WCPL’s Face Book page for teens is well done, has fun and helpful links, pictures of recent programs, and is kept up to date. The teens are becoming aware of it and participating. This seems to be a good way to reach the teens – in a space and format that they are familiar with. I applaud those who are willing and able to construct and keep such a site current.
A friend of my son’s bicycled across China and posted updates of his experiences as he traveled. One of our former part-timers is now teaching in Croatia and posts pictures and interesting bits of information for us to read on her Facebook account. Keeping friends and family updated with information about the important things happening in one’s life makes sense.
While I understand people’s fascination with Face Book and My Space and Twitter and such, and I see the value of them for social networking, I personally am not ready to get involved. To my way of thinking, the majority of posts are time wasters – for the author and the reader. Someday, perhaps, when I have something happening in my life that would benefit others to know about, I may change my mind and jump on the bandwagon. Until then, anything I would have to say would just add to that which I consider clutter on the net.
