<p>Just wondering if anyone actually got friendships from talking to random people on facebook from their dorm, major or school before freshman year.</p>
<p>It made life easier for me when I transferred. I had spoken to a number of my now close friends before I arrived on campus. As a freshman, I didn’t bother though.</p>
<p>I think being added randomly by 20 people is a tad annoying. Also, it’ll be kind of awkward when you meet and you’re like “oh…yea…we’re facebook friends…eh…”.</p>
<p>It sounds nice actully, but how would you find them?</p>
<p>I’m doing that. I’m in a FB group for the class of 2013 at my college.</p>
<p>I’ve made a few friends on the c/o 2013 FB group for my college. I did the same thing for a summer program I was accepted to (North Carolina Governor’s School), and I made some awesome friends that way.</p>
<p>I mean, it’s really a hit/miss kind of thing. I actually met my roommate from last year through facebook, which helped because we both clicked pretty well and helped make the transition a bit better. Though it didn’t help prepare me for the eventual “breakup” where we weren’t as close as we originally were because she found a boyfriend…</p>
<p>But the few other friends I met through facebook have become really close, and I think it’s a good way to break the ice before getting there.</p>
<p>Nope, I use to add random strangers… but now since they tried to talk to my boyfriend I’m like haha if I don’t know u DELETE!! Also I don’t like talk about my bf I like to keep him private I won’t even say bf I’ll just call him his first name out of privacy and courtesy to those that are single and might feel lonely.</p>
<p>I met a few through the group that was created for my class year/entering freshmen. Still talk (in person) and hang out with just a few of them. My closest friends I met in the dorms, at parties, in class, etc. Met my current roommate during my very first class, and we’ve been inseparable ever since, going into senior year this fall.</p>
<p>I did, it was funny because one guy we called the facebook enigma at orientation.</p>
<p>As long as you aren’t really weird about it make a joke about being facebook friends and then socialize, this really can’t hurt you unless they are one of those really weird high school elitist types that judge people b ased on FR on facebook, in which case I would point them to a Degrassi set.</p>
<p>I talked to people on facebook between high school and undergrad. I think I was the first year to have global groups though, so it was different back then (two summers ago). From the people I talked to some of them are now my friends. Most I never saw. At my school, the ones who were really active on facebook and talked to everyone or friended everyone ran for student government. It’s a great way to get your name out there. If an entire class in college thinks “I recongnize that name, maybe I met him, I’ll vote for him” it helps you get elected.</p>
<p>yeah…i talkt to friends from fb from my college group. its not so bad…you just have to be open…only problem is, now i’m too open and its kinda making me anxious. i like being a little shy and quiet because you don’t really say stupid stuff…but the good thing is, i barely ever can pick fb friends(if i’ve never met them) out from a crowd and i’ll be going to a big college. so i can always walk away and act like i never saw them in the first place 
haha. i dunno if that makes sense.</p>
<p>My girlfriend of ~2 years, for one. One of my other best friends here, who I happened to be in a special program with later one (though that just reinforced). They both were from my region, so I actually met them before school.</p>
<p>I also tried to initiate contact with my sophomore room-mate and current best friend before coming to school, but failed. I found him because he was in my dorm, though, so that’s why that worked out.</p>
<p>So, yes, it can. I also didn’t talk to the vast majority of those people I met again after I met them that time, and certainly not after freshman year. But I expected that.</p>
<p>Just remember that for 90% of people, the friends you have made fall of freshman year will not be your core group or even at all your friends by the end of the year, so meeting them online only helps you feel more comfortable transitioning to campus. Cyber friends != real friends.</p>
<p>I looked up dudes that are listed to be my roommates through MySpace/Face Book but I have not contacted them (not through these mediums but through the email they provided to the school, housing).</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m in my school’s Class of 2013 group, but it seems most people are in there just to get 1000+ friends. Doesn’t appear people are trying to make real friends.</p>
<p>As nice as FaceBook is, I think some things are better left to be done in person.</p>
<p>I met one of my current best friends on Facebook before entering as a freshman. I got to know a lot of the people who added me on Facebook (because we were all part of the residence hall group). It was a pretty good networking tool because I got to know where all the parties were before school started. I’m also still friends with a lot of those people now. Eventually you’ll have to go through and delete those you don’t meet in person.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’ve been added/have added about 20 people from my school. I actually made efforts to have conversations with them, and most of them are pretty cool. It’s also how I chose my roommates (whom I’ve spoken to every day for practically 2 months. They’re awesome.) And from what I’ve seen, people from my school have arranged meet-ups and things like that, so it’s working pretty well to a lot of acquainted w/one another before we start school this fall. We’ll all drift off into our own circles and whatnot later on in the year, sure, but this has really helped make the transition into college a lot easier.</p>
<p>I was definitely THAT person that added everyone she could find on facebook. Really though, I made a lot of legitimate friends that way and loved mentioning to people that we were already facebook friends.</p>
<p>I think Facebook is fantastic for networking. I met this one girl who I will probably become REALLY close with. We text daily, etc. I’ve friended a lot of people. :P</p>
<p>I didn’t “make friends” with my facebook friends, persay. When I joined my college’s facebook group I did make an effort to be friendly and answer/ask questions and keep chatter going. But I didn’t actually talk to anyone outside of posting on the group wall or board. However, I did find/meet my roommate on facebook and we messaged back and forth for a while before school started. And once school had already started, I realized that a few of the people I hung out frequently with were already my facebook friends (they had added me before we initially became friends). Over the course of the year, I have met/befriended a surprisingly large amount of the kids who initially added me on facebook (before they met me).</p>
<p>Oh and facebook is how I learned people’s names at the beginning of the year. Otherwise I would’ve probably been a helpless case.</p>