Facebook and I have a love hate
relationship. I love the connections but I hate the overall scheme of Facebook
and the potential consequences. I have had an awkward situation arise because
of something I posted on Facebook in response to a post on Facebook from my
apartment-mate. At the time of the post we were not talking to each other
because of a big problem. My old apartment-mate found therapy in writing on
Facebook about her problems. My other apartment-mate’s were a little not so
neat freakish as she was and she decided to write out a post on Facebook saying
that everyone she lived with was dirty and a friend of mine pointed it out to
me. That was the start of our Facebook war. It was childish and went on for
days until we both got tired of writing on Facebook. Friends and Family members
were commenting on our posts and making us feel like little kids by scolding us
about our Facebook war of words with each other.
According to the article: A World I
Don’t Inhabit: Disquiet and Identity In Second Life and Facebook, “There are a
number of reasons to question the appropriateness of Facebook as a cohort
enhancer, though: it has been recorded
that young students do not like teachers or parents in “their” space, especially
if they are making embarrassing attempts to be cool; there is little control over what your ‘friends’
send you; the zany comment or picture that
seemed like a good idea at the time later feels a bit frivolous, but the
tracking system in Facebook makes you draw attention to it if you take it away.”
A situation in reference to this
article once happened to me as well. I am from New York City and I go to
Buffalo State (8 hours away from the city) my dad has a Facebook page and so I
added him as a way to keep in touch. That was a big mistake. I wrote a “bad
word” and my dad decided to write a story about his disappointment in my use of
language on my Facebook wall. I was very upset with him so I deleted him off of
Facebook and we stopped talking for about 3 months. Needles to say lesson
learned (Don’t add your dad on Facebook).
According to the Article: Examining
Students’ Intended Image on Facebook: “What Were They Thinking?!, students post
certain content to get cool points or to humor their friends with their various
posts. This is true to an extent. I think that if you have ever had a Facebook
in life drawing attention and getting likes or comments is a main goal for
posting in the first place. The Facebook project for class was not the first time I used Facebook
but this is the first time I have used Facebook for organizational purposes. I
mostly use Facebook for personal use, networking and keeping in touch with my
friends and family from home. My first impression about using Facebook for
organizational use was that it was fairly easy. I thought that it would be a
little harder to create a page but it was literally a click away. I think that
since it was so easy to create and use every organization should have one which
I realized a lot of organizations do have a Facebook.
Others
may use Social Networking sites for PR. The article http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/11/social-media-pr/
states a few uses for the ties PR and
Social Networking sites. These uses for PR can also be for general usage and
not just PR.
1. Authenticity/personality - building
a brand and having people see your brand.
2. It Scales - brands just keep
getting popular
3. It gives bragging rights by
giving leverage
When first starting the project the
instructor insisted on the class starting a new Facebook because she wanted to
separate our personal Facebook’s from our class Facebook’s. It’s like giving the class a fresh start on a
professional Facebook page. I actually had to use my personal Facebook page
because the administrators of Facebook blocked my access to my class Facebook.
Using
my Facebook for this project concerned me because it is my personal Facebook
and I have no idea what I may feel the need to post or what my friends might
post. I was a little concerned about privacy. I
feel that no matter how private you try to be on Facebook it is impossible. My
Facebook is “private” and if you are not a friend you cannot see my posts,
pictures, friends list etc… If you are a family member of mine you probably
cannot see pictures I am tagged in as well as posts that I am tagged in. I
think that with all the features on Facebook none of the information you put up
on Facebook is private. When showing a person who did not have my number my
Facebook page there was an option to “call” me and that kind of upset me
because I hid my number on Facebook but low and behold there was an option to
“call” me.
When using Facebook there are certain
things that I have learned over time.
1. Do not take over people news
feeds. This Means do not just write to write, space out the time because over
writing can cause you to be deleted.
2. Do not add people you do not
know. It is a major safety risk adding people you do not know. A lot of times
you are adding fake pages and spam..
3. The content you post is just as
important. If you post content that is sure to make family members upset and
cause problems refrain from posting anything that is offensive.
4. Do not start Facebook wars
because it can make you look ridiculous and very childish
5. Pictures that depict illegal
activities is a no-no! i.e. underage drinking, drug use etc...
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