Social Network Sites.

If I were a few years younger, or had a band to promote or something like that I'd probably be a member of myspace or even facebook. I understand their "place" and purpose on some levels, but rather than showing my bitter old man i-don't-get-the-appeal attitude I found two funny stories regarding one particular network.

Yesterday I heard that parents of college freshman are going on line and scouring facebook to see who their kids will room with at school. Of course they have to bring on the concerned parent "Oh there were beer slogans and empty bottles in the background of some images!" Ummm earth to mom this is probably going to be an occurance during your innocent childs $500,000 5.5 years of school. As a father I'd be nervous as well but is this some sort of "profiling" as well? I like a social drink as much as the next person. It doesn't mean I drink more than one beer at a time, or drink to get wasted.

In other funny news..it appears one time New York Mayor and Presidentail Hopeful Rudy Giulani has a teenage daugher about to enter Harvard this fall..and on her Facebook profile she noted she was a Barack Obama supporter. Her profile was taken down and Rudy asked that "we" "Respect his children's privacy". Umm dude..someone needs to be held accountable. When she hits "Publish" or whatever it is in facebook its on a public forum.