Facebook
Several months ago, I joined Facebook, the social networking web site that is not unlike MySpace but with a much simpler look and user interface. I read that Facebook has 150 million members, which means that chances are good that you can find a friend, colleague, or old college roommate amongst its members. My number of friends on Facebook is growing exponentially (about a dozen) as several people from my past have found me on the site. A few examples: an old college roommate whom I only lived with for one semester. A second was an old roommate from 15 years ago in Jamaica Plain. A third was a high school classmate whom I don't even know. He is organizing a Paul D. Schreiber, class of 1975 group on Facebook. The social utility of Facebook is that friends beget new friends as chances are that one might know a friend of a friend. It's one interconnected social web or six degrees of separation.
Several months ago, I joined Facebook, the social networking web site that is not unlike MySpace but with a much simpler look and user interface. I read that Facebook has 150 million members, which means that chances are good that you can find a friend, colleague, or old college roommate amongst its members. My number of friends on Facebook is growing exponentially (about a dozen) as several people from my past have found me on the site. A few examples: an old college roommate whom I only lived with for one semester. A second was an old roommate from 15 years ago in Jamaica Plain. A third was a high school classmate whom I don't even know. He is organizing a Paul D. Schreiber, class of 1975 group on Facebook. The social utility of Facebook is that friends beget new friends as chances are that one might know a friend of a friend. It's one interconnected social web or six degrees of separation.