Thing 8: Facebook

I started using Facebook when I was 13 and during the first week of the 23Things course, I went through all of my Facebook settings and my profile to ensure everything was up to date and my privacy was protected (as much as possible). So I am quite familiar with Facebook. I use Facebook groups often as they are a great way to connect with your community and share interests and information. My universities relied heavily on Facebook groups to both provide a space for students to share information and a place to laugh about the absurdities of living in a heavily slanted house, or sharing your bedroom with an aggressive squirrel and even complain about the live wires hanging in your bathroom. We also used groups for class projects and when I moved to Edinburgh, I used groups to find roommates. However, I have never used groups to share information with family. It may be a good idea, as there are a lot of concerns with sharing pictures online but there are also many family members who would not see these images or learn about your life otherwise. A private group seems like a more elegant solution than a long email thread.