On Sat, 7 Feb 2009, Richard Chycoski wrote: > I have not yet succumbed to joining facebook either, but: > > Facebook gives you control over what is public, the stuff that you want > everyone to see, and what is private - stuff you only want your friends > to see. > > Potential employers often check out facebook these days, so while you > might let your 'friends' see the pictures of your drunken rivalry after > the Superbowl/Stanley Cup/LISA bash/etc., it might not be in your best > interest to make such pictures fully public... This also applies to > other, er, revealing pictures that could bring unwanted attention to > yourself. Or, maybe you like the attention, in which case, make them > public - as long as your future bosses don't mind. Everything seems to > live forever on the net!
keep in mind that something that you post for 'friends only' they may re-post elsewhere. David Lang > Hint: If you want a quick glimpse of facebook, use google to search for > a name and put 'site:facebook.com' on the query. You do still need to > join up to get more indepth results, but you might find a few friends or > relatives of your own - I did. I might even have to break down an join > someday. > > - Richard > > > Yves Dorfsman wrote: >> I've seen of couple of messages on the lopsa mailing lists saying "check my >> facebook page" or something similar. I follow the link, and it page asks me >> to "join" in order to be able to see the page... >> >> What is the point of faceboot over say a personal web page ? >> What is the whole "friend" thing on facebook, is it a connection like >> linkedin ? >> >> To me the point of a webpage is for visibility, why would you put your >> webpage on a restricted system, where only the members can see it ? >> >> Sometimes I'm wondering if this is a generation gap, but when I look at the >> other "new" "social" websites, say reddit, they let you read both stories >> and comment, even people profiles without registering. As someone who has >> found no value in linkedin, what is the point of facebook ? >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
