I, like most college students, belong to a networking cult site known as Facebook. This site is rather simplistic in design, it allows for students to create a photo icon, course list, favorite things, and "about me" section. Through these leads, people can search and add friends, classmates, crushes, random people with cool pictures, or whoever to expand their networks. I believe I can safely speak for most members when I say that this site is highly addictive. The dawn of a new school year brought a new frightening change to the Facebook community: a news feed. This news feed displayed (rather publicly) everything you and people in your networks did on their pages, updated to the minute. Not only was the feed annoying, but it was also very stalker like. Angry students created groups to protest, and most people I talked to were just plain confused by the whole ordeal. A day later, a lengthy letter from Facebook’s creator appeared on the login page. The letter apologized for the intimate changes, and thanks all the protestors for speaking out. This experience taught me two things: one, the media cannot take for granted the loyalty and fan base it acquires; and two, one should never underestimate the power of college students in large groups….
…..website regardless :-)
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Hey Kristin, you scooped the New York Times.
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