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::

Comments

[joeysdramaqueen.livejournal.com]

Other than the fact that you will start reconnecting with friends from HS who have the potential to embarass the shit out of you? No. LOL

My best advice:

[between-names.livejournal.com]

DO NOT CROSS THE STREAMS.

FB = real life, people you know from HS, college, work, church, the community, and the few fannish friends you know IRL and trust enough to keep the porn on LJ where it belongs.

LJ = none of the above, except those fannish friends :D

[pjordha.livejournal.com]

I agree. For me, Facebook are REAL people, who know my face, from childhood/school/college/work, and know *nothing* about my fannish behaviour. LJ is for squeeing and slash-o-ramas.

[bartinigirl03.livejournal.com]

It will suck you in.

[jewelianna.livejournal.com]

Two rules to live by:

#1: If they're not actually your friend in real life, they shouldn't be your friend in facebook. Resist the temptation.

#2: If they are under 21 and you are over 21, they should not be your friend. Exceptions made for your own children, of course.

[powrhug.livejournal.com]

I've read through the other comments and I think I break all of the rules! =) But then I've never hid my real name/identify/face on LJ, so it doesn't matter to me if someone finds this place or that place. In fact, I have both real world friends and fandom friends on my FB. I also have people of all ages, including my Mom, my niece, and (they keep adding me) my nieces friends.

*shrug*

The only rule I have is I don't add anyone I don't know. But then I've only had a few requests like that. But I'll add anyone I know from fandom, so look me up or let me know when you get one if you want to add me!

[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.