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I don't have a Facebook page (never been into social media), but my son has one. He's been trying to convince me to get one as well, but I doubt I will.
You guys are being way too hard on txtqueen. It isn't nearly all that serious.
You aren't here all that much.
Read the THOUSANDS of posts she's made in Parenting telling us the endless, intimate details of her life and her vast lists of complaints about her mother and brother and her life in general and you will understand where we are coming from. I can assure you there is a VERY good reason some of us have responded as we have.
You guys are being way too hard on txtqueen. It isn't nearly all that serious.
The site is very funny. I like the dyac site about parent texts, also. We've had to talk to DH's mom and grandmother about appropriate netiquette on more than one occasion. DH even defriended granny at one point because she was being so inappropriate!! But they're learning.
Some of the "old people are old" comments on the thread are just annoying, though, IMO.
Exactly.
I post pictures of places I go, I go to hookah bars/regular bars.
Once you get to a certain maturity, you decide that if you have to hide who you are and what you do from anyone, then you probably shouldn't be doing it. If there is nothing wrong with what you are doing, then there becomes no need to hide it.
Once you get to a certain maturity, you decide that if you have to hide who you are and what you do from anyone, then you probably shouldn't be doing it. If there is nothing wrong with what you are doing, then there becomes no need to hide it.
I don't think it's that cut and dry. What if someone's parents are exceptionally more conservative than they are? Are you saying that person should have to censor themselves on their own FB page?
I don't think it's that cut and dry. What if someone's parents are exceptionally more conservative than they are? Are you saying that person should have to censor themselves on their own FB page?
What does "have to" mean? Once you are a grown person, there is precious little you "have to" do. If someone is more conservative than I am, that is there problem when reading what I have to say. I would not change myself or what I think simply because my mother thinks differently. My ultra conservative SIL comments on my ultra liberal posts all the time.
I don't think it's that cut and dry. What if someone's parents are exceptionally more conservative than they are? Are you saying that person should have to censor themselves on their own FB page?
An adult doesn't "have to" do anything. You and txt are free to post whatever you want, but there will be consequences like comments of disapproval from mom and grandma. You can decide to deal with the comments and disapproval, or you can choose to censor yourself because showing off to your friends isn't worth the drama of dealing with the nay sayers.
I used to post a lot of political stuff. They sometimes resulted in pissing matches between my MIL and I or a couple friends and I. One of the "friends" deleted me, which is fine. But I'm stuck with my MIL. I decided it isn't worth the drama and raised blood pressure, so I've cut back quite a bit. this person will be part of my life for the next 20+ years. I know her feelings. She knows mine. I'd rather not discuss it with her.
Once you get to a certain maturity, you decide that if you have to hide who you are and what you do from anyone, then you probably shouldn't be doing it. If there is nothing wrong with what you are doing, then there becomes no need to hide it.
Here's the thing with Facebook...Facebook is a written and published communication. There's no way around that, which makes it a bad place to put things you don't want everyone to know.
Even if all your 'friends' on FB are considered good close friends...all it takes is ONE of them to show or tell someone something off yours...and it is no longer just among friends. Posting on FB is just like sex in the regards if you want to guarantee nothing will happen, the ONLY way to prevent it is to just not do it. You can take all the precautions in the world...but if you take the risk of doing it (whether sex or posting on FB) then you take the risk something happening that you don't want to happen. Weigh the risks and choose. You knew the risks going in....
Regarding 'folks over 40' not knowing what they are doing.....many of the current generation fail to realize which generation(people) created the internet, which ones have been there since the beginning and which ones also have a deep understanding of the inner workings. I'm 52 and have been internet savvy for more years than some of the posters have been alive here.....just sayin'...something to think about. :-)
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But they're learning. 
