Dear Readers,
So I have some rules on Facebook. If you don't know what Facebook entails, go look it up or ask a randow teenager on the street. They'll tell you all about it. Anyway, most of rules are to keep me safe on facebook from Online predators and whatnot. Not that I'd ever really be a target for something like that, probably more like identity theft or something of the sort. I have over 700 connections on Facebook. How is that being safe? Well, I have some rules about who becomes connected to my pages on the networking site.
1. They must have at least 3 friends in common with me already. Sorry to those trying to break onto the facebook scene through me, you have to have a couple friends other than me.
2. There must be a picture of them on their profile. Whether they're tagged in someone's album or their profile pictures, it doesn't matter much. As long as they have two pictures up that I can tell are that person.
There are many other rules such as not adding useless applications or ignoring ads on the side of the page, but I follow all of them. Why am I writing about this? My fmaily thinks I was insane for not accepting my Aunt's friend request online a few days ago. She did not yet have a picture of herself on the profile created, so I did not accept. I was fairly certain it was her anyway, so the request merely sat in my box until she had a picture up. Now she is one of my connections, just like dozens of other relatives.
Am I crazy for trying to stay safe online? I think not.
So I have some rules on Facebook. If you don't know what Facebook entails, go look it up or ask a randow teenager on the street. They'll tell you all about it. Anyway, most of rules are to keep me safe on facebook from Online predators and whatnot. Not that I'd ever really be a target for something like that, probably more like identity theft or something of the sort. I have over 700 connections on Facebook. How is that being safe? Well, I have some rules about who becomes connected to my pages on the networking site.
1. They must have at least 3 friends in common with me already. Sorry to those trying to break onto the facebook scene through me, you have to have a couple friends other than me.
2. There must be a picture of them on their profile. Whether they're tagged in someone's album or their profile pictures, it doesn't matter much. As long as they have two pictures up that I can tell are that person.
There are many other rules such as not adding useless applications or ignoring ads on the side of the page, but I follow all of them. Why am I writing about this? My fmaily thinks I was insane for not accepting my Aunt's friend request online a few days ago. She did not yet have a picture of herself on the profile created, so I did not accept. I was fairly certain it was her anyway, so the request merely sat in my box until she had a picture up. Now she is one of my connections, just like dozens of other relatives.
Am I crazy for trying to stay safe online? I think not.
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