Jaime Patnode, a junior transfer student from Arizona, uses networking sites to keep in touch with friends on campus and in her hometown as well.
With around 500 Facebook friends, Patnode uses the website to “creep, and know what’s going on in others’ lives.”
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“I could have a lot more [Facebook friends],” Patnode said. “But I don’t accept just anybody.”
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“It’s not necessarily a distraction,” Patnode said. “It gives me something to do when I’m bored. I don’t have to be on it.”
Much like Patnode, freshman Dani Carlson does not approve all of her friend requests, even if their profiles state they are Baker students. If Carlson recognizes people and has seen them around campus or had conversations with them, she will add them as friends; however, if she has never seen them, she declines the request.
“I think we all are aware it’s a tight-knit community at Baker,” Carlson said. “[Adding friends on Facebook] is part of the Baker family idea.”
Freshman Stephanie Skedel has accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest<a href="http://pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a> and and Tumblr<a href="http://www.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a>. She had difficulties choosing her favorite because it is like &#8220;picking between of [her] children.&#8221; Ultimately, however, Twitter received her favoritism in the end, with Facebook as her second favorite social networking site.. She had difficulties choosing her favorite because it is like “picking between of [her] children.” Ultimately, however, Twitter received her favoritism in the end, with Facebook as her second favorite social networking site. Pinterest and Tumblr. She had difficulties choosing her favorite because it is like “picking between of [her] children.” Ultimately, however, Twitter received her favoritism in the end, with Facebook as her second favorite social networking site.
Skedel has received many friend requests from Baker students; however, she only accepts requests from people she personally knows.
Skedel uses some of her time to “Facebook creep” and find out what kind of activities her Facebook friends are interested in and whether they have any mutual friends. However, she wants to protect some of her own information.
“I just don’t want random people knowing my business,” Skedel said.
As for social networking as a whole, Skedel sees the websites in a more negative light because of cyber-bullying.
“People add people they don’t know, and bad things can happen if you aren’t careful,” she said.