’t log on everyday, nor do I oggle the student pics. The main reason why I use it is because it gives me a way of contacting people in my various classes. WIth work and family pressures, I tend to miss class more than the average student, so its nice to have a way of contacting people in your class for notes on those lectures.

    Being a student is hard enough, made even harder by being 10+ years older than your peers. I do know that there are those out that prowl Facebook for the reasons stated, but not all of us non-trad students are walking ads for Viagra.

    Greg

35. Sophie
    

    November 5th, 2005 at 10:30 am

    I think that the Facebook is worse than pornography. It’s all about sex, swearing and drinking. What kind of example is it setting to college students who’re supposed to be doing their work? Thanks to this nasty website, students now think that you gotta be drinking all the time to be cool.”

    If you had ever been on the site you would understand that it is not at all for the promotion of sex and drugs at all. There are probably more student-made groups about religion, politics, and school related issues than there are about being a drunken idiot. Before you go bashing something that 3.85 million people are involved in, get a little more information. College students, like myself, who use facebook understand that you’re a misinformed idiot, but those who dont know are getting the wrong impression.

36. _
    

    November 5th, 2005 at 3:03 pm

    o rly?

    http://yearoftheowl.ytmnd.com

37. Jillian
    

    November 7th, 2005 at 6:54 pm

    Honestly, FaceBook isn’t that great. It’s like LiveJournal for retards. Or maybe having the capacity to use a computer beyond making shitty powerpoints or badly typed papers makes me a total loser, lollercaust.

    FaceBook is marketed towards college and high school students. OF COURSE IT’S ALL ABOUT SEX AND DRUGS, YOU MORON. That’s all older generations ever see as common themes in younger generations regardless of the truth of the matter.

38. Dallas
    

    November 8th, 2005 at 8:20 am

    I love the facebook….It is my crack!! I’m so addicted!! I even made a group for my fellow facebook addicts!!!!

39. April
    

    November 9th, 2005 at 1:07 am

    As a college student, I would have to say facebook.com is a wanderful thing! I have found so many friends from elementary school and intermediate. Its so nice to be able to keep in touch with them and see how they are and where there life is going. Not to disrespect anyone, but if facebook.com is one of your biggest worries thats sad. Focus on something more important. For example drugs in high schools. When I was in high school it was pretty bad..

40. guest
    

    November 9th, 2005 at 7:22 pm

    The facebook is great! I’m a college student and I’ve met so many girls with the facebook its ridiculous! Thanks facebook!

41. Diabolic Preacher
    

    November 10th, 2005 at 9:58 am

    being a grad student on orkut i know how useful sns are in getting touch with my high school friends who have moved to colleges in other states.

    added to that, the fact that facebook does some checking to see if u really are a student (hopefully increasing it’s scope of institutions soon) makes it all the more safer than some creepy guy coming along and telling them off, so he can swear at ‘em in drunken stupor and watch porn.

    friend’s network when used to the fullest beyond the “pokes” and “apparent compliments” really works out to be as efficient as a WAN of sorts connecting people’s mindsets and helping them work together.

    facebook…when are you adding my university?

42. Jess
    

    November 10th, 2005 at 7:48 pm

    Opening Facebook for high school kids is just stupid. Facebook should only open to those who are in college or University.

43. W. Andrew Loe III
    

    November 11th, 2005 at 12:26 am

    Anyone else notice how the intelligence of the comments plummeted? This is exactly why I don’t use the facebook (or facebook now is it?).

    Question: why do you guys care if its open to high school students or not? IT HAS ABSOLUTLY NO BEARING ON YOUR INTERACTON WITH THE SITE. Is it that you want to be exclusive?

    And I’m pretty sure TechCrunch has no impact over what schools get added, I wouldn’t bug them about it!

44. katie
    

    November 11th, 2005 at 10:33 am

    i have a facebook. and a xanga. and a myspace. and a livejournal. and a blogger. and..yeah.

45. Lee Campbell
    

    November 11th, 2005 at 11:22 am

    I totally disagree with DjL. I have been a faithful member of the Facebook community since January. I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. I don’t do drugs. I’m not that big on partying. I went through that stage in high school. I’m over it. Not all college students are partiers. I am a Junior at the University of Memphis. I joined Facebook because I saw an ad for it in one of the on-campus caf’s. It sounded like fun. All my friends (both drinkers and non) are on it. A lot of my friends from high school and even elementary school are on there as well. It’s a great way to keep in touch with those whom you normally wouldn’t. We organize pep rallies for our less-than-great football team, as well as religious, political and other social events as well. Sure, there are the occasional drunken kids on there. And a lot of the time, students’ pictures involve them and either a short skirt, a tall beer, or a cig. Big deal. They’re just trying to make themselves look “cooler.” I don’t care. My picture is of my boyfriend and me kissing. That in no way promotes sex. Get over it, DjL. Not everything on the internet that involves college students and pictures is harmful.

46. Clarion U of PA
    

    November 11th, 2005 at 11:22 am

    ^^^ Katie is a loser…get a life

47. jenn
    

    November 11th, 2005 at 12:34 pm

    as far as what mojaam said, he read the statistics about how often people with facebook check it wrong.. but besides that, he says the high school thing is just stupid because they already have myspace and xanga and this is all al plan to make money… FACEBOOK IS FREE, unlike xanga. and as far as what DjL commented, that is absouletly ridiculous. facebook consists of whatever the user wishes to put up. everyone needs to lighten up. this is a great way to keep in touch with old friends and get to know new friends.

48. Marcus Richard
    

    November 13th, 2005 at 7:58 pm

    I am one of the 60% students that logs on facebook daily. A lot of people at my school wants to know who is that depressed looking guy who face is on the upper left hand corner of facebook.

49. Tamara
    

    November 14th, 2005 at 12:49 pm

    I too, am one of the 60%! I am a kind of shy person and I live off campus so making friends is not really easy for me…Ever since I made an account, I have gotten in touch with old classmates, people I have lost touch with, and generally just made a bunch of friends. I even made contact with a friend that moved away in middle school. And no DjL, it doesn’t interfere with school work, infact, its a great way to get help with your classes too since you can but your classes on your profile. And that stupid comment about Facebook being worse than pornography– dude, have you ever even SEEN the facebook sight???? btw….you can’t blame facebook for underage drinking since people have been doing that FOREVER. I don’t drink, smoke, do drugs, or advertise sex on facebook, and people think I’m “cool”. People don’t put up those profiles to impress everyone: they put them up to find other friends they like or can relate to just the way they are.

    Jeez~ Why is it that anytime a young person is having fun, people gotta go and turn it upside down?

50. SAB
    

    November 16th, 2005 at 12:12 pm

    I truly think that facebook is great! I have been able to contact a lot of people I would not have otherwise known how to. I have found friends from camp from many many years ago and we have re-connected. There are always going to be people who drink and party and put stupid pictures up, so what. Just don’t look at them. Yes, it is time consuming and addictive but isn’t the internet in general? I think facebook is a great idea and enjoy every moment of surfing my friends!

51. SAB
    

    November 16th, 2005 at 12:15 pm

    Why is this such a big deal… facebook is what it is.. your not going to take it off. So find something else to complain and BS about and if you dont like it don’t get on. Period.

52. Jordan
    

    November 16th, 2005 at 2:20 pm

    The Facebook is great because it has been used by 3.8 million people and that number will increase by at least a million in within the next year. Most to do with the press its been getting. Its a great company becuase it sold it self and is now getting more and more press which will lead to an increase in members and a great increase in advertising. Just wait until it goes public.

53. UCSB student
    

    November 17th, 2005 at 10:08 am

    Alright, here’s an instance that probably hasn’t happened to most. First off, I use both myspace and facebook. I don’t like more one than the other, I just have both. Now, my brother (now a high school senior) and his friends use myspace. What happened was this: A proud, rich, snot-nosed parent went on myspace, searched for these senior’s profiles, found them, saw all their pics of doing beer bongs, smoking blunts, doing keg-stands…ok. What does this lady do? She goes to the principle, tells him he’s putting out this great image to the school and it’s not really true, that’s he’s a filthy liar and that “these” kids have no future. So what happens to my brother and other seniors as a result? They get bitched out by the principal, and now he won’t write teacher-recomendations for them for the colleges they’re applying to. OK, that’s reasonable. He has now seen them engaging in straight-up illegal activities, so it would be hard to write a honest recommendation not condeming any of these activities. THE FUCKING POINT: This lady…just wow. Why would she do this? She sure as hell doesnt have a myspace account, she just wanted to exploit some teenagers that like to party. Hey, I have pictures on myspace of me smoking blunts and drinking beer, and I’m sure as hell not going to take them off, and I’m sure as hell not going to take off that I graduated from that school. (by the way, the pricipal asked those seniors to take those photos off their myspace accounts. My brother just did it…probably the smart thing to do at this point in the game). So what is my point? Fuck people that are out to exploit people for no reason. FUCK THEM!

54. kc
    

    November 17th, 2005 at 10:15 am

    facebook is the excactly like every other social network…the goal is to create an online community for people to meet and consort with their peers…

    the only difference is that facebook limits the community to college students.

    the sex and drugs as you guys bring up is a creation of its members, you create the site

    and also as any community your are going to find all sorts of topics….look hard enough and uu will find it.

    facebook is harmless so let people have their fun

55. rebecca
    

    November 18th, 2005 at 5:44 pm

    i disagree with facebook being for dating purposes. i use it - as well as all my friends - to stay in contact.

56. Winston
    

    November 20th, 2005 at 5:20 pm

    haha djl– it looks like you said the wrong thing.. yes everyone hates you now and i love facebook.. i get on everyday several times.. its very addicting and it in no way supports any thing bad.. youre just a loser buddy.. sorry..

57. keith thompson
    

    November 28th, 2005 at 2:27 pm

    mojaam, obviously you don’t know what your talking about i mean look at all the other comments why don’t you keep your dumbass opinions to yourself

58. dpk
    

    November 28th, 2005 at 8:25 pm

    facebook is a great thing
    it is also safer then xanga and myspace
    you can learn about your peers and meet new people
    unlike xanga and myspace u cant just roam around the sites and see everyone
    it only allows u to view members of ur school who allow members from their school to view it and it also allows people who u assign as your friends to view yours, that is all that are alowed to see it
    so it is quite safe and fun

59. Atip
    

    November 29th, 2005 at 6:25 am

    facebook is addictive….end story

60. Daniel
    

    November 30th, 2005 at 2:42 pm

    Facebook looks cool. I go to college in Ireland and was told about it by American friends. There are seven large universities in Ireland, none of which have .edu e-mail addresses. It could really be as popular over here as in the U.S. If anyone with influence could do anything about this it would be much appreciated.

61. AMW
    

    December 1st, 2005 at 4:33 pm

    My friend set up my facebook account for me because she claimed that I had to have one. The next thing you know I checked it out and got hooked. It’s great I found a family member that I grew up with and even some of the people that I graduated from high school with.

62. Dean
    

    December 5th, 2005 at 2:48 pm

    Im always looking for new facebook friends, hahaha, send all your request to Michael Simmons at UNCP, hahaha, TKE 4 life!!!

63. Drew
    

    December 6th, 2005 at 9:47 am

    Facebook isnt necessarily a good thing, sure its fun to look at once in a while, but my roommate doesnt ever stop. Its consuming his life and it needs to be stopped. Also everyone that cares enough to defend it should be shot.

64. jamie
    

    December 6th, 2005 at 6:33 pm

    i check facebook almost everyday. its a great site and its awesome now with all the pics you can put on it and the albums.

65. pl
    

    December 7th, 2005 at 5:18 pm

    Its pretty cool. And its a lot safer then myspace, which has about 40 million members in it. You can just make one with any email adress, and change your age and stuff. And i’ve heard its easy to hack.

66. Alric Arnett
    

    December 8th, 2005 at 7:57 am

    I’m a collge student at butler community college and I was added on to facebook by a friend at another college but to be on the high school site now that’ cause my college wasn’t registred for facebook but now that we are I can’t get on to the college one cause i used my college e-mail address for the high school one

67. Kerry
    

    December 9th, 2005 at 4:25 pm

    The “Movie” link in the Facebooks write up (under Functionality) didn’t work . . .

68. Michael Mayell
    

    December 9th, 2005 at 4:50 pm

    What if facebook members could add audio to their profile? What if it was free? Click this link to hear what I mean (or copy and paste it to your browser):
    http://EnNz.Springdoo.com/publ.....F6FF161363

69. JP
    

    December 12th, 2005 at 9:50 pm

    “The high school thing is just stupid, with sites like myspace and xanga, high school doesn’t need facebook. Money is the only reason to do this. ”

    No, it makes sense. If kids in highschool get it all set up, add all their friends, then move onto college, they are less likely to lose contact with them.

    Facebook is great, 10 years ago I would have lost contact with quite a few people who I found on facebook and hang out with when I go home for the holidays. It lets me get ahold of people in classes when I have a last minute question and people who I usually talk to don’t know. It lets me share photos with my friends without having to send them to a million people.

    I know a few people who have dated after meeting on facebook and they get plenty of shit for it but you see all these internet dating sites, whats wrong with a place that lets you find people with the same interests??

    The only thing I dont like is how news papers have been exploiting facebook recently. They get a college intern with access to facebook and they have them look up information on facebook and include it in articles as if it was fact (including group affiliation, etc). People joke around on facebook, create a “persona” that may or may not reflect reality. Newspapers using that information as a reliable source make me want to smack the editor!

70. JP
    

    December 12th, 2005 at 9:54 pm

    oh PS, as far as I know, people can sign up with alumni email accounts alot of the time… Maybe if you donate a little bit of $$ they would give you one? Maybe they already give them out for free??

    Altho thats probably more useful for recent grads rather than dinosaurs since other people of that age bracket generally dont sign up

71. Jason
    

    December 13th, 2005 at 12:30 pm

    FACEBOOK RULES!

72. rmt
    

    December 14th, 2005 at 11:25 pm

    I personally think its missing a few things, as it is, its just what the name says, a facebook. The lack or cross-college search is kind of dumb unless someone finds you,