I originally wasn't planning to write about this AP wire story, but then it got picked up by Yahoo, MSNBC, and a slew of newspapers across the country. Even my crappy local paper in Connecticut ran it on page 3.
The lead:
It's always nice to see Cornell students quoted in articles, and it was good that the AP reporter knew where to look for Cornell students: Westchester County!ALBANY, N.Y. – Alice C____ was surprised by her boyfriend's new Facebook profile picture a few weeks ago: He was kissing another girl on the cheek.
The picture was up only briefly. And she figures it was just a friend. But she plans to discuss it with him when they're back together this fall at Cornell University.
"We trust each other. Deep down, I know nothing is going on. But when you first see it, it's like `Oh my goodness! What's going on here?'" says the college student from Westchester County, N.Y.
On a more serious note, although the article doesn't specifically mention this, I think Facebook has made us more distrustful of other people. Sure, they said they were too tired to do anything, but what about these Facebook pictures which look like they were taken that night? Or what about those awkward times when you send someone a Facebook message, and they don't respond for a few days, but you know they've been online because they've been updating their status or writing on other peoples' walls?
Facebook gives us a way to check up on our girlfriends and boyfriends, to make sure that their Facebook pictures and statuses match what they told us they were doing. I don't think this is a good thing.
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