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Jan 02, 2007

Have you “Facebooked” anyone lately?
Posted by: Cathy Wing


If you don’t know what it means “to Facebook” someone, then you don’t know about Facebook, the fastest growing social networking site for post secondary and high school students. The site, which was founded in 2004 by a Harvard student, is the 7th most popular website in the U.S. Young people use Facebook to stay in constant touch with friends at their schools and join communities of people with similar interests. "To Facebook" someone means to check out his or her profile before meeting them.

"Facebooking" has replaced instant messaging as the primary mode of communication for many kids and its addictive quality has some students, parents and school administrators concerned. Read through the following tips to ensure your kids are using the site in a safe and intelligent way:

  • Talk to your kids about Facebook. Ask to see their profile and have them guide you through how they add friends. Make sure they have enabled the privacy feature that allows them to restrict access to only people they know.
  • Explain that they must be extremely careful when posting information about themselves on the site because school administrators, police and potential employees have been known to troll Facebook profiles looking for incriminating or illegal behaviour.
  • Read through the Terms posted on the site with your kids. The section User Content Posted on the Site explains that the company has the right to use content posted on the site in any way it chooses to.
 





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