The next in the line of communication technologies was Myspace and Facebook. These took AIM to a whole new level. Now, not only coud you communicate with people quickly through private messages, you could post comments back and forth between one another and allow others to see it as well. You could update and be updated with recent pictures and recent thoughts. What was also so awesome was that you could get updates on all of your friends at once all on one page. You could now connect with people you hadnt seen in years. I know personally, I am facebook friends with so many people from elementary school that I just recently reconnected with. Actually, My roommate of 2 years I had gone to middle school with, but did not go to high school with. When I moved up here, I was on facebook one night and saw that she also went to Florida State. I sent her a comment, we went to lunch and have been roommates ever since. It is amazing the connections people can get and make through these social networks. It has also helped eliminate some of the stresses of meeting up with people for group projects. Lots of people now create groups on facebook that allow them to communicate with their group members without having to try and coordinate a time that everyone can meet in their busy schedules, they instead just comment and communicate through facebook when they can. It also allows you to connect with family as so many of my cousins and even aunts and uncles have facebook. It allows us to keep up with each others lives without having to make a phone call. Life gets so busy we sometimes forget to tell people we love them or ask how their doing. Facebook cures this. It has become so large, a movie is actually about to be released about it in October. "Facebook's press site says their are more than 400 million active users." Now, not only can you communicate with people just through Facebook on the computer, you can even do it on the go with applications, or subscribing your phone onto Facebook so that you can receive and send messages and comments. In any case, Myspace and Facebook added a whole new level to communicaton and connection with family and friends.
http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/19/facebook-movie-poster/
I love the fact that you and your current roommate were reconnected via Facebook, that's a great story to share. It is practically insane how I've reconnected with people from way back in the day. I get to see their progress in life via pictures and status updates. I also get to chat them up from time to time. I like to think about my "10 year reunion" but I feel if Facebook stays as is, there will be no shockers at the reunion, you know? We'll all know who you're married to and how many kids you have, so there's nothing to really look forward to, thanks to Facebook.
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Wow, you and your current roommate were reconnected via Facebook? That's such a fascinating story. I love reconnecting with people from way back in the day because it's so cool to see how much progression everyone has made since elementary and middle school. It's going to be so interesting when it's time to reunite at the 10 year reunion when they'll be nothing left to the imagination. Thanks to social networks like Facebook, we'll be updated with what's going on with all of our old classmates without them verbally saying it us as individuals, more like virtually as a whole.
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Yeah it is crazy to think about that I've now lived with someone for 2 years which I would have otherwise never seen again. You are so right on the reunion thing. I already know a couple people who are pregnant, or had kids and are engaged so there is no suspense. People usually only show up to those things to see what happened to everyone so I wonder who will even go. Facebook is our daily reunion.
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