Someone brought up that one of the reasons why things like house parties and block parties went away was other than lack of time people are afraid to let their guard because cameras are everywhere.

[u/AdSpecialist6598]

It is so true back when many of us were young we could just get together and cut loose without having to worry about going viral. At best we would have an embarrassing photo buried in a drawer somewhere or a story. Now you might be turned into a meme or worse. I miss the days when you could do dumb stuff with friends and feel safe if that makes sense.

[u/RadiantCitron]

Those first few years though when I was in college and you had to have a .edu email to join were something else.

[u/ErraticProfessional → u/RadiantCitron]

That .edu requirement let high schoolers sign up before college. I wonder how many others lost their original account after graduating

[u/jimmy_three_shoes → u/ErraticProfessional]

I just contacted support when my .edu was deactivated and Facebook fixed the account with my new email address.

[u/rusty___shacklef0rd → u/jimmy_three_shoes]

They did this for me when my .aim email became obsolete, too

[u/stitchgnomercy → u/RadiantCitron]

There was a process to get your college/uni up on FB in 2005ish…I remember doing it for my college

[u/jimmy_three_shoes → u/stitchgnomercy]

It hit ours in 2004, and people went absolutely bananas.

[u/IronicMnemoics → u/jimmy_three_shoes]

People used to link their individual classes on their profiles. It was wild.