Facebook for aunts

[admin]

Just wanted to share this one - My 13 year old nephew has a Facebook account and we're mutual friends. So today in the process of setting up the new More.ca fan page, I discovered that he has a "cute" little app on his page - the Daily Babe. And yes, the pictures are - revealing.

Isn't this something about which an old auntie should be able to be oblivious?

What has Facebook taught you lately, if anything?

[SilverAndGrace]

Yes, I think we 'oldies' have ruined Facebook for the kids but signing up My three young adult children, and various nieces and nephews, are on my Facebook. Basically, Facebook is like any other online media: don't post anything you don't know the world to know about. My daughters are pretty good about keeping that in mind; my son, not so much. Well, actually, he honestly doesn't care that the world knows. It's me who doesn't want to know! I've just learned to not look at the photographs that show up Monday morning after a weekend of his partying. It can definitely be a case of Too Much Information.

And since we are on the topic, my other challenge with Facebook is to who to 'allow in'. Originally, it was simply an easy way to share photographs of my life with my siblings and children. But then, as I got more involved in the blogging world, fellow bloggers tracked me down and send me friend requests. And herein lies the dilemna. Do you deny their request and potentially lose a valuable contact? Or do you let them into your private world? With social media, where do you draw the line between your public and private life?

Eliza
Guiding Graceful Women into Beautiful Aging
http://www.silverandgrace.com

[Charlotte]

I think you should compliment his taste in girls repeatedly; he'll learn his lesson about what you put on the net soon enough when he's completely embarrassed.

[JennGruden]

And since we are on the topic, my other challenge with Facebook is to who to 'allow in'. Originally, it was simply an easy way to share photographs of my life with my siblings and children. But then, as I got more involved in the blogging world, fellow bloggers tracked me down and send me friend requests. And herein lies the dilemna. Do you deny their request and potentially lose a valuable contact? Or do you let them into your private world? With social media, where do you draw the line between your public and private life?

Great advice in the first paragraph!

But this one stumps me too - as a web editor I really want to invite people in to share with them, but I also do like to maintain some space between, say, my family and friends and people I know only through the 'net. It's a really tough one. I kind of wonder if people who grew up in smaller towns have more advice about this; I am a Torontonian and so I'm not used to having the people I work with be in the same "sphere" so to speak as my family!

Some people have a professional and a personal account - I've thought about it, but I feel like I have a zillion accounts already.

[kwayne]

And since we are on the topic, my other challenge with Facebook is to who to 'allow in'. Originally, it was simply an easy way to share photographs of my life with my siblings and children. But then, as I got more involved in the blogging world, fellow bloggers tracked me down and send me friend requests. And herein lies the dilemna. Do you deny their request and potentially lose a valuable contact? Or do you let them into your private world? With social media, where do you draw the line between your public and private life?

Great advice in the first paragraph!

But this one stumps me too - as a web editor I really want to invite people in to share with them, but I also do like to maintain some space between, say, my family and friends and people I know only through the 'net. It's a really tough one. I kind of wonder if people who grew up in smaller towns have more advice about this; I am a Torontonian and so I'm not used to having the people I work with be in the same "sphere" so to speak as my family!

Some people have a professional and a personal account - I've thought about it, but I feel like I have a zillion accounts already.

hi my name is kathy and im on facebook i let everyone in.but you do have to be very careful.i have people on facebook on my friends list i dont even know but so far im fine.i love facebook theres so much you can do on it and you meet people there and become friends.i do pen pals too and thats how i found my pen pals love it

kathy

[tadpolesmom]

If you go to your privacy setting on your facebook profile you can control who you allow to access what information on your profile, your friends list, what is shown when someone searches for you, pictures or videos tagged with you in it; pretty much everything. You can also do that when you add someone new to your friends list. Hope that helps!