College Students and the Facebook: A Growing Trend

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The discussion revolves around college students sharing their experiences with Facebook, highlighting its growing popularity among university networks. Participants discuss the necessity of a .edu email address for registration, the challenges of connecting with friends, and the platform's features, such as privacy settings that restrict profile visibility to friends only. There's a light-hearted exchange about the quirks of Facebook, including the concept of "poking" someone, which remains a mystery to many. Some users express initial skepticism about the platform but later find value in reconnecting with old friends. The conversation also touches on the differences between student and faculty email addresses and the implications for accessing the network. Overall, the thread captures the excitement and curiosity surrounding Facebook as it gains traction in college communities.
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For those in college, how many of you have posted a profile on www.thefacebook.com ? At my school this network has been getting very popular.
 
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I've been on for a long time, let's get a PF facebook network going. Anyone who is on facebook search me and and invite me as a friend.
 
I've been on it for a while, but (last time I looked!) there were only a few UK Universities on it, so I only have about 4 friends!
 
I will when I can work out what my username and password are!
 
I got an invite from SpaceTiger!

I sent you an invite Greg.
 
What does this do?
 
Evo said:
What does this do?
Oh nevermind, I risked clicking on it (I'm at work).
 
What does this do?


Sorry dear, no old people allowed. :biggrin:

(seriously though, you need a .edu email to be able to get into face book.)
 
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gravenewworld said:
Sorry dear, no old people allowed. :biggrin:

You'll regret that. :devil:
 
  • #11
gravenewworld said:
Sorry dear, no old people allowed. :biggrin:
(seriously though, you need a .edu email to be able to get into face book.)

Old people are allowed, as long as they are a professor or employee of some university. Of course, I don't know too many professors who would get on Facebook...:)
 
  • #12
Yep. I'll be joining Facebook when I get my university e-mail address.
 
  • #13
i'm on it... if you really want to friend me I'm space tigers only (i think) umass friend. and apparently he's dduardo's friens now, who's now greg's friend too. so start with greg and you'll eventually get to me...
 
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  • #14
Oooo I can't wait to befriend Gale!
 
  • #15
z-component said:
Oooo I can't wait to befriend Gale!

why?? thrill of the chase? maybe i should make it take longer to find me.. hehe.
 
  • #16
Ahem... :)
 
  • #17
You know, I could get on here as one of my daughters and track you down. :mad:
 
  • #18
It says that it supports the college I work at but it won't accept my e-mail adress for some reason.
 
  • #19
Does it end purely in @yourschool.edu? It may not register you as being part of the school if it's like @staff.yourschool.edu or something.
 
  • #20
TheStatutoryApe said:
It says that it supports the college I work at but it won't accept my e-mail adress for some reason.
Can it distinguish between student and faculty/staff addresses? Some universities have different servers for student accounts with different domain names that'll give it away who is student vs non-student.
 
  • #21
Evo said:
You know, I could get on here as one of my daughters and track you down. :mad:
Evo's still upset about the your little comment, gravenewworld... :rolleyes:

It's ok, Evo. You're not old! :approve: Why would you want to be a Facebook member anyway? Too many crazy college kids... I can't wait!
 
  • #22
Moonbear said:
Can it distinguish between student and faculty/staff addresses? Some universities have different servers for student accounts with different domain names that'll give it away who is student vs non-student.
From the looks of it, it cannot. Although technically I do have an email@student.CollegeName.edu email, I registered without the .student part and it works fine.

A bunch of my friends pestered me into joining and since then, have pretty much ignored me on it. Although I have found people on there who I haven't seen for many many years.
 
  • #23
z-component said:
Evo's still upset about the your little comment, gravenewworld... :rolleyes:
It's ok, Evo. You're not old! :approve: Why would you want to be a Facebook member anyway? Too many crazy college kids... I can't wait!
That's ok, I belong to the oldgeezers.com network. Those of us that have controlable arthritis and can still type are a really fun group! :frown:
 
  • #24
hey guys,
this is my first post in about a year :s
but yes i have just registered on face book,
so who wants a friend hahaha
 
  • #25
Moonbear said:
Can it distinguish between student and faculty/staff addresses? Some universities have different servers for student accounts with different domain names that'll give it away who is student vs non-student.
It allows both student and staff accounts. It even asks if you are student, alumni, undergrad, faculty, staff, ect..
It may be a different domain though since I put in the school name without "college" after it (which my adress includes "college") and it took it. Ofcourse I won't get the confirmation e-mail because the adress isn't right. I can submit it to be added though I think.
 
  • #26
you're all mean
 
  • #27
funker said:
you're all mean

give people some time to reply. i already said the method one can take to add me...
 
  • #28
I don't really use it for much, but I sent you a request, Greg. I'm Adam Acosta.
 
  • #29
Gale said:
give people some time to reply. i already said the method one can take to add me...


That requires us to know SpaceTiger's real name though, and he might not even really exist!
 
  • #30
franznietzsche said:
That requires us to know SpaceTiger's real name though, and he might not even really exist!

It's also worth nothing that one cannot view the profile of someone from another school unless one is that person's friend. So saying you're listed as Greg's only friend from UMass isn't going to help anybody find you unless they're already Greg's friend.
 
  • #31
loseyourname said:
It's also worth nothing that one cannot view the profile of someone from another school unless one is that person's friend. So saying you're listed as Greg's only friend from UMass isn't going to help anybody find you unless they're already Greg's friend.
Yeah that too.

Aha, i found SpaceTiger, by hunting through Greg's friends and maching the pictures with his avatar. And he thought he could hide.

So when is this PF group going to be set up? Can you even have cross university groups?
 
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My information is available on my website.
 
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Evo said:
That's ok, I belong to the oldgeezers.com network. Those of us that have controlable arthritis and can still type are a really fun group! :frown:
I'm a facebook member. Of course, I've only logged on like twice, and I haven't posted a picture or any info. I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
 
  • #34
Math Is Hard said:
I'm a facebook member. Of course, I've only logged on like twice, and I haven't posted a picture or any info. I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
Yeah last year a friend was pestering me to get on it and I didn't see the big deal. But after using it a lot and getting back in touch with old high school and junior high friends I'm a little addicted now.
 
  • #35
loseyourname said:
It's also worth nothing that one cannot view the profile of someone from another school unless one is that person's friend. So saying you're listed as Greg's only friend from UMass isn't going to help anybody find you unless they're already Greg's friend.

i was very aware of that. cept i said i was spacetiger's on umass friend. i don't know if I'm greg's only friend. well i could check now, but meh. I'm surprised that despite the difficulty I've had so many adds already. hm.
 
  • #36
So what does it mean to "poke" somebody?
 
  • #37
Math Is Hard said:
So what does it mean to "poke" somebody?

you've stumbled on one of the many great mysteries of facebook... no one really knows. it just tells someone they've been poked... whooopie!
 
  • #38
Gale said:
you've stumbled on one of the many great mysteries of facebook... no one really knows. it just tells someone they've been poked... whooopie!
I haven't been poked in years... :frown:
 
  • #39
Gale said:
you've stumbled on one of the many great mysteries of facebook... no one really knows. it just tells someone they've been poked... whooopie!
how bizarre!:bugeye:
 
  • #40
hahahaha, evo made me laugh sooo much!
 
  • #41
Gale said:
hahahaha, evo made me laugh sooo much!
Glad that my lack of a love life brings joy to someone! :biggrin:
 
  • #42
I didn't know you were a sadist, Gale
 
  • #43
oh I'm not. i just didn't think anyone would go through the trouble.
 
  • #44
Evo said:
I haven't been poked in years... :frown:


Me neither. Not that I'm complaining.
 
  • #45
franznietzsche said:
Me neither. Not that I'm complaining.
Well, it's different for you..., I mean, you know. :blushing: Gale??
 
  • #46
Evo said:
Well, it's different for you..., I mean, you know. :blushing: Gale??


No Evo, i don't know. Maybe you could explain it to me :biggrin: ?
 
  • #47
Evo said:
Well, it's different for you..., I mean, you know. :blushing: Gale??


uhmmm... have i been er.. poked lately.. uh... hmm... i don't get poked and tell?
 
  • #48
Can one poke oneself?
 
  • #49
Math Is Hard said:
Can one poke oneself?


Apparently.
 
  • #50
franznietzsche said:
Apparently.
Not possible. I have just tried to poke myself and failed. I looked all over and could not find anywhere to poke. :biggrin:
 

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