Thefacebook.com could quite possibly be the biggest word-of-mouth trend to hit campus since St. Ive's Medicated Apricot Scrub found its way into the women's bathrooms. Nearly a quarter of the student body has already signed up for this service, which has been adopted on campuses from Berkeley to Harvard and couples the usual functions of a facebook with those of, well, a dating service.
Now, type in the name of a friend, classmate, teammate, random acquaintance or object of stalking and now not only will you be provided with a photo — although, since there is no facebook agency to act as a watchdog, there's no guarantee that the photo will actually be of said person — but also a list of interests, favorite books, favorite movies, relationship status and an "Interested In" criterion with options ranging from "A Relationship" to "Random Play" to "Whatever I Can Get."
But the most prominent feature of thefacebook is the friends list — a set of links to other students' facebook entries. Already it shows signs of the usual Princetonian competitiveness — who can amass the longest or best-looking friends list? That guy who was in your econ lecture last year? Yeah, he's a close friend. Why not?
But the real moral of the story is that it's a small world after all. Just when you thought you were all alone, Thefacebook.com proves you can be connected to any other member of the University community by no more than three degrees of separation. Not only will this innovative technology inform you that the guy who spilled beer on you at Tower last week is named Ian, but you will also learn that he's "friends" with the girl who sits next to you in MOL 214 and the freshman down the hall who's always playing Halo alone in his room. Oh, and he likes "The Big Lebowski," too, and he's shown an interest in "Whatever I Can Get."
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