Facebook and the Gang...

After reading the article on Facebook, I was not surprised to find that more and more colleges monitor their students in this virtual as compared to the past. I personally do not use Facebook. I do not have an account, which for some reason sparks a burst of surprise and anger from my friends. Why don't you have Facebook they ask? Well, I say in reply, I have MySpace. Then I must prepare my self for a ten minute grumbling of how much better Facebook is than Myspace and why I'm a crazy person for not having it. Eventually, I might get around to setting up an ac account because there appears to be a wide range of social, achedemic, networking, and communication benefits that go along with Facebook. Socially, it is a great place to meet people that you would otherwise probably not meet (sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes a bad thing) and, moreover, it is a great tool to stay in touch with friends because lets face it, it is so much more convenient to spend five minutes reading and replying to your friend in a messaging conversation than it is having to spend an hour on the phone chatting. Don't get me wrong, I love having phone conversations with my friends and family but messaging conversations allow me the convenience of multi-tasking that I would otherwise not have during a phone conversation. Facebook is also a good venue to be used for getting academic help on homework, again, due to the convenience of the messaging conversation. On the flip side Facebook could be used as a covert way to Cheat on papers, exams, and other school homework. The bottom line is that I have not quite evolved to Facebook yet but as soon as I move from the Medieval Era of MySpace and advance to the Modern Era of Facebook I'll give you my true take on the social networking site.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1213/p13s01-legn.html