Facebook – Privacy Settings
Once you have a created a Facebook account you have to decide what boundaries will work for you. What do I mean by boundaries? The nature of Facebook and other social networking sites is an exchange of comments, photos and shared interests with your community of friends. Unless you take the time to separate your friends into area of Work, Family and Professional, everyone will be able to view comments from everyone who post something on your Wall.
CSBA has compiled a number of “how-to” articles to establish boundaries you deem appropriate. Here are some of the points to consider:
- How many friends lists do you need? Does it matter if your Work or School Board friends see Family related posts? If so, you need to set privacy settings to prevent sharing between lists.
- Do you want people to find you in Facebook? If not, you can remove your name from the Facebook Search results.
- Do you want everyone to view photos or videos where you are tagged? If not, customize your photos to the appropriate level. Do not forget to protect any albums you may create.
- Beware that using applications in Facebook can post messages on your Wall. So don’t visit applications or scan your profile every time that you do to insure you are comfortable with the message posted or delete it.
- While it’s fun to show off that you have hundreds or thousands of friends on Facebook, some of your friends don’t want to live public lives. That’s why it’s often a good policy to turn off your friends’ visibility to others.
Depending on you use Facebook, it can expand your network of school board contacts to improve communications in your community. While it is up to you to decide what is appropriate for you, recognize that your students, teachers and staff are engaging in the use of social networking. At a minimum you need to familiarize yourself with the educational implications of social networking, so you can make good policy decisions.
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