During my nap this afternoon, half-asleep, I heard the distinct hiss of card-stock against Ezra Stiles stone.  I sat up in bed, my heart pitter-pattering.  Secret society invite?  Clandestine note from a yearning secret admirer?  No.  It was an advertisement for a new website, gtrot, which helps you find “where [your Facebook friends] are going for spring break.” WTF?

In the past, we’ve received some flack for questioning other people’s projects (I heard a rumor that gtrot is the brainchild of Yale alums, but I’m honestly not sure).  But when they’re so insistently marketed, as gtrot is, I say they’re kind of asking for it.

So here’s my question:  Do we really need more ways to find out information about people who are only sort of our friends?  It seems to me, despite some of the semi-legitimate uses the site advertises (find people to share cabs with!), that the main point of this site is simply to be able to ask “So, how were the Bahamas?” instead of “Where were you over break?”  Personally, I’m still on the “this is creepy” boat.

There is, however, a useful service you can submit your travel plans to: the Bullblog’s SBX planz contest!