Friday, September 12, 2008

Thing 20: Social Networking

I would have never created a Facebook account had it not been for the 23 Things. Now I feel I have to keep adding more stuff to my profile. But who really cares? I only have 3 friends and belong to 4 groups, the 23 Things, Librarians against Sarah Palin, Barack Obama and I Love Opera.

I can see how this is a great way to keep up with people, stay in touch and find people or groups. I agree that librarians need to be aware of the communication tool. I jumped ahead to this thing, went immediately to Facebook, created an account and did not look at MySpace. So I can't compare. It does feel like Facebook is secure. But I am still leary about using a real picture. (I am using my Blog avatar.) Although I was disappointed that only 5 people, out of 173, from my high school graduating class had a face book page and I could only remember 3 of them. I have to remind myself that people really use the thing for networking and not snooping.

I tried using the new interface and got a little confused so I went back to the old one.

I will probably keep updating my facebook profile because it is fun.

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