After the tragedy at Virginia Tech, there has been a refocus on campus safety and security. Purdue University is planning to implement an alert system that incorporates Facebook:

“Facebook is part of the school’s multi-pronged emergency alert plan that also includes sirens, phone trees and e-mail alerts, Purdue spokeswoman Jeanne Norberg said Wednesday.

‘Right now we don’t have a technique that is 100 percent foolproof, so we are trying to look at all the ways we can communicate with students,’ Norberg said.”

link: Purdue Uses Facebook As Part Of Emergency Alert System

So, at Purdue, people are on Facebook not just to socialize. They are checking security.

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