Dumb old guy question about facebook

[Art Vandelay]

Ok my daughter now has a facebook account, which means I have signed up for one too. How do I make hers and mine private? Actually I don't care if mine is private since I don't plan to respond or talk to people just use it to monitor her activity (that sounds kind of creepy when I think about it). Basically I just don't want scary older guys or someone pretending to be a young teenage boy talking to her. She is a pretty naive girl and right or wrong I still want to keep an eye on her.

I just realized I'm not even sure I know what "private" means on facebook, but Mrs Funk or someone else suggested that is what I should do. Wow I hate being the old guy who has flashing 12:00 on his VCR.

[Babs]

Wow I hate being the old guy who has flashing 12:00 on his VCR.

you mean DVR, right?

[Art Vandelay]

you mean DVR, right?

Ok I think I figured it all out. What a strange animal FB is. I join and immediately have 50+ suggested friends and within 10 minutes have 5 friend requests. So far they have all been family or people I'm fine being "friends" with, but how do I avoid having to be friends with every member of my ward or person I graduated HS with?

Ugh my daughter already has 20+ friends and over half of them are boys and clicking on their profiles they all seem to be "interested in women"

[Katy Lied]

I think you'll find Facebook very useful in maintaining ties to the youth in your ward. I would even ask the youth to send you a friend request. One tends to think carefully about posting things that one's bishop can read.

[Fiyero]

I join and immediately have 50+ suggested friends and within 10 minutes have 5 friend requests. So far they have all been family or people I'm fine being "friends" with, but how do I avoid having to be friends with every member of my ward or person I graduated HS with?

Your surge of friend requests may have something to do with your email. Everyone in your address book who signed up on facebook with that same email address probably received a "you may know this person" notification.

[myboynoah]

Ugh my daughter already has 20+ friends and over half of them are boys and clicking on their profiles they all seem to be "interested in women"

Be sure to check what they list as their "best feature." Also, check their ages. You'll be surprised by how many of her classmates are 20+.

Our daughter's first Myspace (how retro) experience was a disaster (not her fault). We took a six-month hiatus and then re-entered the arena.

Now the real parenting begins.

[byu71]

If you get a face book account do you have to show your face. I am not up for a bunch of women requesting to be friends and other things.

[The_Tick]

Art,

The one request that we have with our daughters (yes...the 12 year old has one) is that they actually KNOW the person they are befriending. (Not in the biblical sense)

None of that "friend of a friend" stuff.

From time to time I cruise the friends list and ask them questions. If they can't answer then they are removed.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

What a strange animal FB is.

Violation!

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Ok I think I figured it all out. What a strange animal FB is. I join and immediately have 50+ suggested friends and within 10 minutes have 5 friend requests. So far they have all been family or people I'm fine being "friends" with, but how do I avoid having to be friends with every member of my ward or person I graduated HS with?

Ugh my daughter already has 20+ friends and over half of them are boys and clicking on their profiles they all seem to be "interested in women"

Aren't you the bishop? If so you better not turn people down for friend requests and just realize that the entire ward is going to friend you.

[UteStar]

If you get a face book account do you have to show your face. I am not up for a bunch of women requesting to be friends and other things.

DON'T I KNOW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[YOhio]

DON'T I KNOW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If I was on Facebook and they had a Frenemy list, I would put you on it.

[Art Vandelay]

Aren't you the bishop? If so you better not turn people down for friend requests and just realize that the entire ward is going to friend you.

I'm still not figuring out why people are so addicted to this thing. I log onto my email this morning and it is full of emails from Facebook. I go to FB and have 17 new friend requests, most of which are my ward. I guess it is cool they want to be "friends" with their bishop, but I just don't get why I need to know.


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[UteStar]

If I was on Facebook and they had a Frenemy list, I would put you on it.

I am on Facebook and I check every day to see if you have joined. I have already put out an 'Accept with some reservations though' alert when you join.

[Katy Lied]

If you get a face book account do you have to show your face. I am not up for a bunch of women requesting to be friends and other things.

Afraid with that handsome mug of yours, you'll be inundated by the womenfolk, eh?