Comments on: “I just can’t be a college student without Facebook” http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:26:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: “¿Estás en Facebook? Si, pero prefiero Tuenti” http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1982501 “¿Estás en Facebook? Si, pero prefiero Tuenti” Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:11:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1982501 [...] viejos posts he echado mano al post de Michael Arrington titulado “I just can’t be a college student without Facebook”, el cual me ha recordado que debía darle una nueva oportunidad a [...] [...] viejos posts he echado mano al post de Michael Arrington titulado “I just can’t be a college student without Facebook”, el cual me ha recordado que debía darle una nueva oportunidad a [...]

]]> By: resimler http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1776687 resimler Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:44:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1776687 Seems like its a must “see” site Seems like its a must “see” site

]]> By: millennium winter :: a reflection not so whole » the inspiration that made lady sing the blues http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1770494 millennium winter :: a reflection not so whole » the inspiration that made lady sing the blues Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:10:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1770494 [...] And people wonder why I don’t have a Facebook account. It’s bad enough that I have an atrophying MySpace account that I never look at. I should [...] [...] And people wonder why I don’t have a Facebook account. It’s bad enough that I have an atrophying MySpace account that I never look at. I should [...]

]]> By: ash http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1757409 ash Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:20:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1757409 steven.. the sheer idiocy of your email is embarrassing. in the future please do not advertise your affiliation to the university of michigan. -umich alum steven..

the sheer idiocy of your email is embarrassing. in the future please do not advertise your affiliation to the university of michigan.

-umich alum

]]> By: Daryn http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1757292 Daryn Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:31:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1757292 @Steve (comment #23) I go to Michigan and you can make another Umich e-mail by going to the student directory and creating an e-mail group. I did it a couple years back when they allowed fake facebook profiles. Seriously though, shouldn't you be worrying about something else besides Facebook right now? It's midterm time. @Steve (comment #23)

I go to Michigan and you can make another Umich e-mail by going to the student directory and creating an e-mail group. I did it a couple years back when they allowed fake facebook profiles.

Seriously though, shouldn’t you be worrying about something else besides Facebook right now? It’s midterm time.

]]> By: PT http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1757181 PT Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:50:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1757181 When I first opened a Facebook account, there probably weren't even 40 colleges that had Facebook. Now, my brothers in high school look at me like a weirdo when I tell them I have a Facebook account. Before Facebook the only thing dating in college revolved around was alcohol. Now it's Facebook AND alcohol. When I first opened a Facebook account, there probably weren’t even 40 colleges that had Facebook. Now, my brothers in high school look at me like a weirdo when I tell them I have a Facebook account.

Before Facebook the only thing dating in college revolved around was alcohol. Now it’s Facebook AND alcohol.

]]> By: Nicolae http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1757137 Nicolae Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:31:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1757137 Hey Guys, on this note, here's a little spoof me and some of my buddies made regarding this exact topic - hope you enjoy it: http://purpleduckfilms.com/realfacebookpt1.html The link to part 2 is there too. Hey Guys,

on this note, here’s a little spoof me and some of my buddies made regarding this exact topic - hope you enjoy it:

http://purpleduckfilms.com/realfacebookpt1.html

The link to part 2 is there too.

]]> By: Michael http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1756632 Michael Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:41:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1756632 If facebook went down tomorrow, college students would seriously be rioting the streets. It's insane. If facebook went down tomorrow, college students would seriously be rioting the streets.

It’s insane.

]]> By: avgbear http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1756548 avgbear Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:56:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1756548 I work at a university and it's insane how much time these kids spend on Facebook. A quick walk through the computer lab and you'll see 90% of the monitors have Facebook on them. What's really interesting is that a lot seem to have replaced other means of communication (aside from text messaging) solely with Facebook. They think email is a joke– you might as well be writing on stone tablets. I work at a university and it’s insane how much time these kids spend on Facebook. A quick walk through the computer lab and you’ll see 90% of the monitors have Facebook on them.

What’s really interesting is that a lot seem to have replaced other means of communication (aside from text messaging) solely with Facebook. They think email is a joke– you might as well be writing on stone tablets.

]]> By: Yuval http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1756275 Yuval Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:51:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1756275 Get with it people! hello? #42 got it! "I have gotten laid many times due to Facebook. That’s why it’s so addictive." There you have it. Addiction doesn't happen in a vacuum. FB has become the social *substrate* in colleges. The kids' loyalty is completely justified. The reason grownups HAVEN'T figured this out yet is because it has a shitty UI. U gotta spend some time digging to find the gold. You need the patience to install the first few dozen apps, many of them worthless and time consuming. Slowly move your life online, a bookshelf at a time on the visual bookshelf app if you like books like me and so on. It doesn't matter that there's better stand-alone alternatives (in my case, librarything.com). People *live* on FB! Young people are more computer savvy, they've seen it happen around them, and they have more time to spare. So they did it. It's not that they didn't have a choice. They got firsthand accounts of this thing working and CHANGING people's lives for the better. As any amazingly successful product does. Get with it people! hello? #42 got it!

“I have gotten laid many times due to Facebook. That’s why it’s so addictive.”

There you have it. Addiction doesn’t happen in a vacuum. FB has become the social *substrate* in colleges. The kids’ loyalty is completely justified.

The reason grownups HAVEN’T figured this out yet is because it has a shitty UI. U gotta spend some time digging to find the gold. You need the patience to install the first few dozen apps, many of them worthless and time consuming. Slowly move your life online, a bookshelf at a time on the visual bookshelf app if you like books like me and so on. It doesn’t matter that there’s better stand-alone alternatives (in my case, librarything.com). People *live* on FB!

Young people are more computer savvy, they’ve seen it happen around them, and they have more time to spare. So they did it. It’s not that they didn’t have a choice. They got firsthand accounts of this thing working and CHANGING people’s lives for the better.

As any amazingly successful product does.

]]> By: Ray http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755676 Ray Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:19:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755676 227 unread msgs in your inbox, Michael. Damn you're a popular guy! I'll be lucky to have 1. Time for me to search for some friends... 227 unread msgs in your inbox, Michael. Damn you’re a popular guy! I’ll be lucky to have 1. Time for me to search for some friends…

]]> By: TB http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755627 TB Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:46:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755627 What's facebook? Seems like its a must "see" site. What’s facebook?

Seems like its a must “see” site.

]]> By: Ree Tanjuatco http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755599 Ree Tanjuatco Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:27:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755599 No wonder so many college graduates nowadays lack the necessary aptitide to prepare them for actual work. This is especially true for the STEM area. This is what the typical US college goer is busy about? Why do you think companies turn to foreign workers for their workforce? Has anybody even bothered to conduct a study on the effect of social networking sites such as myspace and facebook on the productivity of employees and students? In the long run, it looks to me that it is so distracting and a waste of valuable resources to no good enough end. No wonder so many college graduates nowadays lack the necessary aptitide to prepare them for actual work. This is especially true for the STEM area. This is what the typical US college goer is busy about? Why do you think companies turn to foreign workers for their workforce?

Has anybody even bothered to conduct a study on the effect of social networking sites such as myspace and facebook on the productivity of employees and students? In the long run, it looks to me that it is so distracting and a waste of valuable resources to no good enough end.

]]> By: Ariel http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755595 Ariel Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:24:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755595 You wont be able to find an advertising agency that gets your brand anywhere close to that result. Does anyone know if Facebook actually has a marketing agency behind? You wont be able to find an advertising agency that gets your brand anywhere close to that result.

Does anyone know if Facebook actually has a marketing agency behind?

]]> By: Sam http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755571 Sam Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:06:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755571 "What brand has this much loyalty?" It's not heroine...unfortunately, it's NASCAR “What brand has this much loyalty?”

It’s not heroine…unfortunately, it’s NASCAR

]]> By: John http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755537 John Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:51:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755537 orkut anyone? :) orkut anyone? :)

]]> By: jaike http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755522 jaike Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:44:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755522 Nah its more pot and coke, heroine is for the adults Nah its more pot and coke, heroine is for the adults

]]> By: Addicted Society http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755503 Addicted Society Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:33:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755503 Consumption, compulsion then addiction. A cycle know all to well by the media driven society we live in. We want everything now and will do anything to get it. If we don't get it we go into withdrawal, despair and then depression. Hands up, who's addicted to: Food, sex, drugs, shopping, love, or some computer program like facebook? Is there a pill for that? Well no, there isn't. There is however a free solution...its called life. Unplug, get outside, live life. Consumption, compulsion then addiction. A cycle know all to well by the media driven society we live in.

We want everything now and will do anything to get it. If we don’t get it we go into withdrawal, despair and then depression.

Hands up, who’s addicted to: Food, sex, drugs, shopping, love, or some computer program like facebook?

Is there a pill for that?

Well no, there isn’t. There is however a free solution…its called life.
Unplug, get outside, live life.

]]> By: Elder http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755484 Elder Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:26:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755484 "Way to be a dick. This blog continues to go downhill … slowly killed by its own arrogance." Not to mention its misogyny. “Way to be a dick. This blog continues to go downhill … slowly killed by its own arrogance.”

Not to mention its misogyny.

]]> By: Ben http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755466 Ben Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:20:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755466 I thought it was a funny story and worth posting. It sucks to loose your account like that but believe me when I say you will live on to see a new day... I thought it was a funny story and worth posting. It sucks to loose your account like that but believe me when I say you will live on to see a new day…

]]> By: bernie lomax http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755429 bernie lomax Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:01:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755429 Way to be a dick. This blog continues to go downhill ... slowly killed by its own arrogance. Way to be a dick. This blog continues to go downhill … slowly killed by its own arrogance.

]]> By: Adam http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755402 Adam Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:49:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755402 "What other brands have this kind of loyalty? Heroin?" Errr, no its coke, pot and alcohol “What other brands have this kind of loyalty? Heroin?”

Errr, no its coke, pot and alcohol

]]> By: Jason http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755385 Jason Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:41:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755385 Careful with spinning the amazing loyalty. Talking about college kids and that loyalty can do a 180 in only 4 years. Right now you can't be a college kid without Facebook. What do incoming freshmen think? What about next years incoming freshmen? Careful with spinning the amazing loyalty. Talking about college kids and that loyalty can do a 180 in only 4 years. Right now you can’t be a college kid without Facebook. What do incoming freshmen think? What about next years incoming freshmen?

]]> By: Mark Suckerberg http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755377 Mark Suckerberg Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:38:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755377 *Pops a zit* *Pops a zit*

]]> By: Steve Jobs http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755355 Steve Jobs Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:26:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/13/i-just-cant-be-a-college-student-without-facebook/#comment-1755355 er: "noT" er:
“noT”

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