Was just reading CNN and came by this article...it relates to a so-called "technological turf battle" over social networking sites like Facebook.
So, as an adult who doesn't spend time on Facebook (I created an entry once but then deleted it) or MySpace (same thing), I'm interested in your take on family encroachment on your social networking turf. Are your relatives, particularly older relatives totally oblivious to such sites or are they setting up their own pages and trying to participate in/monitor yours?
To some extent, for younger people, I'd expect parents to want to monitor their online involvement...but for college students, I could see a clash in terms of the way you'd prefer to portray yourself to other friends vs. how you want your grandma to see you.
Obviously, your portrayal in sites like MySpace or Facebook can have serious repurcussions in terms of future employment, but how might different family members' access to your profiles affect your life in other ways? Is this debate about who has access? Or, does it spawn questions about what kind of material you post, in general? What do you think?
So, as an adult who doesn't spend time on Facebook (I created an entry once but then deleted it) or MySpace (same thing), I'm interested in your take on family encroachment on your social networking turf. Are your relatives, particularly older relatives totally oblivious to such sites or are they setting up their own pages and trying to participate in/monitor yours?
To some extent, for younger people, I'd expect parents to want to monitor their online involvement...but for college students, I could see a clash in terms of the way you'd prefer to portray yourself to other friends vs. how you want your grandma to see you.
Obviously, your portrayal in sites like MySpace or Facebook can have serious repurcussions in terms of future employment, but how might different family members' access to your profiles affect your life in other ways? Is this debate about who has access? Or, does it spawn questions about what kind of material you post, in general? What do you think?
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I think that access to facebook or myspace by my relatives would be in some sense awkward for me to know. There is nothing for me to hide, but I think its an issue whereas I am a young adult and they are not. Its almost as if they really dont have any business in looking at it. Parents do have the right to monitor their kids online activity but there would be something strange if uncle joe came up to me and commented on one of my photos. Its really not wrong for them to do so its just more of a personal factor. If our relatives really desire to be more involved with us electronically maybe we can form a new website and call it Scrapbook?
I really hope that my parents haven't seen my facebook because of some pictures that are taken, they arent really that bad but they are apart of "college life" something my parents know I do, but I don't want them to be able to keep track of it. I have thought of deleting it, but I am not really sure about how to go about that, it is probably not that complicated, I think I will do it once I get a little bit older because I won't have a need for it. I liked the comment above about scrapbook haha.
yeah it definitely would be weird if my parents could see my profile. I try not to put stuff up though that's going to portray myself in a way that i don't want people to see me. I think its important to know that anyone can see your profile and you have to be responsible about it.
My mom looked at my face and had a bunch of questions. I'll put it this way I would have much rather her never seen my facebook.Its not that I have any thing to hide from her it's just I want my friends to see a different side of me than she does. If my mom commented on my page I would be highly embarrassed. Not because I'm embarrassed by her at all but I would be embarrassed that she was trying to fit in with the kids. Although I think it's cute when you have a hip mom that tries to stay in tune with things, I'm glad that my mom isn't one of those types.
I think the debate is more along the lines of what you post rather than who has access. Let's face it, anything you put on Facebook or MySpace is not going to stay there. Even if you deny someone as a "friend" or block them, if they are good enough with computer hacking (or know someone who is) they are going to get into your things anyway. I personally have a MySpace and I do not put anything on there that I wouldn't want, say, my mother to see. Not that she knows how to navigate MySpace anyway but you never really know who is looking at your profile.
I really don't like the fact that family members are able to tap into sites such as facebook and myspace. The fact that my family can see what I'm saying to my friends and what pictures I'm putting up really is a scary thought. The only thing scarier than that thought is the thought that parents and family members are so desperate to connecting with their kids that they feel that they have to get on these sites and try to connect with their kids. In our day and age I'm not surprised neither by the fact that parents are trying to desperately connect with their kids or that an older generation is finally starting to not only have some respect and appreciation for a new generation of technology but also being able to comprehend and use it.
When i was in high school my mom wanted to know everything i was doing. I got in a lot of trouble from myspace and learned from it. You are taking your self and publishing it on the web.(HOW STUPID). i mean their are really creepy people out there and i don't understand why we all do it? I have a facebook and I'm guilt of putting everything on there. but nothing i don't want others to see. I feel that facebook is for younge adults to communicate not to be watched. Even jobs are looking at your myspaces, and facebooks now to see what type of person you are. Facebook is more secure than myspace and security settings are very good. however not everyone knows about them.
It wouldn't be awkward for me because i have nothing to hide. I am not saying i don't do bad things, i am just not going to hide them. I don't even think my grandparents would be able to locate it without my help anyway. It wouldn't bother me too much. Do grandparents even know about these websites? I think that scrapbook idea sounds good though. its like a family oriented networking system, cool idea.
I've read about programs being developed that allow companies, most likely interested in hiring a certain person that can get past privacy setting on Facebook and Myspace so that even that warm blanket feeling of only friends being able to look at your profile disappears! Yikes. I can only imagine what people would find offensive or take the wrong way from my profile.
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