Suddenly it seems so appropriate that Facebook was invented on a college campus. The more one reflects on it, the more the Facebook experience resembles what goes on in the hallways of college dormitories at universities everywhere: personal boundaries are reduced, many try on new slightly new personas every other week, and late-night bull sessions abound (leading to bleary-eyed mornings that also happen after too many late nights on Facebook). Like Facebook, in college we all had a “wall,” which enabled us to present ourselves to new “friends”—mostly through cheap posters purchased the first week of classes. We even had those little note boards on our doors where passers-by, even if only of casual acquaintance, could leave messages for all to see. Today, those non-digital forms of social networking all seem so 1999.
I didn't put a white board on my door, or any posters on my wall; my roommates at Cal and Christendom did, though. The opportunity to socialize shouldn't have been squandered, but when I was at Cal I was young and immature and that wasn't a priority in my life. From time to time I think about my first year at Clark Kerr--where are all of my floormates now? (So much drama, especially due to people hooking up.) The 15th year reunion is taking place at Homecoming this year, but I have very little incentive to go.
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