Anyone setting up a Facebook account for the first time to try these
groups might want to have a read of this link, which explains some of
the security settings:
http://www.sophos.com/security/best-practice/facebook.html
Some of the unexpected things that can happen when you get onto Facebook
include receiving requests from people to be your "friend". Facebook
allows people to see lists of people who are "friends" with people
they're "friends" with, so the net can be cast quite widely. I expect
this might apply to groups too.
People also receive news about who their friends have become friends
with, and who they have dropped off their friends list. I think this
announcing system is the least expected thing for newcomers, so you
might want to consider disabling the "newsfeed" if you don't like the
idea of this.
Sorry to bore everyone with these details, but it might be useful to
those considering trying this new thing out.
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of
> Russell Woodford
> Sent: Sunday, 31 August 2008 11:08 PM
> To: Katherine Bronte
> Cc: Birding Aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Facebook and Birding-aus
>
>
> Apologies to Kurtis - I hadn't seen his most recent message
> when I set
> up the Birding-Aus Facebook Group. I didn't mean to undermine
> his new
> Birding Australia Wide FB Group!
>
> Anyway - I suggest we try one or the other using different settings,
> and compare notes to see what works best.
>
> If anyone is worried about using your own personal details, be
> creative. I'd guess that most Facebook users have the date of birth
> they'd like to have i.e. they knock a decade or two off their
> real age
> (and the under-20s put a few years on!) - like anything
> else online,
> don't give out too much personal information. NEVER include home
> address, etc.
>
> Let the games begin .... (now where have I heard that recently???)
>
>
>
> Russell Woodford
> Birding-Aus List Owner
>
> Geelong Victoria Australia
> http://www.birding-aus.org
>
>
>
> On 29/08/2008, at 6:20 PM, Katherine Bronte wrote:
>
> > Maybe a group and a link could be set up.
> >
> > I like to think of Facebook as huge social experiment. Also
> allowing
> > opportunities for others to learn somethings in a different way.
> > Some of the
> > applications are crap but some can be used as learning tools.
> >
> > The question of Gender and Age......statistics of course -
> > statistics!!
> >
> > Katherine
>
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