Posted on 05/14/2009 7:52:58 PM PDT by JoeProBono
For longtime users of the Web site Facebook, getting an online request from someone to be your "friend" occurs almost daily.
Janelle Hardin, a senior at Azusa Pacific University, got a Facebook friend request from someone who made her a little uneasy -- even though she's known the person all her life.
Says Janelle, "It was weird when my mom got on because I didn't know she knew how to do stuff like that and also it is weird to see your parents on a Facebook profile."
Janelle decided to accept her mom, but not everyone is so gracious. Online groups like "keep parents off Facebook," and "eek, my mom is on facebook" are places for young adults to vent about the parental invasion.
Some young people say having parents on their Facebook page is like giving them the key to their online diary: once you accept a friend invitation, that person can see everything you're up to unless you set privacy limits. Pictures of parties and gossip are the biggest concern.
hahahahaha ping
My daughter and s-i-l are social network daemons.
So what’s teh problem? Parents being parental?
Now, on to MySpace, Friendster, and the rest.
I joined Facbook when I got an invitation to join a group there for a performing group that plays in teh area whose leader is a friend of ours. Well, I’ve reconnected with numerous high school and college friends (and I’m not going to say how many years ago that was.) I’e also connected with a lot of conservatives and conservative groups there, including conservative activists. it’s become a source of information as well as entertainment.
I love it. My kids are all grown, and 2 of them live in other states. They post pictures of themselves and the grandkids, which I look forward to seeing. Plus there are some cool games to play. It’s fun. And I don’t think my kids mind my being on it with them.
I think the last person I’d want to “friend” me is my boss or some of the people I work with;-)
Ok ...I’m in, now how do I use it!
Why do you have to lash out like that?
Oop s City I Lived in.. I loved in there too but I meant Lived In..ssh sorry. I will go away. Facebook is the only way young adults are Talking to one another, it is ridiculous but here I sit at my computer talking ..
Facebook is an awesome way to find old friends. I’ve even found my best friend from fourth grade (and that was well over 30 years ago) and we’ve become really good friends again.
I told my kids they could have a Facebook when I had a FB. Now I have more friends than them.
Start looking for people you know and send friend requests. Put in your High School information on your info page and use that link to find HS buddies. Do the same for college.
Join your community network for a couple months or so.
One warning though: don’t friend anyone from work.
Nope. Lot’s of young adults talk through mic/headphones on XBOX 360, skype (IM or headphone/mic) and text messaging.
We just don’t post on their walls and they seem OK with that.
I know my older daughter enjoys the fact that I’m on there, but the youngest one, I don’t know. It’s a great window into their world sometimes, though.
That does not sound good! Algore didn’t invent it?
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