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Students can post pics to the site without fear of parents or employers seeing

When Facebook first started, it was a place for college students to meet and share photos/information. Many of those early photos were undoubtedly from parties and of things that students would prefer that parents and potential future bosses not see. More than one person has lost a job or not landed a job they wanted over Facebook posts.

A new social network promises to go back to the early days of Facebook according to the
Boston Herald. The new site is called CollegeOnly and was founded by a Josh Weinstein, a 2009 Princeton graduate. Weinstein said, "It [Facebook] had a certain niche and a certain excitement to it - uploading pictures, status updates and meeting people through classes. Facebook has just become something different.”

The website describes itself as follows:

With unique spins on social and content sites, at its core, CollegeOnly allows users to connect by posting real-time updates and pictures, chatting, as well as offering location-focused mobile access. CollegeOnly is “connecting student bodies” without parents, potential employers, and other undesirable folks that can log on to similar sites.

CollegeOnly is open only to people with a valid college email address. The social network is currently live with three schools right now including Princeton, Yale, and Cornell -- other schools are expected to be available soon. Reportedly, over 50 percent of Yale students have already signed up for CollegeOnly.

CollegeOnly has notable investors like Peter Thiel and Softbank. Thiel is also a Facebook investor. 

 



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About time
By vapore0n on 8/30/2010 12:12:15 PM , Rating: 2
Facebook has become the 2009/10 Myspace. I joined because it was a good website for finding old school or college friends. Now its just trash.

Lets take bets though. How long before some big company buys out this new website and infects it with the same plague Facebook and Myspace got?

Or how long till Facebook sues this new website?




RE: About time
By Homerboy on 8/30/2010 12:16:36 PM , Rating: 1
A) Sue them for what?
B) Facebook is only as shitty as you (or your "friends") make it be. I, and my friends and family, still used FB a ton, and I see no problems with it at all (except for the continuing changes in privacy policies).
C) If you don't want others to see it, don't put it online...especially not on a FREE service.


RE: About time
By Homerboy on 8/30/10, Rating: 0
RE: About time
By borismkv on 8/30/2010 1:44:59 PM , Rating: 2
I don't know about the college you went to, but mine started shutting down the email accounts of graduates 3 years ago. Not that I'd want to join a site that is infested with the Barney generation...


RE: About time
By UNHchabo on 8/30/2010 2:17:28 PM , Rating: 3
UNH shut down my student e-mail address about 3 months after I graduated, but they gave me an "alumni.unh.edu" address. They don't provide any storage, but they'll forward mail to any address I give them. So far as I know, there's no expiration on this service.

Depending on how CollegeOnly implements their checking mechanism, I might still be able to join. If they plan on continuing to add support only one school at a time, then maybe they'll learn which subdomains they should give access to, but we'll have to see.


RE: About time
By Iaiken on 8/30/2010 2:41:37 PM , Rating: 2
My college e-mail address is apparently there for life (or until they change that policy or go out of business).

Once people start farming this new site for data, it will all become irrelevant as you can now go to several companies and get a profile of someone based on what can be found online through facebook, myspace, forums and other known web associations.

The more stuff winds up online, the more services like this will proliferate...


Ok
By brshoemak on 8/30/2010 12:19:02 PM , Rating: 2
Two things here:

1) Once it grows like Facebook did, greed will take over and the owners will sell, name may change - it will be open to all. It's just a baby Facebook.

2) If you post pics that may make employeers not hire or fire you, what the hell are you doing? Two chicks making out? Seen it. People drunk as hell making lewd guestures to the camera while someone throws up in the background? Seen it. Posting a story about hooking up with some random girl at a party and seeing your (now-ex)girlfriend respond. Seen it. If you're not proud of it, don't post it on the net. If you are proud of it, get a life - and don't post it on the net.

Nothing really new here, it will either take the Facebook route and become a cashcow or will stay small and be a niche market - although Jack Daniels and Captain Morgan would be great advertisers to have on board.




RE: Ok
By borismkv on 8/30/2010 1:48:12 PM , Rating: 3
Based on the sample posts in that preview picture, the best advertisers would be any binge drinking alcohol brand and Trojan.


multiple.....
By SlipDizzy on 8/30/2010 11:58:37 AM , Rating: 2
I didn't know multiple profile pictures could be such an amazing looking feature. Where do I insert my wallet?




RE: multiple.....
By borismkv on 8/30/2010 1:46:32 PM , Rating: 2
Wallet goes where?!?!?!


I do have to say...
By Motoman on 8/30/2010 2:19:42 PM , Rating: 3
...that is quite an impressive student body.




Not much privacy
By nafhan on 8/30/2010 12:48:29 PM , Rating: 2
If it's "just like FB" but only for .edu addresses, it's really not going to offer any more privacy than FB. Clean up your friends list, and use the privacy controls, and you can take care of these problems without adding another online service to check.
Plus, giving people the illusion that they're protected by the ".edu addresses only" thing will just cause them to post even stupider stuff online, and give potential employers another place to check (seriously, how hard is it to get a .edu address?).




I'm starting a new business
By ZachDontScare on 8/30/2010 4:01:36 PM , Rating: 2
Using an easy to get .edu account to perform profile searches on behalf of companies.

And the best part is, the idiot college kids will be posting more incriminating stuff because they'll be thinking its safer to do so.

Any venture captitalists want to fund me? $10 mil should do. To start.




Who will see it again?
By Callmeaslut on 8/31/2010 9:44:27 AM , Rating: 2
"Students can post pics to the site without fear of parents or employers seeing"

Unless they are someone who works for an institution or used to go to one and still has a .edu address. (okay, minor loophole)




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