Word: facebook
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Matching faces to names is a Harvard pastime, thanks to the Freshman Register and the various House facebooks. Student demand for a campus-wide facebook has been high since I've been here, and current technology makes it more feasible than ever...
Costs prevented anyone from publishing a campus-wide facebook in the past. Because of the high usage of the World Wide Web on campus and the low cost of on-line publishing, a campus-wide electronic facebook seems to be an excellent solution...
...most significant features of the Internet is the ability to easily and immediately transfer information (in this case, pictures) all over the world. The nightmare scenario for an on-line facebook is that someone might take someone else's picture, modify it, and make it available for the world...
...properly evaluate the utility of an on-line facebook, you must compare the "can's" and the "should's". You could easily distribute someone else's picture; however, the school needs to make it clear that you should not. People need to be aware of the school's policy on the on-line facebook's appropriate use and the potential consequences of abusing that policy...
...both e-mail and the World Wide Web, many aren't fully aware of the risk of making ID photos publically available. The other fraction of the student body who don't use the Internet probably aren't even aware of the possibility of having an on-line facebook. I'm convinced if people understand the consequences of an on-line facebook, they will overwhelmingly support this Initiative, regardless of the risk. The challenge is convincing the administrators to authorize such an initiative...