Online Networks

I was thinking back to when Facebook first came out to UMass and how swiftly it grew. I remember how excited Nicole and I were those first few weeks that it was going around campus because we were able to connect with people we knew. I also remember how there was this collegefacebook.com that found it's way to me like a week or two sooner than the now enormously popular facebook.com had and I believe connectu.com was discovered not too long after that as well, this being all in like October of 2004—back when I first lived in Orchard Hill. It seems so long ago now!

It makes me wonder if there will become a market for exclusive college & university online communities since facebook as well as myspace have both become so big and open to anyone. I know that facebook users—prior to facebook going public—were upset at the idea of it going public but it nevertheless did. It will be interesting to see if connectu or collegefacebook make a comeback and create a popular and exclusive online community for college students again.