facebook friends
So, I don't write in a while and this is what I want to talk about. I am very very particular with fb (facebook), I only add people I LIKE and want them to see my profile/talk to me. Its like being in a party and surrounding yourself with only your friends :) Now, since fb has me getting my friends from like middle school/high school, the question is multi fold...
1) Are these ppl STILL my friend? Am I keeping in touch just to spy on them? Did their friendship have a time and a place?
2) What's the age limit for friends on fb...
I have kids that I used to babysit for on there, I have the dean of my graduate school, I even have 2 Associated press, 1 CNN writer on there- is there/should there be an age limit? class limit? social networking limit?? The thing I don't like about fb is it generalizes everyone, whereas there just to be a certain amount of exclusivity with lets say the dean of my graduate school, or the AP writer or whomever, this is now gone. We are all 1. The difference in education, status, job, etc don't matter b/c we are all on the same playing field.
3) What about the friends of the friends, or the friends of a parent that want to add you?
There is a man who's daughter I have on fb and is good friends with my father (he is the Gabbi at my dad's shul) and he is 60ish and he wants to be my friend on facebook. thus far, I haven't added him and now when I see him its awkward... Its kinda a "diss" but really I don't want/need/like having someone easily 30+ my senior reading that my favorite movie is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
4) What do I do with the 10 others I don't want to add, but don't want to be rude to?
I have 10 people sitting calmly in my add/reject friends folder. I don't want to outright delete them and say "no" b/c perhaps in real life I would know these people and/or remember them, and I just don't want to be mean...
Do you see the tough decisions I face every time I log-on... Okay, thoughts are welcome!!
1) Are these ppl STILL my friend? Am I keeping in touch just to spy on them? Did their friendship have a time and a place?
2) What's the age limit for friends on fb...
I have kids that I used to babysit for on there, I have the dean of my graduate school, I even have 2 Associated press, 1 CNN writer on there- is there/should there be an age limit? class limit? social networking limit?? The thing I don't like about fb is it generalizes everyone, whereas there just to be a certain amount of exclusivity with lets say the dean of my graduate school, or the AP writer or whomever, this is now gone. We are all 1. The difference in education, status, job, etc don't matter b/c we are all on the same playing field.
3) What about the friends of the friends, or the friends of a parent that want to add you?
There is a man who's daughter I have on fb and is good friends with my father (he is the Gabbi at my dad's shul) and he is 60ish and he wants to be my friend on facebook. thus far, I haven't added him and now when I see him its awkward... Its kinda a "diss" but really I don't want/need/like having someone easily 30+ my senior reading that my favorite movie is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
4) What do I do with the 10 others I don't want to add, but don't want to be rude to?
I have 10 people sitting calmly in my add/reject friends folder. I don't want to outright delete them and say "no" b/c perhaps in real life I would know these people and/or remember them, and I just don't want to be mean...
Do you see the tough decisions I face every time I log-on... Okay, thoughts are welcome!!