Facebook and High School Reunions

Aug 12. , 2009 0 Comments

Our local newspaper, The Press Democrat, ran a story yesterday titled “Fewer surprises at reunions thanks to Facebook” which brought up the same thing I wrote about back in February (The New High School Reunion?).

The Press Democrat’s article approached the issue more from the idea of how Facebook can help former classmates organize their high school reunion:

Santa Rosa High’s Tais Tillman used Facebook to rattle the cages of some particularly slow to excite classmates before (8/8)Saturday’s 20-year reunion. She used “status updates” on her personal page to urge people to pay for their tickets, to rally friends, to get excited in general.

“I’d get comments like, ‘Thanks for the stalking, it made me feel wanted,’” she said.

But Tillman, who was student body secretary, also warned against relying totally on technology to reach classmates. Santa Rosa’s graduating class of 1989 was about 550 strong, about 100 of whom Tillman reached on Facebook.

Source: The Press Democrat: Fewer surprises at reunions thanks to Facebook

Thought I’d share the article because I think it’s an interesting topic.