I have followed every online website fad since grade school. In my town in junior high it was cool to have a site on expage.com. I had one. Then myspace.com. I had one of those as well. Now facebook. What started out as a cool was for college kids to find their friends that they had lost contact with has now become open to everyone and anyone. Facebook was supposed to be different than myspace. More private and pretty basic. First it was open to college kids. Anyone with a college email address could get one. Then it was open to high school. Then to everyone. Then there are the applications that are springing up everywhere you look. I happen to like a few of them but if I get one more notice saying that someone's werewolf just attacked my zombie (I don't even think I have a zombie to attack) I will scream. Facebook is becoming even more cluttered than myspace. Myspace was annoying with its advertisements and spam. But facebook has gotten out of control. I like the little applications like Pink Ribbon to support breast cancer, the Christmas application which tells me how many days until christmas, and of course I have to support my favorite football team, The OSU buckeyes. But these are small applications that go on the side.
The general idea of basic facebook is genius though. You join the networks you want to be a part of and can then view all the people in that network. For example, I joined the network for my high school. I can now see everyone who goes to my high school and the year they graduate. I think it's a great way to keep up with everyone from high school. You can also do the same for college, summer camp, grade school...the list is endless. There are groups that help you find people too. I also like the idea of the events. It's a great way to let everyone whats going on without wasting paper. Plus, you can go into the event and change it if a problem arises and it alerts everyone.
I guess my point is that although Facebook is changing and becoming slightly annoying with the zombies, werewolves, speed racers, and pirates, its still a fantastic way to keep in touch with people who you have lost touch with.
