Facebook Abandons its Roots
September 11th, 2007
Facebook began as a network for students at post-secondary schools. When I was in first year it was already available for students at the University of Toronto. Which was great. Because UofT is incredibly anti-social and so having an online system for connecting with people in your classes was an assett for us all. Then over the course of a year or so we enjoyed it as the universities our friends went to got on board.
Then Facebook started allowing highschool students to join too. Then everyone else. Which seemed weird, but we didn’t mind, who cared as long as we could still use it. But then, THEN they started adding all of these ridiculous applications clogging up people’s profiles making locating an individual’s wall virtually impossible. Which was a bit annoying.
And now. NOW… (…well, last month but I didn’t notice ’cause I wasn’t in class…) they got rid of their application for courses: which is to say there is now no one way to see who else is in your classes. Apparently there’s a bunch of third-party applications that could be used, but because there’s a bunch of them none of them will work like the original did (unless everyone uses every application). *sigh*. …now I feel like I’ve been tricked into joining some random social online network. And it makes me unhappy. Grrr Facebook!!
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1. Jaclyn | September 11th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
I have zero problem with Facebook opening up to the general public (I can always stand to be less of an elitist/snob–might as well start with my online self) and I don’t even mind some of the applications. But I’m right there with you on the issue with the courses. One of the supremely useful things about Facebook had always been the ability to find people in your courses. I agree that if you decentralise that feature (that is, open it up to third-party application creators), the utility of it is all but diminished.
*sigh*
I guess I’m lucky that my classes here are all going to be fairly small. My largest, core classes are going to have no more than 30 people. The rest . . . at least 5 people, certainly no more than 20!
2. Ali | September 11th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Yep, I was pissed off when I found that out too. I’m lucky like Jaclyn though and most of my classes are small, but still - why take away such a great thing and allow such stupid things as ‘vampire biting?’ (that one just annoys me!)
3. padraigin | September 13th, 2007 at 7:32 am
hahha…glad to see I’m not alone. …and ya, zombie and pirate invitations i do not appreciate and cannot comprehend how often they show up! *sigh*. and i guess i should think about it as ye are, cause my classes (so far) are pretty small this year too.
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