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This is the blog for 75 or so Drexel students, most of whom are new to college and new to Drexel.

We'll document the strangeness of college life, try to translate our experience for diverse readers, and chronicle what it means to be a college student during these crazy days of economic turmoil and political battle.

That's it for now; I have to go an play Spore.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Facebook?

I have a couple problems with Facebook. While I can agree that it can make you a more “kindly” in that you try to appear at your best, there are some huge negatives of Facebook. Which by the way, I am no longer a member of. Facebook is great as a social network, a way to stay in touch with old friends and keep up on what’s going on. Personally, I never put anything false on my page to make me seem more kind, but then again I barely put anything there at all. The thing is, a lot of people portray a false image of themselves, because they have time to sit and think about what they want to write or what pictures to post. It’s not like a conversation with people for a lot of these users, at least the ones I’ve run into. Everything they do on that site is carefully calculated. It’s more a climbing of a social status. How many friends can you have? How many people post comments? In the end it’s all drama, stupid drama. Who can be the best? So, yes, I think it can make you appear more “kindly”, I just don’t understand why you wouldn’t be yourself. In the real world you don’t have hours to form a response to a question, you have seconds. It’s not hard to realize who you are and what you feel and you shouldn’t change that to be more popular on a website. Dr. Seuss once said "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

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