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There is probably not one student who is not using facebook in a college where I work. It has been blocked by netadmin, but they are clever bastards and use httpS proxies (where possible, when not on the main network).
College admin even decided to put 2 free hot spots in canteen for students to be able to access facebook during breaks (using mobile phones, laptops, netbooks, PDA, whatever..), so students don't suffer from withdrawal syndrome.
P.S. I don't use facebook/twitter/my space/bebo. Even Russian version called Classmates. Been there, done that. It just so happened that when I was 20-26, I spent more than enough time in all sort of communities and chat rooms, starting with IRC in DOS times (including playing the very first online text based roleplaying LPMud, Genesis). Enough is enough. Thank you very much.
P.P.S. Although I cannot say it was a total waste of time because I learned English there and was introduced to The Lord of the Rings and fantasy in general.
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