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"I just can't be a college student without Facebook"

• sspencer 19y ago
  That's an amazing thought. When I was a freshman, no one had heard of facebook. When I was a sophomore, it was literally everywhere. It is interesting to me to think about whether or not it made any difference in my life at college. My guess is that it probably did, but maybe not for the reasons one might think. The only difference I can think of that it made is that it allowed me to stay in touch with friends when I transferred who ordinarily I would have lost contact with. I don't think I ever used it for any of its intended purposes (whatever those might be) relating to the college I was currently attending when facebook exploded.
• mynameishere 19y ago
  "I just can't be a college student if I'm too goddamn stupid to open another account."
• far33d 19y ago
  When I was in college it was cell phones. One year, no one had them. Next september, everyone did.
• rms 19y ago
  Facebook launched at Pitt in October of my freshman year. The adoption rate in one week was amazing. It was just word of mouth... Facebook launched at Penn State before Pitt, I knew lots of people at Penn State that said Facebook was great. I was banned from Facebook for 48 hours about a month ago and I felt lost. Too bad I didn't think to email Mike Arrington.