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Her favorite groups include Friends at Kansas "People just add people to look like they have a lot of friends and join pointless groups to feel accepted," Cuevas said. "People find themselves added by people from their graduating class that they didn't even talk to in high school. Thefacebook is very plastic." Last revision by Baby Jay. [history][edit] Miller agrees the site has disadvantages. "I kind of don't enjoy the fact that other schools are so forbidden." Miller said. "You have to add someone as a friend before you can view their profile if they aren't from your school." Ashley Cline, Burr Oaks freshman, lives in Oliver Hall with Cuevas but sometimes would rather talk to him through thefacebook instead of in person. Each student's profile has a wall for leaving messages. Hughes said thefacebook was not meant to be a large, anonymous site. Baby Jay Oscar Cuevas Rob Zernickow Taylor Miller "When we designed it, we wanted to build a site that would be grounded in any given user's real community," Hughes said. "When a user logs on, all the profiles she can view are of people with whom she could share a class with, pass on the path or have a meal together." "Writing random comments on peoples' walls is great," Cline said. Photo illustration by Amanda Kim Stairret/kANSAN "The O.C. — Obsessed Completely" and the ones about KU basketball players, she said. Group creation also keeps Rob Zernickey, Lenexa senior, on the site. Thefacebook is more personal than instant messenger, he said. "On thefacebook you have a face to put with a name," Zernickow said. He recognizes people from the site on campus and in the bars on Massachusetts Street, he said. "I don't always say 'hi,' but it's interesting." Zernickow said. He thinks the only drawback might be online stalking,but he said he was not worried about that. Some people post their phone number on their profile. Sarah Stacy, Germantown, Md., senior, said the incoherent, drunken ramblings she received were flattering but unnecessary. "It always happens about 2 a.m. when the bars close," Stacy said. "Maybe I should consider taking down the personal info." Stacy has her own fan club on the site but doesn't take it too seriously because she doesn't know about half of the members in it, she said. The site is a good way to meet people and take her mind off of things, she said. She likes thefacebook for the same reason she hates it. "I really don't have the time to do it and it can be a little addicting," Stacy said. "I have better things I should be doing." — Edited by Jon Ralston Custom KU Jewelry Storing Silver, 10% Gold! 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