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Title:

My Mom Just Joined Facebook--Now What?

Your vote:
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Organizer:
Bryan Person, LiveWorld
Description:
Social networking sites like Facebook are changing our conversational relationships. The lines we once drew between our separate social groups–family members, friends, workmates, etc.–have been obliterated online. Now, your drinking buddies, old boss, and mother all see the very same status update. Disconcerting...or the new normal?
Questions
Answered:
  1. What concerns should we have about Facebook's privacy policy?
  2. Why does Facebook want users to make more of their content public?
  3. What's the right mix of personal and business on social networks such as Facebook?
  4. What questions should we consider when deciding whom to share specific Facebook status updates with?
  5. Even though because brands *can* interact more closely with individual users on Facebook, does it mean they should?
  6. Are our fundamental concepts of friendship changing because of online social networking?
  7. What are the SEO implications of Facebook's move toward more public content
  8. Does the relative openness of our status updates ultimately mean we present a watered-down version of ourselves online?
  9. Are our non-social networking friends and family members getting left behind?
  10. Does Generation Y spend even a nanosecond thinking about privacy concerns or work/life separation, as older generations of workers tend to?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Social Networking
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
Lindsay Maines
on 17/8/09
Yeah. My mom totally friended me on FB. AND follows me on Twitter. AND I can't keep track of all my friend's non de plumes they've adopted to hide from their in-laws on FB. Can we do this before March? Please?
Jenna Woodul
on 19/8/09
I'm friends with my kids and some of their friends. And I'm not necessarily the one doing the friending! So it must not be all bad ;-)
Sarah Wurrey
on 21/8/09
I must be getting old and less embarassing, because I am actively recruiting my mom to join Facebook. A lot of my relatives are on there, suppose it does make me think twice. That and my boss. ;-)
Lindsay Maines
on 24/8/09
Jenna- I LOVE my mom, even on FB, just brings a much different dynamic to my interactions there. For perspective though, I'm 35, and I think for the children of this generation who are digital natives, it will be much different. They'll NEED to be friends with their moms on FB, so they can ask her what's for dinner.:)
Lindsay Maines
on 24/8/09
Jenna- I LOVE my mom, even on FB, just brings a much different dynamic to my interactions there. For perspective though, I'm 35, and I think for the children of this generation who are digital natives, it will be much different. They'll NEED to be friends with their moms on FB, so they can ask her what's for dinner.:)
Bryan Person
on 26/8/09
For the record, my mother (a grandmother of two) isn't yet on Facebook, though I suspect the day is coming! Also trying to finalize other panelists. Note coming here soon.
Bryan Person
on 27/8/09
Confirmed panelists:
1) Marshall Kirkpatrick (@MarshallK), VP and lead blogger at ReadWriteWeb
2) Chris Abraham (@ChrisAbraham), president and COO of Abraham Harrison LLC,
3) Dan York (@DanYork), technologist and director of conversations for Voxeo

All three think, speak, and write about how social networking tools such as Facebook are changing how individuals and businesses communicate.
Bryan Person
on 27/8/09
Fourth panelist confirmed (we couldn't have all dudes, after all!):
Annie Boccio, a web-presence designer and consultant at PixelCurrents.com
Travis Tarr
on 27/8/09
Great topic: my sister and I were just talking about the day when the parents add us as friends and how we'll respond. Pulling back from this common occurrence to discuss branding and demographics should make for a great panel.
Chris Abraham
on 27/8/09
So happy to be included, Bryan!
Kipp Bodnar
on 28/8/09
wow this is a great topic as well as a great list of panelists. I highly recommend it.
Rob Blatt
on 1/9/09
I think the answer to question 10 is an especially important one to realize.
Adam Zand
on 1/9/09
You got my vote, but I'm only attending if @MarshallKsMom, @ChrisAbrahamsMom, @DanYorksMom or @bananniesMom takes the stage. I'd also settle for hallway conversation with @bryanpersonsDad about cricket
Shaping Youth
on 2/9/09
Voted. All of these questions are fundamentals, and this panel rocks, so if I end up attending virtually instead of F2F pls. have someone live blog/tweet it for coverage on @ShapingYouth! Mahalo...
Dan York
on 2/9/09
I'm looking forward to participating in this panel and I hope we do get the chance to present it. For some of my perspective on the "blurring of our lives" and the merging of the various "contexts" in which we interact with people, here is a post I wrote on this topic back in January 2009: http://bit.ly/3e2Mio
Kyle Flaherty
on 2/9/09
Great topic Bryan, looking forward to the panel.
Sean McDonald
on 2/9/09
Bryan, excellent topic now that business and personal social groups are even more blurred.
Bryan Person
on 3/9/09
Kipp, Rob, Adam, Shaping Youth, Kyle, and Sean: Thanks for your kind words and votes. We're certainly hoping to rock SXSW with this panel!

Dan: Your perspective on Facebook is a big part of the inspiration behind this panel. Looking forward to your insight.
Robert Quigley
on 4/9/09
Highly interested in this panel discussion. I want to know the answers to all 10 of those questions. Bryan Person is just the right guy to answer them. (My mother, a grandmother of 7, *is* on Facebook)
Becky McCray
on 6/9/09
Let's see. My mom's blogging, Tweeting, and Facebooking. And so are her grandkids. And somewhere in the middle are people running careers. Or ruining careers. Yep. This is a winning topic.
Games Online
on 3/11/09
Great topic, good luck
iphone ringtone maker
on 13/11/09
I'd be super into learning from Kris. Dig it!
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