Unlike most older Facebook members, I've been on Facebook for a number of years thanks to a college email account. This has allowed me to interact with my children and their friends. For over two years I was the only pre 2000 Dartmouth alum. With Facebook expanding to businesses I am in a quandary when business associates send me "friend invites". Do I want them to see my children's networks through me?? I know there is security, but it is not perfect. At one point this evening I almost used the "removed friend" command for a a number of folks ... but this would also send the wrong message. Thus, my basic question, how much intermingling do we all want between work and our personal lives. I don't know the answer to that question, but I would be very interested in hearing from those of you who are linked via Facebook to your college and high school aged children, and their friends.
If you're interested in exploring this issue further, link to the Stanford / Always On Summit. One of the sessions was a panel discussion titled Social Networking 3.0. The CEO's from some of the top social networking sites discussed the future of this web service. (Webinar | Podcast)
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