Do not like Facebook...
Dec. 14th, 2010 05:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I used to be on Facebook. One of my sisters ragged me about it for so long, I caved.
I almost instantly regretted it.
I am a writer. I do not write in sound bites that fit on the wall.
So I always ran out of characters before I ran out of something to say.
Then, the little wet-behind-the-ears Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, declared that privacy was no longer a "social norm," and that was all I needed to deep-six Facebook.
And yet, many of the bloggers I follow are on Facebook. Even when they post that they don't really like it.
So I want to know...is there an advantage from a genealogical perspective to being on Facebook?
I frankly do not have any desire to re-connect with people with whom I attended grade school. I don't play games, or send cyber-gifts to people.
But, for those who have done it, is there a benefit to creating a surname or family page on Facebook? Have you made connections that helped with your research?
I almost instantly regretted it.
I am a writer. I do not write in sound bites that fit on the wall.
So I always ran out of characters before I ran out of something to say.
Then, the little wet-behind-the-ears Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, declared that privacy was no longer a "social norm," and that was all I needed to deep-six Facebook.
And yet, many of the bloggers I follow are on Facebook. Even when they post that they don't really like it.
So I want to know...is there an advantage from a genealogical perspective to being on Facebook?
I frankly do not have any desire to re-connect with people with whom I attended grade school. I don't play games, or send cyber-gifts to people.
But, for those who have done it, is there a benefit to creating a surname or family page on Facebook? Have you made connections that helped with your research?
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Date: 2010-12-25 02:55 pm (UTC)I also enjoy keeping up with folks from high school (we are planning our 25th reunion).
Jenny Lanctot
www.aremyrootsshowing.blogspot.com
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Date: 2010-12-25 03:26 pm (UTC)I'll spend some time today looking at that...