'Welcome' Groups for College Freshmen on Facebook Revealed as Subtle Marketing Scheme
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Certain Facebook pages advertise themselves as online forums for rising freshmen at various schools, including NYU, Pepperdine, Middlebury, Wesleyan and the University of Texas. The pages for each of these colleges feature essentially the same layout, including official logos and descriptions like, "Welcome SUNY Oswego Class of 2015." According to the New York Times, though, the pages aren't official welcome groups, but are rather part of a clever marketing campaign undertaken by a company called Roomsurf.com.