Facebook...am I going to regret it???

[foxmonkey]

GOOD LORD. I finally bent to peer pressure and signed up for Facebook. Am I going to regret it? Any fannish horror stories to share? Anything in particular I should be wary of? Facebook. ::shudder::

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[copracat]

Yes, don't be fannish on Facebook. Facebook is where your sister in law posts family photos, you play online games with people and it's kind of like mini-twitter. It's annoying and you may get harassed by people you thought you'd never hear from again.

Check the copyright and privacy faqs. As I understand it Facebook claims an irrevocable world-wide licence to anything you put on Facebook.

Here are three interesting articles on Facebook. Readwriteweb.com is a good site for reasonable reporting about Facebook.

One thing I actually like about it a lot is that I've friended a whole bunch of local theatre companies, cinemas, performers and bands. I always get to hear about small gigs and often get ticket offers. People without big marketing budgets use Facebook to get word of mouth happening. It also makes it easy to forward info about events to your Facebook friends and arrange outings. That part is quite keen.