That’s the title of a discussion thread created on Facebook by Eddie Fishman, a fellow Yale pre-frosh from Harriton Senior High School.這題目討論線程創建Facebook的埃迪菲斯曼,耶魯大學研究員預frosh從harriton高中。 Eddie is aware that the degree to which we early admits of yale 2011 seem to be communicating with one another online is unusual and noteworthy.埃迪意識到,在何種程度上,我們承認,早期的耶魯2011年似乎是溝通彼此上網是不尋常,值得注意。 He asked :

I have a bunch of friends who got good news like me at the end of last week.我有一大堆朋友們得到好消息,像我一樣,在上星期末。 I have several friends going to Penn and Wharton (very common for Philly high schools to send a bunch), a couple at Cornell, one at Princeton, etc, etc, etc.我有幾個朋友前往賓州和沃頓(非常普遍,費城高中送一串) ,一對夫婦在康奈爾大學,一個在美國普林斯頓等,等等,等等。

YET…none of them have had any experiences even remotely close to what we’ve all been doing over the past couple days.然而…他們之中沒有人有任何經驗,甚至遠程接近到什麼我們已經都做較過去數天。 I mean, we have spoken to each other, joked, philosophized, debated, shared odd and obscure personal stories, our goals, our plans, our undying excitement to be YALIES!我的意思是,我們都談到了對方,開玩笑說,哲理,辯論,共享奇數和掩蓋個人的故事,我們的目標,我們的計劃,我們不朽的興奮被yalies ! What is it, folks, that makes us so damn happy and eager to get acquainted?它是什麼,低收入人群,令我們對媽高興,並渴望結識? Is it something about the types of students who are attracted to Yale?是不是一些有關類型的學生,他們所吸引,耶魯? I can’t tell you how many friends have called me after seeing my facebook wall, saying, “Whoa.我不能告訴你有多少朋友曾經打電話給我後,看我的臉譜牆,說: "哇。 You have soo many Yale friends already.你有洙許多耶魯的朋友了。 Everyone from [insert name of college here] is boring/doesn’t show initiative to get to know the class.” Can somebody please explain the causes of this phenomenon to me?每個人都從[插入姓名的大學生在這裡是枯燥/ doesn '噸查看主動結識階層" ,難道有人請解釋這一現象產生的原因在我身上? Have you realized it too?你是否已意識到它太?

Tess Lerners-Byars of North Hollywood Senior High gave a response which I think fairly answers part of the question:苔絲lerners - byars的北好萊塢高中了反應,我覺得相當的答案部分的問題:

I don’t know what it is, but meeting everyone and sharing insights, interests, stories, and everything else has been exhiliarating–so much fun.我不知道它是什麼,但每個人的會議和交流見解,興趣,故事,一切已exhiliarating -過程非常有趣。 I think it’s some sort of endless cycle in which we feed off each other’s excitement, causing us to want to get to know more people, who make us want to be yalies even more.我認為這是某種形式的無休止循環,使我們的飼料過對方的興奮,導致我們要了解更多的人,那些令我們不想被yalies甚至更多。 I have to say, it’s incredibly unique and just another item on our ever extensive list of why yale reigns supreme over all other schools.我必須說,這是令人難以置信的獨特而只是另一個項目對我國以往任何時候都廣泛的名單為何耶魯至高無上超過所有其他學校。 but honestly, what a way to begin the next four years of our lives!但坦白說,有什麼辦法,開始對未來四年內,我們的生活!

All this surrounds what I can only describe as a very fascinating phenomenon whereby some 200+ prefrosh Yale 2011 have been hugely socializing online using all the tools social networking and the ‘classic’ web has made available to us.這一切都圍繞著什麼,我只能形容為一個很有趣的現象,即約有200 + prefrosh耶魯大學在2011年已經受到了巨大的應酬在線使用所有工具的社會網絡和'經典'網站已經提供給我們。 The special admitted students website is supplemented by Facebook, where many in the Yale 2011 group have had their friend-adding abilities disabled because they’ve been on such adding sprees.特別承認,學生網站,並輔以臉譜,有許多都是在耶魯大學2011年集團有他們的朋友,加能力的殘疾人,因為他們已經對這種加入狂熱。 I’ve spent a terrifying amount of time since Friday talking to people I never knew before our early acceptances brought us together…我已經花了可怕大量的時間,因為週五人談話我從來不知道,以前我們的早期承兌使我們走到一起…

I think this could be a case study in some of the new ways teens are using social networking, and it’s something that I will be tracking in the upcoming months.我覺得這可能是一個個案研究中的一些新的方法,青少年利用社會網絡化,這是我將跟踪,在即將到來的幾個月。 It’s not surprising that we’re all using Facebook to get in touch with one another; what’s interesting is the scale and speed with which we’ve embraced it as a forum for 2011 communication, likewise with the yale admitted students site.這並不奇怪,我們都用臉譜取得聯繫的,彼此有什麼有趣的是規模和速度,我們已經接受了它作為一個論壇, 2011年的通信,同樣也與耶魯大學的學生網站。 It’s hard for an outsider to see just how much mileage we’re getting out of these tools, but I’ll have more posts in the coming days to try to quantify this a little bit.它的努力是一個外人看到的只是多少的飛行哩數,我們得到了這些工具,但是,我可以有更多的職位,在未來幾天內,以盡量量化,這一點了。