Its only one step on from Seabreeze? In any event, my wife says I pay too much attention to Seabreeze at the expense of engaging with the family (and to perthmtb.asn, and coffeesnobs, and yahoofinance etc etc).
And now there is facebook. I have been paying attention to that because my daughter was approaching it. She turned 13 the other day and is onto it.
So I am really interested in the 'rules' of keeping out of trouble in the online space.
My advice to her has been:
. don't go too fast - nobody wants a gazillion posts from the one poster at any one time - make each post add value and count (in other words, only say something when you have something useful to say)
. don't get personal about yourself - only post fluff - its a substitute for the telly - and remember, one day, your chances for a job will depend on how 'appropriate' your next post is and what it tells about your psychology
. never personally criticise anyone else - don't contribute to someone else's misery.
I must say, I have found it quite fun. I enjoy reading other 'friends' posts about quirky things they find on the net, or seeing their latest Instagram photo, etc
The amount of old in this thread is astonishing.
"Oh it's new (in your mind), I don't like it."
"Oh I believe everything in the media, so I don't like it."
"Oh something bad happened to someone who has a Facebook account, I don't like it"
"I don't know how to use it for my benefit and don't want to learn, so I don't like it."
Keep the onions tied on to your belts fellas.
One of the greatest avenue for international criminal minded people to gather data on all levels
Might take a while to build a profile on XYZ, but over a 12-18 month span, its surprising what people will document about themselves and family. Doesn't take too long to fit the jigsaw together, or join the dots for a real scam to be activated.
Ran a class on what people could find out about others, just using Facebook over three months. Was scary on what was unearthed 
Use this mode of social interaction with great trepidation. Not all on this media system are nice people
Face book is
Facebook's epic! Here's why:
1) keep up to date with mates wherever they are.
2) keep up to date with said mates missus' photos
3) I 'like' a bunch of science sites that post up a bunch of info regularly. Did you know that Mole Rats are resistant to cancer? I learnt that this morning!
4) Store photos
5) during footy season keep up to speed on who's in/out injuries, reserve sides etc
6) loose ya phone...no stress
7) good for a laugh
8) no old pricks having a whinge on there
It seems to me that those that are anti-facebook really don't understand its ins and outs and what its possibilities really are.
Rudebeef has a good handle on it.
But it's also a feed of information. With more and more corporations, community groups, interest groups especially in the surfing industry moving towards facebook marketing with Facebook pages and posts, it gives you a constant feed of information. It's essentially like and RSS Feed system for everything that you 'like'.
I have pretty much every surfing corp added to mine as well as Surfers, Surfing Photographers, Action groups such as the "Save our spit" guys from all over the world. All linked in my facebook and I am never short or out of date.
right now I have in my FB feed
-a post from Volcom Stone about an upcoming super grom.
-PT (Peter Townend) has a surfing post
-Surfing NSW posting about the BL blast off
-Numerous posts of epic surf photos from Photographers in Bondi, Byron, Hawaii, WA...etc.
-Surf Vid from Runanuk Visuals
-Another surf vid from DailySurf
-A few boobs thrown in from Monster Children and Velvet Sea for good measure
Its never a dull moment on my feed and also worth a read when I get a spare moment.
I also have my Nan who lives on the other side on the country on mine and she loves it. She gets to keep 'in touch' we give her regular updates on her great grandkids, we get to converse through messages and chat. Before Spazbook the only correspondance between us was Birthday cards and the end of year family update letter Mum sends out.
Learn it and you might be surprised.
Thats not saying i disagree with fingerbone. Those people posting about being sick or when they are having a dump, or bragging where they are with a check-in etc etc. This stuff is pretty lame.
one of my ex students (hot chick) found me on FB..... now she's in my bed....
love facebook !! (lame stuff apart from that and Bjorn's updates)
Yep, biggest twit ever, in whatever sense of the word...
You can stop at the picture...
www.news.com.au/technology/australias-biggest-ever-twit-and-proud-on-twitter/news-story/363550def532313428e6efaf369c188e
Is it true there will be a merger of You Tube, Twitter and Facebook that will be called
......YouTwitFace???
