Facebook... Finally

I finally caved and joined Facebook. I've never been into the social networking scene before. I couldn't tell you what MySpace and Friendster look like, and I never bothered with Orkut, even though it came out while I was at Google. But after seeing Facebook profiles open on every other laptop monitor in Torts class, I had to see what the phenomenon was all about.

Since I already have a website for blogging and posting photos, this basically seems like a place to see how many friends I have. And when I say friends, I also mean acquaintances who are looking to inflate their numbers (egos?) by adding everyone with whom they've ever had a cup of coffee. I don't know, maybe it's not just an ego thing, and building a huge network actually serves a purpose, but I don't see it yet.

Nonetheless, it has some fun features, and I suppose the main purpose is to network, so I'll continue to play around with it and see where it takes me. Who knows, maybe I'll discover some long-lost friends. So far it's just the same people I interact with on a regular basis anyway.

At least I'm now among the million strong for Stephen Colbert.