Down_the_Rabbit_Hole Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I am new to facebook and have just a few friends on it...not a public account (if that's the right way to say it). Anyway, while talking with older son yesterday this was mentioned. He said he had an account and to friend him so I could see all his pics....(he's in the Navy and having an adventure right now)...and I can share mine. Now I am thinking. Do I really want to know all my son is doing and what he talks about with his friends? Do I really want my son to see what I talk about with my friends? Can you keep the two separate...family and friends...on facebook? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigger Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 You can compartmentalize your friends list - family, friends, friends from XYZ, group ABC, etc. Then when you post an update, you can choose which set of people (all, a select group, none) see you post. You can also selectively hide people from your wall - then you'd have to go to their wall to see what they write since you've blocked them from your view, but you're still on their friends list and they on yours, you just don't see everything they post when they post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I don't talk a lot with my friends on facebook and wouldn't post anything that I would be upset for my family/friends to see. I keep it impersonal. If your son posts personal things, then you may want to unsubscribe to what he posts - which means it doesn't just show up on your page - you have to seek it out. I end up unsubscribing to a lot of people - people who play a lot of games, vent about their children, post constantly, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 My situation is different, because my kids are younger. However, I am Facebook friends with my daughter and several of my son's friends. (My son doesn't have an account yet.) Because I am friends with my daughter, I end up seeing many of the things people post on her wall and/or say in response to her posts. Many of them are college students. Lots of them are theatre folks. It can get a little raunchy. However, I've been much more bothered by the things that many of my adult friends have posted. They are the only people I've unfriended or hidden. If you like your kid and feel like you know him well, what would you be worried you'd see? And if he suggested you friend him, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume he doesn't think you'll see anything shocking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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