IT was
December 22, 2008 when I opened my Facebook account, upon the invitation of Arlyn,
a classmate in law school, or more than four years after Mark Zuckerberg and
some classmates first introduced this online social networking service to their
fellow Harvard students.
A day
after my name and ID photo cropped up in blue and white corner of the
cyberspace, my cousin Danny Cadorna, whom I haven't seen since he left for
Japan in 1994, sent me my first ever friend request. Then another relative, a
friend, a former classmate, a coworker, and even a stranger wanted me to be in
their list of friends.
They are saying that most of the people who know how to use a computer and Internet have a profile on Facebook. No wonder, in just a short span, more relatives, friends, classmates, coworkers and even strangers occupied my notifications for a friend request, and even a game request, a join-a-group request and a “like” request to whatever that page is.