Comments on: My Mom’s On Facebook: Here’s What I Think That Means http://jefflail.com/2009/10/01/my-moms-on-facebook-heres-what-i-think-that-means/ Student Activities, Student Union, Sports, and Technology....Oh, and I Like to Cook Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:25:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jeffnearlife http://jefflail.com/2009/10/01/my-moms-on-facebook-heres-what-i-think-that-means/#comment-141 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:44:49 +0000 http://jefflail.com/?p=379#comment-141 I’ve seen this attitude among the people I know that are on Facebook as well. Older people see it as a place to play (students do too, they just don’t play the same way as parents do). I can say that one thing for me has been integrating my personal and professional life to be more fluid. However, I think this is not something that fits with traditional baby boomer/gen X values. I don’t see the Millenials trying to keep things separate like that, especially as they’ve grown up with the technology.

]]> By: Sarah http://jefflail.com/2009/10/01/my-moms-on-facebook-heres-what-i-think-that-means/#comment-140 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:45:06 +0000 http://jefflail.com/?p=379#comment-140 My dad recently joined Facebook (my mom isn’t quite as interested in that stuff) and we have had a lot of great conversations about Facebook etiquette, the importance of social media, how to use different platforms (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc) for different purposes, etc. He sees Facebook as his place to “play”: posting pictures and videos of his latest outdoor adventures, catching up with his nieces, nephews, and in-laws, and more. His more professional side of things is done on LinkedIn. I will wholeheartedly admit that my parents are actually pretty cool and open-minded, but I really don’t mind him being on there. I think his being on Facebook has actually helped us strengthen our relationship a bit more because we can see the “virtual” sides of each other that we want to portray.

I say, bring on the parents. Let them have some fun, too!

]]> By: jeffnearlife http://jefflail.com/2009/10/01/my-moms-on-facebook-heres-what-i-think-that-means/#comment-139 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:15:03 +0000 http://jefflail.com/?p=379#comment-139 Some stuff I should have added to this post…
A friend of mine (@jacksonj) was posting on Twitter yesterday that he thought that Facebook will have a dramatic drop off in use by the younger crowd as their parents get more saturated on Facebook.
Someone from England responded and said that it already has started over there!

The links…
Jeff’s article http://bit.ly/RYmv8
Britain article
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/05082009/399/social-sites-losing-popularity-young.html

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