Facebook

by TR on Dec 9, 2005 2:43 PM CST

Someone smarter than me (Bean?) should set up a Facebook group for those of us who have access to the service to join.

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what the fuck is Facebook?

by Wells on Dec 9, 2005 2:44 PM CST reply actions

Burnt Orange Nation is now a group.

PB, AW, or TR....I can give you the admin rights. Just let me know.

group: Burnt Orange Nation

by Lincoln on Dec 9, 2005 2:50 PM CST reply actions

YEA FACEBOOK!

(shoot me for being a troll...my god I have finals i need to study for)

Fight On, Beat the (insert Trojan oppoent here)!

by USCLink on Dec 9, 2005 2:51 PM CST reply actions

seriously though... whats Facebook?

Is it similar to this "My Space" that I hear all the kids talking about these days?

by the other Andrew on Dec 9, 2005 2:53 PM CST up reply actions

I'm on Facebook, but retarded

How do I join, Lincoln?

by Peter Bean on Dec 9, 2005 2:53 PM CST reply actions

To join

To join Facebook (which didn't come out until after we graduated college), you need access to a college (.edu) email address and sign up at www.thefacebook.com

If you are still in school and go to a well attended university, you will gain access. If you are no longer in school you might try your old school email address just in case...but I think they send a confirmation email. Graduate school emails also work...

Once you have a facebook profile you can join Burnt Orange Naiton (a public group for now). For those not familiar with facebook, it is basically legalized stalking which I had never heard of until I worked at camp this summer with younger college students.

by Lincoln on Dec 9, 2005 3:01 PM CST up reply actions

MIA

I can't find the group either.

by TR on Dec 9, 2005 2:57 PM CST reply actions

Me either

My group search didn't yield a burnt orange nation group

by Peter Bean on Dec 9, 2005 3:04 PM CST up reply actions

perhaps

Are groups limitted to people at your own school?

by Lincoln on Dec 9, 2005 3:06 PM CST up reply actions

Facebook help page explains

"Facebook groups at each school exist as separate, exclusive entities. Why? Because we would like to preserve the feel of a small, closely networked community. This is one of the things that helps differentiate us (i.e. makes us more kick ass) from some similar sites, and we are very much concerned with maintaining that element."

by Lincoln on Dec 9, 2005 3:07 PM CST up reply actions

ok i made one for UT

I made one for UT
search "Burnt Orange Nation"
if you guys ever figure out the crazy world of Facebook - just tell me and I 'll give you guys control of this group

by trot on Dec 9, 2005 3:08 PM CST reply actions

HornsFan

How do you have an Account?

by Wells on Dec 9, 2005 3:11 PM CST reply actions

I'm class of '05

so I was around when Facebook first came to UT.

You guys are old farts.

by trot on Dec 9, 2005 3:14 PM CST up reply actions

I had my utexas.edu email account still

Do you have a Colorado one? If so, you can join.

by Peter Bean on Dec 9, 2005 3:15 PM CST reply actions

I got a UMD account

But I have never used it.
What is the point of Joining?

by Wells on Dec 9, 2005 3:16 PM CST reply actions

No point

unless you want to be the only member of the UMD Burnt Orange Nation Group (created by Wells)

by Lincoln on Dec 9, 2005 3:18 PM CST up reply actions

Facebook FAQ

Apparently nobody is young enough to understand Facebook but me - so I'll try to explain the point of it

In short, there is no point. Facebook allows you to create a network of your friends, every student has their own little profile and you go about adding friends into your network. Facebook groups are a group of students who share a common interest, and the range of groups spans everything (including the turtle pond). You can add people from different schools into your social network, but you cannot join a group outside of the ones at your school. For example, I can't join UMD's BON group, and unless you have a utexas.edu email account, you can't join the UT BON group I just created.

Facebook is intended for people to expand their social networks, but often results in people obsessing over anonymously stalking others. It has basically ruined your high school reunion, because everyone from high school has Facebooked you and knows which college you go to, what you look like, and where you work.

by trot on Dec 9, 2005 3:24 PM CST reply actions

by DestroyerUT on Dec 9, 2005 4:19 PM CST reply actions

3:16

SCSA didn't graduate. His degree is from the school of hard knocks. He also played football here, stompin' mudholes everywhere on the field and then walking them dry.

by TR on Dec 9, 2005 4:39 PM CST reply actions