Down with Facebook!

This seems to be a good tutorial on managing all the various privacy settings, etc... I haven't made my way through it yet so can't say for certain.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=71679408178

I have to agree with Robert regarding it being a tool. And a good tool at that! I've had a mostly dormant account for years, but my family is starting to get into it; and now I'm really starting to like it. Seeing pics and reading accounts from interesting people that I otherwise might miss puts a smile on my face. Plus, I've used it to reunite with some people I've lost touch with, that I really did want to hear from again.

Some of you may remember my OCCOM Childcare thread from like 6 years ago? Not only did Facebook put me back in touch with my friend; no sooner did that happen; I got to snoop photos of her and her then 7 year-old little angel (now 13) as well. Now tall and skinny with a mouth full of braces! Now I did get a couple photos emailed to me right of way; but what are the odds anyone would send you several dozen, including family and friends, within minutes of contact? Phones and email just don't do that.

Heck, the last super-cool family news I received, that my genius nephew was accepted at Yale; Soz learned before I did, thanks to Facebook. It really is a cool tool.

Yes, it can be very cool. Today I came upon an EXTENSIVE family tree project that a friend of mine did... Involved traveling around a great deal (his family is all over the world), hunting down old photos, taking stories from his grandparents and great grandparents (and many aunts, uncles....great great grand whoevers)... It mixes politics (his father's side was an important chinese diplomat family), romance, drama..... excellent stuff. He could have done it in a scrapbook, but then I'd never come across it.