Many UW students, who live in dorms, Greek houses or apartments, either use or have heard of the Facebook. It’s an online, interactive yearbook-type website that’s quickly becoming an object of both love and hate among college students.
Love, because it allows students to find profiles of random people from their high school, join random groups like “I Am Fond of Biscuits and Scones” or “Dorks At Heart,” and contact other online “friends.”
Hate because it’s slightly based on appearances, it’s a slightly stupid concept to keep visual lists of friends and it’s an annoying trend, as if so many things weren’t already on the Internet already.
Humorously enough, some Facebook groups include “Facebook Prevents Me From Doing My Homework,” “Why Am I So Addicted to Facebook,” “I Hate The Facebook” and “I Hate Facebook But Joined Anyways So I Could Be Socially Significant.”
Personally, I think the Facebook gets a little old after the initial novelty fades away. Perhaps, the trend will end soon -- and students can get back to their homework.
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