In a move that went entirely unnoticed this week except by the Splog and college freshmen, the Facebook let high schoolers and college students be friends. Lydia DePillis weighs in.

In the beginning, there were two worlds. And then they were one, and the Lord rested.

I hope.

This whole high school kids on facebook thing is a little too much
for me to handle. It’s only been up two days and I’ve been friended by
like 8 people. I suppose they’ve had it for a while, but at least I
didn’t have to SEE how pathetic the average high schooler’s life is,
and now I yearn for that precious veil of ignorance.

Selected wall postings:

YESSS facebook is finaaly coming together! me and claire have been
awaiting this moment…

this is like facebook day extreme! did all you kids get together or
something?

YAY sophie has facebook! My life is complete, you complete me. I
LOVE YOU! slash MISS YOU! slash is this comment kind of annoying?

I swear, there really is a separate high school diction. I see huge
potential for statistical analyses and other things I don’t
understand on the interaction patterns between high school students
whose highest aim in life is to act like college students. You can
tell they’ve been waiting eagerly for this for so long. It kind of
makes me want to cry.