Your mom just joined Facebook, and she's going to upload and tag photos of your awkward stage. [CNN]
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Thankfully, my mom has made it clear that she wants nothing to do with Facebook. Or really, any social networking site. I tried explaining Twitter to her and she gave up trying to get why people care what other people are doing every minute.
But as far as Facebook goes, my mom does not want to know what my sister and I do in our spare time.
My mom just figured out her Blackberry. I'm not suggesting she try this.
*sigh* what happens when mom starts taking those facebook quizzes and sharing more than you ever need to know.
"where's the craziest place you have done it?!"
I'm pretty sure this can only end in tears.
My mom might have a Facebook account but I sure as hell don't.
The photo tagging epidemic must be stopped!
No, the worst is that all of my soon-to-be in-laws have discovered Facebook.
My parents have had decades to get used to my snark. HIS still think I'm nice!
My mom's too stupid to tag photos.
I'm on ur facebook, postin picturez of ur dorkiness
@danger the pirate ★♥ has a fake star and a fake heart. (tha...: My mom hasn't embraced texting, surprisingly. She texted me once, but nothing since then.
@HIV 2 Elway: I've mostly disabled photo tagging. And I don't let people take photos of me. Also, I don't do anything embarrassing.
My mom had me set up her facebook account the other night. D: How'd the consumerist find out?
Mom is one thing, but read about the guy whose ex-wife and future ex-wife are friends now.
That would really, really suck.
@pecan 3.14159265: I didn't realize I could disable tagging. I wish I could stop people from taking photos of me, but this face is just too damn handsome.
My boss sent me a friend request on facebook, I ignored it.
@HIV 2 Elway: Hahaha. You can limit tagging. I don't know if you can disable it, but I've done my best to limit tagging.
I opted out of facebook (HAH!) and haven't regretted it at all.
@ajlei: I tried explaining Twitter to her and she gave up trying to get why people care what other people are doing every minute.
I gave up trying to get that also.
@YourTechSupport: I *wish* I could opt out of Facebook. Sadly, I feel like I'm in too deep now, and my friends are (still) obsessed with it.
Ha, my mom actually did do this. She tagged me in a picture where i was dressed up as a dalmatian for Halloween.
@ajlei: Yep. I deliberately avoid looking at my (adult, at least according to the calendar) kid's Facebook account. Easier to maintain plausible deniability that way.
I'm another one who just doesn't see the utility of knowing what my one or two friends are doing every minute, nor do I think anyone else would care about my own 160 (?) byte cranial flatuations.
/get off my lawn
My mom thought about it, but I told her she wasn't allowed. I think it would be tough to explain to her anyways...
My dad this this. Over a couple of days the Photos of You section was full of baby pictures, childhood pictures, teenage pictures....it was crazy. My sister and I untagged them all and then he got upset. Facebook - tearing families apart.
@DrGirlfriend: @ecwis:
Which would have been fine, except for the fact that you were drunk and peeing on a fire hydrant.
@dohtem: I saw someone on my friend list took the "What Sexual Position Are You" quiz, which comes complete with pictures, and I made a silent prayer asking that none of my relatives who are on FB take that quiz. So far, so good.
@Meatlocker - still a man, despite his white iPhone fetish.: @ecwis:
Which would have been fine, except for the fact that you were drunk and peeing on a fire hydrant.
Too late ...
Sorry about the tard posting. I shouldn't have drank all of that cough syrup.
I grounded my 17 year-old daughter and, as part of her punishment, made her 'friend' me on FB.
@danger the pirate ★♥ has a fake star and a fake heart. (tha...: I got my mom a phone with a qwerty keyboard and she loooooooves texting now. Funny because she shuns most other forms of technology.
They need a permanent banner on the home page, reading in red block letters, "PLEASE USE DISCRETION".
Thankfully, privacy and group settings are very configurable, so it's entirely possible to post notes and what-not targetting (or ommitting) subgroups of friends.
My mother just asked me how to create a new folder on her desktop last week -- for you THIRD TIME. Yeah, facebook pics? The fear is not in me.
Coming soon to a t-shirt shop near you: "Your Mom looked hotter on her Facebook page"
@calquist: My mom tried to do this. We had a fun conversation about why it's okay for me to upload pictures of myself, but it's not okay for her to upload pictures of me. Especially those pictures. She got really offended and upset. Really, mom? Because the internet NEEDS to see private pictures of me? Really? This is why I don't want to become famous. The paparazzi remind me of my mother on speed.
I dread it if I become famous. My mother would be unstoppable. Thank God she's not that Internet-savvy.
I'm going to tell my brother NOT to teach her how to do Facebook.
My aunt (late 50s) and great-aunt (80s!) are on Facebook. It freaks me out.
I always heard that if you are thinking of marrying a guy, go have lunch with his ex-wife first.
Facebook becoming uncool in 3 2 1.
@DrGirlfriend: My sister and my dad are having it out over the same thing. He joined facebook. She's mad he's posting "ugly" family pictures of her. He finally agreed he'd re-look at the pictures and take down any ugly ones. He looked, and insisted, "You look beautiful in all of them!"
I said, "So your basic problem here is, your dad loves you too much." My sister was like, "Well, that, and THE HIDEOUSLY UGLY PICTURES."
Makes me glad I'm not on facebook!
Lol ... and now yet another reason surfaces as to why I never felt entirely comfortable joining FB, MS, or any of the other Social Engineering sites out there.
That ... and the lack of friends ...
I think I'll go sob under my desk now...
@noone1569: I have learned never to underestimate the stupidity of people with alcohol and cameras. I don't do anything stupid in public (it helps that I don't drink), but I know better than to let people take photos whenever they want, because they'll end up on Facebook and flickr. And in a lot of ways, I only use Facebook because there are people I actually want to stay in touch with. I'd rather my employers not find a photo of my drunken ex-roommate with a tag of me standing in the background and make some kind of false connection.
It's not like I make people sign forms that say they won't take photos of me...but there are some people I do not trust with a camera, and I always make sure I'm aware of where they're pointing it.
I think it's great, especially for families like mine that are spread out all over the US. I don't see how older people joining will make it "less cool."
My life is a permanent awkward stage. Bring it on, Mom!