Facebook: Should it ever have been opened up to the general population?

I wanted to ask this in the higher education section. Facebook began as an exclusive college/university hangout. A place for students to meet their peers from class in the more comfortable and more anonymous environment of the internet. But, Facebook has been taken over by high school students, junior high school students, and perhaps more shockingly, the middle aged. What's the verdict?

Facebook: Should it ever have been opened up to the general population?
Definitely not. The great thing about Facebook in the first place was its university-exclusiveness. I loved the courses feature that let you see who was in your class. That was really useful for meeting new people. Now FB's all grossly commercialized and everything...and no courses feature. Bah.
Reply:I don't think it should have been.





To me, having it limited to colleges/universities is what made it special.
Reply:i think facebook should have only been opened up to those in high school and college...after all werent the facebooks in real life created to help students learn who their classmates are...middle schoolers are ridiculous and employers on the site is flat out stupid...also theres too many crappy applications...basically facebook is becoming myspace
Reply:The middle-aged? What, praytell, is middle-aged to you?





I'm 27 and am in the network for Las Vegas. My college is not in there as a network so where the hell am I supposed to go? I like it the way it is and think it should be open for everyone. You know how many users the site would lose if it shut down all the accounts from people not in a middle school, high school, or college network? Yea, a lot. And it would be a bad business move on Facebook's part.





Face it, it won't change to a specific group anytime soon. And leave the older people alone. My husband is nearly 40 and can still pass for 30. And he's an SJSU alum as of 2004 in Economics.





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I am well aware of how and where Facebook began thanks. I'm not stupid so please don't reply to me as though I am.
Reply:i think it should be for college students. i go to ASU and i got a lot of college friends. jr high n high school students can take their fake *** back to myspace. (fyi myspace seems lame to me. idk y just so...fake)