Original facebook. keep out professors?

i have a question about facebook. originally, it was just for college students. the way they made sure of that was by students signing up with a .edu email address. however, professors have .edu email address. does that mean that many professors pretended to be college students and were looking at everyones profile?





also, would there have been any way of keeping non-students out?

Original facebook. keep out professors?
The answer to your question is very simple





No there is no way for them to tell the difference





If you have an edu email or (in the UK) an ac email then you can join and check out what everyone is saying and doing!!!!





AJ
Reply:actually professors were and still are allowed to sign up for facebook.
Reply:Professors have been able to join for as long as I can remember (I've been on there as a college student for over two years.). I don't think many of them "pretended" they just made a profile and used it as they pleased, just like an student can and could do! I don't think a disclaimer is necessary; Facebook has never discouraged them from joining.
Reply:One thing that's really good to remember is that the Internet is not a private place. It never has been. You should never post anything on the Internet -- including Facebook -- that you wouldn't want people to see. Not only is the Internet a public place, but most things you post online can be called back up for years. I can do a search using my name and find things I wrote almost 15 years ago.
Reply:I am a professor and I have a couple of edu accounts- and as an alum I have access to a couple of places I graduated from.





Our dean of students checks up on student conduct all the time using facebook-





AND who says college students have to be a certain age? I could enroll in a class and be a college student again!!!
Reply:The only truely succesful way would be to require a sealed authentification in paper directly from the school. It's like age gates on websites. You are required to select your birth date, but they can't stop you from selecting a false date.





It's all based on trust. Which doesn't happen much in todays world. Especially on the Internet.





~Shoe