Thing 20 Facebook and MySpace

I have had a site on Facebook for almost 4 years now. I love it. It started as a way to communicate with my college – age daughter and now I communicate with family and friends of my family who have accounts. It is wonderful to connect to friends all over the United States and the World. I have posted on walls, added photos, posted comments on friends’ photos etc. The only thing I will not do is allow high school students to have access to my site or be my “friends”. They think it is cool that I have a site—being old and all—but I tell them not to bother to ask—it is just too much of a problem. I don’t want to know!!! Many graduates have added me and that is just fine. I don’t do groups too much either, I like just keeping things basic. I explored MySpace and have a lot before too. I have seen it change and grow—not always to my liking. It has become much more secure and that is good. I think we need to educate our kids more on how to use social networking sites safely instead of taking them away. It is part of my curriculum.