tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post6790922336445795567..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Thoughts on FacebookBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-11547704977431605242010-06-22T09:07:35.565-07:002010-06-22T09:07:35.565-07:00i also have an odd mix of FB friends -- family, pe...i also have an odd mix of FB friends -- family, personal friends, blog friends. i'm on FB under an alias, because i don't want to be searchable. but i also don't post anything that i wouldn't want passed around.<br /><br />i think it is fine to ignore friend requests. i've also de-friended people for various reasons -- including the one professional friend i had on the list, after a difficult professional drama.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-28175274905007586602010-06-21T17:30:38.880-07:002010-06-21T17:30:38.880-07:00You don't really need to worry about hurting t...You don't really need to worry about hurting the kid's feelings by not choosing to friend hir again. My newly-graduated colleagues seem to friend/unfriend/ignore at their whim, and without much emotional investment. <br /><br />I actually have a teacher site for my students, where I post occasionally and always in a student-friendly way. This allows me to be the vulgar mean jerk I want to be and my friends and family expect on my regular page.Heohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790601758953554870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-39864699540253893182010-06-21T11:15:38.179-07:002010-06-21T11:15:38.179-07:00I wouldn't bother friending that student back,...I wouldn't bother friending that student back, myself. They unfriended you originally, who needs the drama, and they should just bloody well get over any possible hurt feelings if you don't re-friend them. <br /><br />I don't have the student/teacher conundrum to deal with, but I am extremely cautious about what I post on Facebook these days. For one, I simply don't trust the company running Facebook; they have a terrible reputation. But there are friends on Facebook that I don't see anywhere else online, and so I find myself loathe to just quit it entirely. I use it occasionally as an announcement board, and I reply occasionally to friends' posts, but I don't post anything there that I wouldn't be willing to have accessed quite publicly. I will say that the livechat feature has been enjoyable; I've gotten to chat online to people (like yourself) when otherwise we wouldn't have connected. So that makes me reluctant to quit as well. :)Becketthttp://www.artbeco.etsy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-90994581709665108312010-06-21T10:30:40.778-07:002010-06-21T10:30:40.778-07:00I don't friend current students, but my FB fri...I don't friend current students, but my FB friends include former students, people from the blogworld I have met IRL, professional acquaintances/ colleagues (some of whom I have never met in IRL), cousins, second cousins, junior high, high school and college classmates. I have a relatively unusual surname, so am easy to find. But because I have such an odd combination of FB friends, I find I don't post much of significance. (My most common posts are pictures from my morning walks.)<br /><br />I have considered for teaching purposes an account for Professor X, to separate it from my personal one...Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-52460977806160328072010-06-21T08:05:54.995-07:002010-06-21T08:05:54.995-07:00I don't think you should feel guilty for not a...I don't think you should feel guilty for not accepting their friend request, if you decide not to do that.<br /><br />Facebook should be whatever you want it to be, meaning that if you just want family and friends there, then that's fine!Inkhttp://inktopia.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-88547126116155100762010-06-20T16:45:42.504-07:002010-06-20T16:45:42.504-07:00Ugh, Student X sounds like a lover of drama. J. H...Ugh, Student X sounds like a lover of drama. J. Harker's suggestion sounds good to me - say yes, but put him/her on a very limited list.<br /><br />My rule of thumb is I do not accept friend requests from students, plain and simple.English Adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216939884854723314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-67097017772528980422010-06-20T15:05:16.587-07:002010-06-20T15:05:16.587-07:00I tend not to accept friend requests until a stude...I tend not to accept friend requests until a student has graduated / transfered etc. Mostly because I'd like to be able to complain a little and not offend someone in my class.<br /><br />Oddly enough. I started my facebook account four or five years ago because I needed to communicate with my debaters -- all of whom were students. They wouldn't check e-mail, but they were on facebook all the time. Now they've moved on to other things and I'm still on facebook... sigh.Inside the Philosophy Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255753259090709877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-85842537232106301182010-06-20T15:04:23.241-07:002010-06-20T15:04:23.241-07:00Oh, Facebook. A lovely new way to introduce more d...Oh, Facebook. A lovely new way to introduce <i>more</i> drama and etiquette fouls into everyone's lives. Isn't 'social networking' fun?<br /><br />Student X sounds like a perfect example of why Facebook is so often more trouble than it's worth.<br /><br />My advice? Friend them to avoid the "Why didn't you accept my request" crap, but put them on an extremely limited list. No photos, no wall posts, no tags, no nothing. That way you haven't offended them by rejecting the offer but you can still feel free to post whatever pictures/thoughts/rants you desire.M. Paulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925739628467279898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-42484889664270022182010-06-20T11:36:40.649-07:002010-06-20T11:36:40.649-07:00The student may have gone "inactive" on ...The student may have gone "inactive" on Facebook entirely if you weren't seeing any trace of her elsewhere. If you de-activate your account, the comments disappear and you can't be found in a search. I had a friend do that and thought he'd unfriended me, but he came back later.<br /><br />And if the student is one of those students who "collect" friends (do they have 500+ friends?), she may have completely forgotten about the drama and when she came back from being inactive, thought, "Hey, I'll friend Dr. Bardiac."Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.com