Facebook, are you kidding me? "Simplified" User privacy settings?

[Fudgie]

They will NEVER be as sophisticated as BYC settings! NEVER !

(how's that for a suckup!) But honestly, it is an idiotic interface. I thought what the heck, this is not a choice!

 

[Buff Hooligans]

I just joined FB yesterday and I had a hard time of trying to find where I could very strictly limit who sees what.

I find the "wall" page pretty confusing. BYC is so much simpler to have a bunch of friends all together at one time who gather around a thread like friends at a water cooler.
Facebook is not so good at that, at least that I can tell.

Well, go get 'em Nifty!

 

[thefishery]

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I thought facebook was very confusing when I first started it and never used it again for a year or more. Now I'm hooked to mafia wars and farmtown

 

[Fay at Frizzled Feathers]

I totally agree on FB - WORST USER INTERFACE DESIGN EVER !

I use both FB and Myspace because some fam n friends only have one or the other . I by far like Myspace over FB though but then i have had it longer and use it way more.

 

[EweSheep]

I have FB and I am not crazy about the set up either! FV and other games going on is the PITS! Either they are constantly "upgrading" it or "having problems".

BTW, who created FB? A panel of geeks and who decided to put in those ideas that it would be faster and better, you can bet it is teenagers or idiots telling the panel of geeks DO THIS or DO THAT and they had to make them happy. That is MY guess.

I am not computer geeky but what is user interface design?

 

[WriterofWords]

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I got that message when I sent all my neighbors a present at the same time! I emailed them on the contact page and they apologized and said they haven't figured out yet how to fix some things and that it probably thought I was spamming!

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

I do really like facebook and use it a lot to stay in touch and reconnect. It is very high on my list now of favorite tech things. That said, there are definitely a ton of areas where they should make simple changes for a much better user interface. BYC isn't perfect in all of the features we have, but we also don't have millions and millions in VC funding and partnerships with huge companies like Microsoft.

Regarding kids on facebook: I've actually thought it would be a good idea to allow your kid to have a FB account on the condition that they give you the login & password.

Think about it, they create an account with their real name and connect to all their friends and talk about what they are doing and where they have been. They post links to the things they like and talk about what they don't like. It is as though they are giving you a direct peek into their brains... something I'm sure all parent's of teens would love to have!

What's nice about FB is that you'd be able to tell really quickly if they gave you access to their "real" account or if they just setup a shell / dummy account for mom/dad. You'll be able to see all their friends and friends' friends, so if your kid is connected to them with an alias or another account you'll be able to figure it out.

So, I think I'd actually allow my kids to have a FB account. They are going to want to be social and engage socially online (like all their other friends). Might as well do it under your terms and reap the benefits of having 100% access to their lives and their communications with friends.

 

[dacjohns]

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I agree. I would not have been able to take college courses and qualify for my new job without the internet. And the courses were just as tough as being in the classroom. Many jobs with the federal government require online application.

 

[chickflick]

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I got that message when I sent all my neighbors a present at the same time! I emailed them on the contact page and they apologized and said they haven't figured out yet how to fix some things and that it probably thought I was spamming!

That may be the reason. I did send all my friends a present...don't they encourage that? we

 

[mom'sfolly]

My soon to be twelve year old set up a facebook account without telling us. He was busted by his uncle in less than 1/2 hour. We reviewed what his friends were doing, and were going to let him have an account, when we found out to have an official account you need to be thirteen...."sorry, buddy, the rules say thirteen". So, with their parents knowledge and consent, most of his friends have facebook accounts and have lied about their ages.

I agree with Nifty, than it is a good technique to follow your children's friends and activites. I have a boy, and he is somewhat more communicative than a rock, but not much. It will be good to have an "in" to his mind.