Feeling abandoned by Facebook, college-only social network emerges
Firmly believing that Facebook is no longer for college students, a new college-only social network, College.com, is launched. It is a one-stop shop for information and communication between students. College.com stays true to the school by requiring an .edu address.
“Facebook has largely abandoned its core student audience in favor of an open platform for widget aficionados, businesses and soccer moms. College.com is emerging in this vacuum as the collegiate-only social network. We connect students to their social life as well as their course work,” said founder Jon Davidman.
Students can create user profiles and connect online with people in their classes. It also integrates course schedules, professor profiles and rankings, event listings, study aids and other features that combine the academic elements of college with a student’s social life. Students can also access online note cards to organize their workload and study for exams.
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It’s nice to see someone step up and fill the void that Facebook left.
However, with so many people already entrenched in the Facebook world, I wonder how many will care enough to switch.
By Chris on September 27, 2007 12:00 pm
agreed. I joined College.com and there seems to be a lot of students on FSU’s network. I heard the site is going to build a professor interface similar to blackboard…wonder how that will work out.
By Sam on October 31, 2007 4:38 pm