Popular college-turned-public social networking giant TheFacebook.com has been all over the blogs today for their recent facelift and site redesign that launched earlier this morning. While the consensus seems to be that the updates are anything but remarkable or noteworthy, it is clear that all of these “experts” have completely missed the two main functions of TheFacebook: stalking your friends and wasting a lot of time.
If they truly understood why the website has become so popular among today’s college student, then they would see just how great some of these adjustments really are. The most general improvement that was made to the site came in the ability to track your friend’s recent activities, ranging from what groups they joined to what photo albums they have hosted and what events they are attending.
While it was always possible to find this information in one location or another, the site has now aggregated it all into one central location, making it extremely easy to keep up-to-the-minute tabs on every one of your friends. It is almost to the point where my amigos can’t even go to the bathroom without me finding out about it through TheFacebook, and that is just how I like it!
Another new feature that was added, and which will surely result in an average GPA decline of .5 points across the board, is called “The Friend Game.” Just in time for final exams, this new game pulls small components from a friend’s profile such as a specific quote, activity or book and asks you to select which friend, from a list of 5 candidates, has this in their profile. In theory it tests how well you know your friends, but as many of us have too many friends to keep track of, it is really just an excellent way to waste a few hours of time while learning a little bit about your buddies. I won’t mention any names, but JoJo in his/her favorite music, and well that is just embarrassing!
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