Technology/The Internet/Communications

[Medusa]

My boss friended me on Facebook today

Here's a thread to talk about the internet, interesting articles on communications, etc.

[Linus]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_598968.html

Facebook privacy Best Practises.

[Bit]

My brother friended me on facebook. I didn't know what to do at first. I finally made a *pure and virginal* account *SNORT* just for family. I told him that the account he friended me on was for my queer friends, many of whom are pagan, and that I didn't think he'd be comfortable reading it, "so please friend me over here instead".... it worked. I check the family account every few days, write a little, look at everyone's pics.... and I keep the politics, the queerness, and the spirituality (yanno, everything that makes me, me?) on my real account.

The internet has always been my refuge, my place to be real and authentic when my life with my family has been closeted. It was utterly weird to have those two worlds collide.

[Gayla]

I'm having some boundary issues with FB right now just because my friend's list is such a conglomeration of folks that I know - old and new work people, clients, family and friends of both the online and off variety. Because of the work/professional connections, I think I use it less for socializing then I'd like to. Over the past week, I've realized that I'm missing out on some things because I'm hesitant to pull some of my connections into this group just because of the potential impact. If it was just about pissing off a few of my more judgmental friends, I wouldn't worry, but if there's even a slight chance that it could truly impact my business, I'm just not willing to chance it.

I've been thinking about just starting a second account to use for the queer, political, leather kind of stuff. My only hesitation is trying to come up with a new damn name! Cuz, you know, I'm so creative when it comes to that and all!

[SassyLeo]

FB-

I don't add everyone. Only people I know and like from online (most whom I have met in person) and people I know in life from growing up or met somewhere along my life journey.

Currently I have 5 people in my "friend request" inbox. Some I have denied before and they keep requesting.

I just purged about 7 or 8 people whom I never interact with or I don't care for their posts. One specifically whom I have met several times here in town and hy/he posts like 10 times a day "I am watching a movie" or "My watch just broke" or "I will eat a burrito for dinner" OR everything is negative and I just don't want to read Debbie Downer.

Also- This is hysterical: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/facebook_suck

[JustJo]

Originally Posted by June

There are so many people now, that I have to go looking for people that I really know to find out what they are up to. Like, I found out this morning that someone I like here in Portland is moving away in July, and I was sad about that!

Sometimes, I get a wild hair and I want to purge, but I also don't want to hurt anyones feelings! And besides, it can feel shitty (or not) when people use Social Media as a weapon to "unfriend" others for one reason or another.

Hi June and pardon the snips...

My FB account is mostly family, although there are a few friends on there as well. I have a ton of young cousins...and while I certainly don't want to unfriend them I am also not terribly interested in the latest middle school spat or 12,000 posts a week they make about things that I don't even understand

I discovered a wonderful feature...you can click on one of those annoying posts, then hover over to the right (you can tell I'm highly technical...sorry) and click on Hide. It will ask if you want to hide the application or the person. I hide all those pesky farmtown, cafe world, etc. applications completely....and also all the updates from my little cousins.

I can still get messages, go to their page, peek at pics, etc. ....but I get to stay out of the lunchroom wars.

[NJFemmie]

I might log in to FB now and again just to see what my family is up to - otherwise, you won't see me on there too often. I am really not a huge fan of social networking sites.

[sweetcali]

I have different folders? Categories? whatever you call it on my FB. I put real friends in the real friends category, gamers in their prospective folder, etc etc etc. So not everything I post is seen by the world; unless of course that is what I want. Plus I don't post that much anymore anyway; let alone personal info. I used to use Live Journal but I haven't posted on there in years.

sweetcali

[AtLast]

[QUOTE=June;121547]

Mine is a mix of real life friends, work related people/friends, family, people I have known for years online and a few people I don't know at all who added me because we have mutual friends (probably hoping for a farmtown buddy!)

Mine is like this, too and I enjoy FB interaction. I block the apps, however. Yes, have had a lot of mutual friend introductions, but that has been OK.

have to say that as I became so disenchanted with the old B-F site, FB became a good way for me to stay in touch with members as I just stopped wanting to post there.


Sometimes, I get a wild hair and I want to purge, but I also don't want to hurt anyones feelings! And besides, it can feel shitty (or not) when people use Social Media as a weapon to "unfriend" others for one reason or another. I have had people unfriend me because of who I was friends with, and I found it kind of funny, actually. I have also had people unfriend me because I told the truth... (also found that funny).

Oh the social-media unfriending crap! I went through some stuff with this when a person that I do know in real-time was spreading gossip about me and a few FB friends that were mutual in real-time dropped me from their friend list. I figure, these were not really friends anyway and not people I want to associate with. It was interesting, however, to get some FB messages from honorable folks that let me know she was doing this. But, it was a sequence of a friend ... of a friend.... of a friend thing, too. Some pretty wild stories- you know how things get twisted as they go from one person to another. But those that made it clear that they were not going to engage in gossip, were aware of the person's instability. Very weird (and infantile) situation!

I like to use it for local friends when we have gatherings, it's a great way to get the word out and also, I love seeing pictures of peoples animals and children and keeping up with projects they are working on, or happenings in their lives.

Me, too!

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[Jet]

I hate the net, but I admit it offers endless creative opportunities. I'll like it once I start designing for it. Segueing into the net from print is very hard to do.