Groovor is an entertaining internet service that enables users to view and rate people's achievements as well as tell about things that make their life unusual.
This post provides an annotated bibliography of some work on using social media (in particular Facebook) as a pre-registration/pre-university/induction tool. The references given can also be found at my Delicious site. Some examples of the use of Facebook for induction purposes are given at the end.
P. Mika. Web Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web, 5 (1):
5 - 15(2007)Selected Papers from the International Semantic Web Conference, International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2005).