First there was Friendster, then Orkut and Myspace. About a year ago some nerdy girl-less Harvard students put together a social networking system exclusively for college students (and staff/faculty). At A&M and hundreds of college’s across campus, hundreds of thousands of students have registered and created accounts similar to what you might find at an online dating site.
In a nutshell: you create a profile which includes your picture, contact information, the high school you attended, interests, clubs and jobs you are in, favorite quotes, books and movies and a minutiae of other trivialities including classes you are enrolled in. From here you can now begun finding out who that annoying know-it-all that sits in the back of your English class is, or if that sexy scantily clad sorority girl is single or even bicurious. And one of the most exciting features is simply adding individuals from other schools onto your buddy list — because it’s an easy painstakingly-free way of keeping tabs on people in case you lose your cell phone, address book or forget your IM password.
Amazingly in the past few months I have found a best-friend I had not seen since 4th grade (oddly enough he is a senior at A&M now), a guy I used to ride the bus with in elementary school, another good friend that dropped off the planet in 8th grade and guys I used to play little league baseball with — and even friends of next door neighbors. I’ve even invited people to meat-space parties and get-togethers after having “befriended” them on it. Other rando’s I’ve virtually befriended include several from Mises University (like David Heinrich) and Jacqueline Passey.
It is called TheFaceBook and can only be accessed with a legitimate school email address. Do it.