Call me clueless, but I didn't know until last night that when you join a network on Facebook, the default is for all your "stuff" to be open to everyone in the network. I joined a network for the college where I teach, which is FULL of students. I clicked on one of my students and all of the info was available to me. So of course I immediately checked my privacy settings and noted that all of my info had been opened to everyone else in the network.
I temporarily reset my preferences to open my info only to friends but later decided to drop out of the network entirely. I don't approve friend requests from my students!
At any rate - may be something to keep in mind if you are tempted to join a network. I really don't want my students having full access to things I post on Facebook, nor do I want to browse through their stuff. On the other hand, I'm probably going to create a separate Facebook identity for school-related stuff and accept friend requests from students. FB even has an application now for posting course content and, hey, I'm not stupid. That's going to be the best way to get their attention. I'm also going to use it to stay in contact with students receiving scholarships from a large program I will be administrating.
Wow - thanks for pointing that out! I went into my privacy settings and changed everything to "friends only". I had no idea that anyone in my city (which is my network) could see my entire profile!
Well, being naive didn't burn me too badly, since I figured it out in about 3 minutes. LOL.
Liftintexas, up until about 6 months ago, I thought Facebook was only for the 20-somethings and under. I signed up on a whim last August and now suddenly everyone in my age group (early 40's) seems to be getting on there.
I was asking seriously born out of my own insecurity for being early (*cough* mid) 30s and using facebook.
I'm in Dave's age-group (40's) -- we're taking over FB, so I'm sure all you young whipper-snappers (who really says that anyway?) will move on to something cooler
OTOH, it's amazing to me when I find old friends... I live 6 hours from where I grew up, and I've reconnected with lots of hometown friends from as far back as kindergarten!
I even know some grandparents who are on FB and love to see all the pics their grandkids post
I remember hearing how my niece was, like, totally bummed when she learned I was on FB. She complained to a family member that FB was supposed to be only for HS and college kids.
Haha. My niece wouldn't accept my friend request, saying I was "too old for facebook". Silly girl doesn't realize I can see everything she has on there (yes, she's unaware of the network loophole).
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Haha. My niece wouldn't accept my friend request, saying I was "too old for facebook". Silly girl doesn't realize I can see everything she has on there (yes, she's unaware of the network loophole).
I think my nephew regrets accepting our friend requests at times. I don't harrass him, but his Aunt has questioned him about being on Facebook at 3AM on a school night! LOL.
Haha. My niece wouldn't accept my friend request, saying I was "too old for facebook". Silly girl doesn't realize I can see everything she has on there (yes, she's unaware of the network loophole).
My daughter took 3 months before she accepted my friend request. And then it was with strict orders that I am not allowed to comment on anything on her page
I was asking seriously born out of my own insecurity for being early (*cough* mid) 30s and using facebook.
gotcha, I thought you were pissed that I called them old or something
I don't know. I guess there's "old" and "facebook old."
Since I was basically the facebook original target, and I first got assimilated to it with strictly college kids, it certainly felt weird the first time that I got friend requests from the high schoolers I worked with in the summers. Kind of felt like it got stolen away a little bit.
And then it went global and you didn't have to have a .edu email for it, and I can say that I wasn't as "this is weird" as I was when the high school and college facebooks merged.
I see the purposes of having facebook for the people who weren't in the original usergroup and I certainly don't think that people shouldn't start a facebook because of their age. However, I think it's weird when parents start one because they want to solely keep track of their kids instead of for their own interests. I realize that it is a way for parents to do that, but I think that's a side benefit and not the purpose, because of all the benefits that it provides to people in terms of reconnections.
I don't know if this is the right way to say it, but facebook feels like it's a tool for people who already use the internet frequently. Everyone here has an "internet presence" so to speak, so it's logical that you have facebooks. For someone who's hardly on the internet, what's the point?
And I've yet to see a 70+ year old's facebook account, and I'm not clamoring to either.
(that probably made no sense)
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