Assignment 1: Create a Facebook account and profile for yourself. Friend Dr. Telcom and your classmates. Join the Class group. You may add your family and friends if you like. Your profile should be mortal safe.
[Image description: An almost blank Facebook account with very few fields filled out. The profile picture is a generic image of an ocean, obviously stolen from the internet. The account has 26 friends: 24 classmates, the professor, and Sally Jackson Blofis.]
"Mr. Jackson, did you understand the nature of this assignment?"
"Yes, ma'am. Make a Facebook account."
"You understand that it is supposed to be a personal Facebook profile."
"Yes, ma'am."
"The only information you provided is your home location."
"Is Manhattan too specific? I considered using New York City, but I didn't want to be associated with the weirdos in Brooklyn."
"Will you please explain to me why you are using the name 'Peter Johnson' for your personal profile? This point of this class is to set students up with usable social media accounts for when they enter the mortal world after graduating college. An account under an assumed name will do you no good."
"It's good enough for my mom, and I'm just here for pictures of my baby sister. You saw my google results, Professor. I'm not putting my own information anywhere near the internet."
"Nevertheless, Mr. Jackson, I do need a correct personal Facebook profile from you."
"Dionysus calls me Peter Johnson all the time, Professor. Are you saying a god is wrong?"
