When good friends never leave forever

[sundial]

Just join Facebook, and you'll find EVERYONE.

Karen

Cyber stalking comes to mind.

[Cataboo]

I finally gave in and joined facebook just before christmas... I've found a few old high school friends and one friend that I haven't seen since the last day of 8th grade. Some friends I just peak around their pages to see what they look like, what they're up to.. others I've emailed back and forth with. I've been surprised how many of them I still have stuff in common with, etc.

I initially spent a bit too much time on there, but now I might check in for 10 minutes if that a day.

[shootingstar]

I must admit the stalking thing makes me wonder plus the potential time sucker aspect.

I will content myself just initiate to chat and discovery with this long-lost friend.

[Cataboo]

Well, you control what's on your page & you control who can see it.

[sundial]

I dunno. If someone in the UK can steal my identity then Facebook is open season in my book.

[Cataboo]

Hopefully your facebook doesn't list your social security number.

My facebook page says I was born in 1895 and I'm male with 8 children living in Zimbabwe. I don't list any of the Universities or schools I've attended. I do have a reasonably uncommon name, so anyone searching on the name might find me, but you can't just search on a school I attended between certain years 7 find me. My page & all contents on it are set to private, and most of the actual info on it is misinformation.

Once I'm on someone else's friend list... their friends are able to see "okay, this person has 80 friends & catriona is one of them" but they can't see my page, they can ask me to add them as a friend.

Now... if anyone can use the info that I'm a 114 year old male with 8 children in Zimbabwe to stalk me or steal my identity, that would crack me up.



I can't see worrying about cyberstalkers when you originally found this friend & a lot of information about her by googling her - which is basically what you're trying to avoid by avoiding facebook.

I do use my real first name around the web - but I am usually very careful to make sure that very little can be found about me on a google and if anything can be found, it's usually inaccurate.

[Cataboo]

I also have different levels set on facebook - so depending on which group I add a friend to, they can see varying amounts of what's on my profile - anyone that I don't care if they see pictures or wall posts - they get to see those, people that I don't think they should see it... they see a pretty restricted view.