Neither site was around when I was in high school (or college for that matter).
I'm mixed on whether or not this is a good thing. It probably would've been good for me in ways, since I can be an introvert - especially in large groups. But cyberbullying is out of control these days, and that wouldn't have been fun to deal with.
Were Facebook/Instagram around when you were in high school? Do you think it would've been good or bad for you if it had been?
grapefruit / 4923 posts
neither were around for my high school or college days. my peer group got really into facebook right when i finished grad school, but i think by that point i was already an old curmudgeon and didn't get into it.
i think for me, it's good that it wasn't around, because i think i was pretty insecure and would have compared myself too much to other people.
pomelo / 5820 posts
Nope! It would have been bad if it was... I can't even imagine the drama if Facebook was around. The biggest sources of online drama we had in high school were cryptic AIM away messages. Also, I would have never studied or finished any homework if we had Facebook then.
clementine / 972 posts
Nope! Facebook came out when I was in college though and insta after.
watermelon / 14206 posts
Nope! It was years after high school when it became mainstream! But, my parents were so strict with media, it probably would not have made a difference.
nectarine / 2771 posts
Nope. My favorite story from when I taught Sunday School was one of my students (who was in 5th grade at the time) really wanted a Facebook page. She came up to me after class with her mom one day and said, "Mom ask my teacher when SHE got facebook! I bet she was younger than me!" I said, "Sorry, I can't help yah. Facebook was created when I was a junior in college." The look of pure shock and disgust on her face was priceless!
It would not have been beneficial for me, I'm sure. I procrastinate enough as it is, and I know I would have spent way too much time comparing myself to other kids growing up.
Honestly, I don't get the deal with Instagram and I don't have an account now. Already feeling like an old fogey.
blogger / coconut / 8306 posts
Nope! Facebook came out my junior year of college. I have no idea about IG, though.
honeydew / 7463 posts
Nope. Didn't come around till post college for me!
The Internet itself was a mythical "only certain people had it" thing my senior year of high school. 
honeydew / 7909 posts
Neither were around when I was in high school. And I'm pretty neutral with thinking it would have been good or bad. I'm not a fan of fb now and I've been out of high school for 10 years!
bananas / 9628 posts
nope. maybe fb was, but it wasn't used by people i knew. kinda wish i was even older than i was when i starting using it.... there should be like a FB for those under 25 that gets sealed post 25 so all your young wild and free days aren't floating around with photographic evidence, lol. seriously, i still wish i could go back and get rid of pics people have on their pages of me, untagging just doesn't suffice in certain situations, especially when they've tagged the bar where said pictures were taken so they're still there for everyone who 'likes' the bar! i can only imagine how bad it would have been had my high school years also been documented! fortunately i didn't really experience any bullying in school, but i'm sure behind the safety of a screen & keyboard it's so much worse now for kids who do
ETA: nope, just looked it up, wasn't around until well after i graduated!
cherry / 165 posts
I got on facebook the summer before college, when it was thefacebook.com. I got to know my college roomie that way.
cherry / 165 posts
@mrs. bird: ahhh I miss the days when facebook only let you in when you had a college email address (.edu)! I was a lot more active on it when my mom wasn't stalking me
nectarine / 2132 posts
no. facebook came around when i was a sophomore in college and i was sold right away.
coconut / 8234 posts
Nope! Not until after college. I'm an extrovert so I don't think it would have helped me. I think it's better to use as an adult to keep up with friends and family around the world.
grapefruit / 4681 posts
Nope.
I just looked it up and FB launched in February 2004, so I would have just been graduating HS, but at that point it was only for college students anyway. My roommate forced me to join in spring 2005 after our university got added.
nectarine / 2932 posts
Facebook, yes. I joined when it was only open to college students..I was pumped because I was taking several college courses my senior year of high school, so I could join early!
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
Ha. Internet wasn't even around! People barely had PC's when I was in high school- we had a word processor! DH and I have said many times that we are sooo glad Facebook wasn't around to capture our stupid years.
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
Facebook was, but it was exclusively for college kids. As soon as I entered college - of course - it opened to other networks.
cantaloupe / 6869 posts
Nope, not even when I was in college. Facebook started a year after I graduated!
honeydew / 7463 posts
@travellingbee: yes! We had only a word processor until my senior year of HS. Then we had a pc without Internet, but Oregon Trail was enough fun!
pineapple / 12526 posts
Facebook came out when I was in high school. I joined right after I got my acceptance letter from my university with my college e-mail, back when it was only for college kids.
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
No. A friend remembers FB recruiting on our college campus a year after I graduated. I learned about it from her.
pomegranate / 3160 posts
Facebook had JUST come out my senior year of high school (I think). You had to have a college email to sign up.
pomegranate / 3275 posts
I joined facebook when you had to have a .edu email address, that was at the very end of my college career. I didn't start really using it until years later though.
pear / 1992 posts
My university was one of the first to be on the facebook network when it was started. I basically joined so that I could flirt with Harvard boys 
It was so different back then!
I remember when more and more schools were being added and I was kind of annoyed, but then it meant my actual friends from back home could be on the network and it was more fun.
It's funny to me to think that facebook and I have sort of become adults together.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
I think Facebook was around when I was in high school but I didn't know about it until college.
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
@SweetiePie: omg Oregon trail!!! You've lost a wagon wheel!
squash / 13199 posts
Nope! I was in college when facebook became popular and back then you needed to be a college student to sign up
honeydew / 7091 posts
Facebook was, but it was still really new. You had to have a college email, and only a handful of colleges were 'allowed' at that! I was able to get an account halfway through my last semester of senior year of high school once I got accepted to college.
Like @jillybean218: that's how I met my roommate!
pineapple / 12793 posts
FB started just after I graduated college. My school was one of the first to be welcomed aboard. I signed up really early on, but didn't really do anything with it until 2006 maybe.
nectarine / 2765 posts
Neither were around during my hs/college years. I'm honestly glad since I imagine it would have just been another thing to worry about/create drama, etc. I'm also incredibly thankful it wasn't around during my dating years! *whew* Dodged that bullet.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
Nope! Sometimes I wish we did have it so I could have kept in touch with my high school friends. We didn't have cell phones and I barely used the internet my first year of college.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
Nope, FB was around at the end of college and IG I didn't discover until a few years ago!
honeydew / 7283 posts
Nope - facebook came out my jr or sr year of college and I only got instagram last year. I'm not even sure how long that's been out.
pomegranate / 3872 posts
Facebook came out when I was in college but I didn't get into it for a while after. I love using FB and instagram now but I'm glad they weren't around in middle school/hs. They potential for bullying on social media is scary. You even see adults being nasty to each other, especially on instagram. I can't imagine how tough that would be for a child who isn't equipped to handle it. I never thought I'd be one of those moms, but I am definitely going to be strict when it comes to social media, for lots of reasons!
pomegranate / 3716 posts
Nope, neither were around. I spent lots of time on AIM in college.
Immediately post college (2002), we used Friendster and Xanga.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
When facebook came out it was for college only, and I was in high school. I got an account when it opened to the public and I was 18.
IG wasn't out though!
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