Foray into Facebook
I don’t know what pushed me over the edge. Curiosity? Boredom? A burning desire to connect? Feeling left out of the Web 2.0 revolution? Maybe a little of each. Today I joined Facebook.
I guess I have three immediate reactions:
1. Either I need to meet more people or the people I know need to get with the program. I could only locate two friends! I’m sure it’s in part due to the fact that we’re friends with so many teachers and teachers are, well, you know… on the outside looking in when it comes to social web technologies.
2. What an incredibly polished piece of software! I was impressed at how powerful Facebook is, how nicely it presents, and how tight the integration with other web apps is.
3. The privacy stuff. The very first thing I did after signing up was to go and lock down my profile. I was impressed at how granular the privacy controls are (field-level controls – you decide who can see each discrete piece of information in your profile) and relieved when I looked up our district’s students to see how few actually had public profiles. They are more savvy than we give them credit for being…
I’m having fun with it so far. More to come!
