The Facebook

TheDestroyerTheDestroyer Tooobah Join Date: 2003-07-12 Member: 18123Members, Constellation
edited March 2005 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">Ingenious. Why didn't I think of it...</div> So, who all uses this thing. I found this to be pretty cool website. I was able to find some old friends, and contact them, no charge. Thats really useful when I am a poor college musician. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

And for those of you who don't know, <a href='http://www.thefacebook.com' target='_blank'>Thefacebook</a> is this website for college students that lets them see many things. You can see who is in your classes, find friends, meet people, find people with the same interests, blah blah blah. Its like one of those meet people websites, without the costs. Its great. And if they don't have your college listed (because they do some extensive work researching the majors and stuff in different schools), then they can add it for you.

So, anyways, back to my original intent for this post...

Anyone got some stories relating to it? Meet a old friend, find a new fling, etc. I'm curious to see how this thing is affecting college students' lives.
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  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    This is really big at PSU. It's mentioned in the paper a lot. 90% of the people you meet in person are on facebook.


    I find that, practically, the facebook is good for two things:

    1) Finding people you haven't talked to in awhile
    2) getting to know better people you meet in person

    I normally make it a rule to not facebook someone until i've talked to them a few times in person and gotten to know them a bit. Otherwise, I always feel like a big staker. Girls, usually, don't seem to like random people sending them messages.
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  • im_lostim_lost TWG Rule Guru Join Date: 2003-04-26 Member: 15861Members
    Almost half the people at my school are using thefacebook.
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I normally make it a rule to not facebook someone until i've talked to them a few times in person and gotten to know them a bit.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Agreed, though quite a few people have sent me friend invitations that I barely know (if I know them at all, I still accept it, though I had one person that I think mixed me up with someone else). This includes one of my sister's friends that I barely talked with one time. I think the Visualize My Friends feature is cool, though it requires an SVGZ viewer. Has anyone found a meaningful use for the "poke" feature?
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  • CrispyCrispy Jaded GD Join Date: 2004-08-22 Member: 30793Members, Constellation
    This <i>has</i> already been thought of. In 2003 it was all the rage in the UK.

    <a href='http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/' target='_blank'>clicky</a>

    The name of their sister site makes me feel sick though.
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  • NarfwakNarfwak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5258Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica PT Lead, NS2 Community Developer
    Facebook <i>for the win</i>. It's huge here at WPI - practically everyone I know, would care to know, or try to avoid at all costs is on it. It's pretty incredible.
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  • KungFuDiscoMonkeyKungFuDiscoMonkey Creator of ns_altair 日本福岡県 Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14555Members, NS1 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos
    Yeah it's a neat system. Nice to be able to see the people in some of your classes. I still have yet to have someone sign my wall though.
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  • TheDestroyerTheDestroyer Tooobah Join Date: 2003-07-12 Member: 18123Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-im lost+Mar 24 2005, 05:31 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (im lost @ Mar 24 2005, 05:31 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Agreed, though quite a few people have sent me friend invitations that I barely know (if I know them at all, I still accept it, though I had one person that I think mixed me up with someone else). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Have you had Steve Hofstetter (Columbia) try and be your friend? He's apparently on a quest to have 100,000 friends.

    Oh, I just use poke to do some playful flirtations with this one chic friend of mine. Haven't really found another use for it.
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  • JaneJane Seriously&#33;? Join Date: 2003-07-01 Member: 17835Members, Constellation
    It's cool, except I have a lot of old high school friends that I apparently have completely fogotton.

    gg bad memory
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  • SDJasonSDJason Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16841Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-TheDestroyer+Mar 24 2005, 01:07 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TheDestroyer @ Mar 24 2005, 01:07 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> So, who all uses this thing. I found this to be pretty cool website. I was able to find some old friends, and contact them, no charge. Thats really useful when I am a poor college musician. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    And for those of you who don't know, <a href='http://www.thefacebook.com' target='_blank'>Thefacebook</a> is this website for college students that lets them see many things. You can see who is in your classes, find friends, meet people, find people with the same interests, blah blah blah. Its like one of those meet people websites, without the costs. Its great. And if they don't have your college listed (because they do some extensive work researching the majors and stuff in different schools), then they can add it for you.

    So, anyways, back to my original intent for this post...

    Anyone got some stories relating to it? Meet a old friend, find a new fling, etc. I'm curious to see how this thing is affecting college students' lives. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I go to Miami University of Ohio (Yeah.. Rothsenberger)

    And our miami version of the 12 days of christmas included the verse "a partrige in a pear tree" replaced with "AND A CAMPUS-WIDE FACE BOOK ADDICTION"


    Yeah... its frickin HUGE HERE

    ~Jason
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  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    It's pretty huge here. I can't bring myself to use it though.
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