FaceBook?

[Jenn218]

Soooo, almost ALL of my daughters friends have FaceBook...and now she wants it too....

Does anyone have FaceBook? What do you think of it? Safety? Is 14 too young for it?

I would appreciate any thoughts! THANKS!!!

[marcerella02]

Originally Posted by Jenn218

Soooo, almost ALL of my daughters friends have FaceBook...and now she wants it too....

Does anyone have FaceBook? What do you think of it? Safety? Is 14 too young for it?

I would appreciate any thoughts! THANKS!!!

i have facebook. you should probably make sure her sercurity level is as high as it can go (only her "Friends" can view her profile). IT's like msn... you just gotta be careful!

eta. the fact that she is ASKING you if she can get it and not just going and signing up by herself shows that she is very responsible and would probably be responsible on it. You yourself can have facebook as well and can monitor her page.

[SladesMommy]

I have Facebook. I like it better than Myspace b/c I don't get as many weird people that I don't know trying to add me as a friend or sending me odd messages.

I don't think 14 is too young for facebook as long as you monitor it. IMO, it seems safer than myspace.

[juliaw04]

I agree with everything that has been said. I have a facebook account too and I am almost as addicted to it as I am YT! You have the ability to set the security limits so only her "friends" can see her information. My 14 year old neice has an account. I know there are high school networks within..there may be middle school networks too so she can find her classmates.

[lindabjk]

couldn't agree more! i think myspace is a little shady and much easier to hack into than facebook. The software programmers from Facebook have made it virtually impossible to compromise. I love Facebook and like everyone else has said it is very easy to adjust the security settings. on a WAY SIDE note...your daughter is far from college age...but these sites are so prevalent, schools are searching students on facebook and myspace and looking at their profile and pictures as part of admittance (this happened at many the grad schools i applied to, to see how serious of a student i was). and i must comment that you and yours daughter must have a very good relationship from how it sounds, congrats

[AshDawn]

I agree with those that have said Facebook over MySpace. There are some interesting characters on MySpace. Just make sure if she chooses to join a network on Facebook that it's her school, not the area you live in. Then only people from her school can see her profile...but like others have said there are more security features you can add.

[MeganS]

I have a FaceBook. I don't have a MySpace because I don't feel that its safe at all. However, with FaceBook, it can be set so that anyone who wants to see her profile has to be friends with her first. and she has to approve all friends (and there's also an option for "limited profile" if its someone she knows but doesn't really know, if you understand what I mean).

FaceBook is very safe and very secure. Have her join in her school's network.

[Jenn218]

Thanks everyone...I guess, I can't get on there and look around w/o having an account, huh? I thought I would look and see what some of her friends "pages" looked look, but it wasn't letting me...darn!!!

[juliaw04]

Originally Posted by Jenn218

Thanks everyone...I guess, I can't get on there and look around w/o having an account, huh? I thought I would look and see what some of her friends "pages" looked look, but it wasn't letting me...darn!!!

nope, you can't look around without having an account. Even once you have an account, you won't be able to see most people's pages until you've added them as a friend. Guess that's one of those darn security features!

[YorkieAunt]

I really like facebook and I personally don't think 14 is too young to have a facebook page. If you have a facebook page, then you can add your daughter as a friend and keep an eye on her page and what is being posted on it. However, it is addicting and I find between YT, Facebook, and Dogbook, I am not getting much done around my house!

[Jenn218]

Originally Posted by juliaw04

nope, you can't look around without having an account. Even once you have an account, you won't be able to see most people's pages until you've added them as a friend. Guess that's one of those darn security features!

Well, that is actually good....I was just hoping to see how others have theirs set up. I think I will have her call some friends to get it all figured out!

[Jenn218]

Originally Posted by YorkieAunt

I really like facebook and I personally don't think 14 is too young to have a facebook page. If you have a facebook page, then you can add your daughter as a friend and keep an eye on her page and what is being posted on it. However, it is addicting and I find between YT, Facebook, and Dogbook, I am not getting much done around my house!

I don't have one, but I think that is a good idea....I know, she will give me her password, etc....so I think that will be okay...I trust her enough....I just don't trust the others!

[YorkichonBella]

On the news tonite: MySpace is being sued for alleged rape. 14 yr old girl met man on MySpace! so Sad! & Scary!

[MeganS]

Originally Posted by YorkichonBella

On the news tonite: MySpace is being sued for alleged rape. 14 yr old girl met man on MySpace! so Sad! & Scary!

sick, sick, sick!! And MySpace isn't so much to blame as the idiots on there. Its kinda like guns...guns don't kill people do. But still, MySpace could be MUCH safer. Its so dangerous.

[Jenn218]

Originally Posted by MeganS

sick, sick, sick!! And MySpace isn't so much to blame as the idiots on there. Its kinda like guns...guns don't kill people do. But still, MySpace could be MUCH safer. Its so dangerous.

Definitely NO myspace here!!! That is horrible!

We did sign up for FaceBook....she hasn't posted any of her pictures yet, just some of the dogs! So far, I think we set it up where people in her "network" can send a message for approval or something like that...I guess she has to approve them as friends before she will get messages or something??...we are still new to all of this, so we are learning.

I think....I hope, that we also hid her email addy too....

Do you all think it is safe for her to post pictures on there? Her daddy and I worry about that kind of stuff, ya know?!

Some friends have pictures, some have their faces blurred (which, why even post it), some do not even have pictures of themselves...and some...I was ashamed of them for some of the pictures they even put on there!