Lesson 5: Social Networking

From all social networking sites, Facebook is my least favorite. It's mostly because of privacy issues. Facebook has met a lot of criticism on a range of issues, including child safety, advertising, data mining, inability to voluntary terminate account, etc. Apparently Facebook has been dealing with those problems, but some of them remains. The basic info can be found at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Facebook

I do have a Facebook account, however, but I seldom check it. I know more or less where my friends are. Who is a friend with whom, it's not of my interest. In those rare occasions when I do check my account, I'm annoyed with its commercialism and advertising.

Recently I've been trying to make a change in my account - to add my maiden name - without any success.

I like everything that saves me some time and makes my life more pleasant and easier. For me, Facebook does not do that.

The Calgary Public Library's account on Facebook is a different story. I can the benefits for the Library. This is yet another possibility to make us more visible, chatting about our programs, services and collections.