This installment of Dear Rookie mothers is a cheat sheet of Facebook rules for the grandparent set. names as well as determining details have been altered to safeguard the innocent.
Dear Rookie Moms,
I’m a granny as well as I’m on Facebook. however I just don’t get it. Every day, I see much more as well as much more of my good friends as bit photos on the side. Sometimes, I see my youngsters as well as other times I can’t discover them. It appears like fun, however I’m overwhelmed. exactly how ought to I get started?
Love,
Grammy ToMyGrandkids
Dear Grammy,
I comprehend you’re just getting into Facebook so right here are some some suggestions as well as rules to get you on your way. You can utilize Facebook for a great deal of great things as well as I believe you’ll truly delight in it when you get the hang of it.
I’m going to talk about the method your share your personal info (Profile, Status, Photos), the method you interact with other people (Wall, Messages), as well as exactly how you discover people in the very first place.
Your “Profile” is a location to publish public info about yourself
Never publish your phone number or full address.
Birthdate is quite common to share, however its okay to leave the year off.
Post a good photo of your deal with as a profile photo as soon as you can figure out exactly how to submit it. That will let your old buddies understand they’ve discovered the best Grammy ToMyGrandkids.
Your “Status” is a public forum to share your thoughts
Post short thoughts as well as updates like “really delighted in Julie & Julia”
You can likewise share links to fascinating articles that you find.
Be careful about sharing as well much personal info here. Do not put “my other half is traveling for 3 weeks as well as I’m alone in the house”
Keep it clean. believe about the type of things that are okay to show former colleagues, bosses, ex-boyfriends, old friends, as well as your kids.
Photos provide your good friends a flavor for your life today
A few great photos will go a long way. select a few of your favorites. Rotate them so nobody has to tilt their head to view properly.
Take the lead from your youngsters as to whether they feel comfortable sharing photos of your grandkids online. If so, submit one or two photos of your grandkids so all your old good friends can see exactly how lovely your household is. update the photos periodically.
Share a few photos of your fun hobbies and/or jobs. Grammy on waterskis? Awesome! Grammy on a sea kayak or wrestling alligators? Sweet! Grammy satisfying Bono or touring in Namibia. many excellent.
^ Back to top ^
The “Wall” is a message board that all your good friends can read
Don’t publish anything that is as well private. stating “congrats on your new infant Fred as well as Wilma” is great however “how was your rectal exam?” is crossing the line.
Avoid sharing specifics about plans or details that exclude a few of your friends. If you invite Tina to lunch, save that for a message (see below).
Don’t compose “you’re my preferred son” unless you only have one. any type of message that is likely to hurt feelings ought to not go on the wall.
“Messages” are personal like email
Emails are about as personal as a postcard. as well as Facebook messages are much like email.
You can send a message to one or much more people utilizing your “Inbox” or “send Heather a message” link; it can be handier than digging up folks’ email addresses in your routine email application if everybody is on Facebook. If not, stay with email.
Like email, it is just fine to send particular dates, details, special celebration plans here. You won’t hurt anyone’s feelings by discussing the Christmas celebration that not everyone’s invited to.
Never send your SS# or credit rating card # over email or Facebook message.
Finding good friends on Facebook is fun when you get going
You can be Facebook good friends with anybody you know, people you understand truly well or only a little.
Facebook will make tips to you based on the good friends of your friends, accept whomever you want. You can likewise disregard these requests. It may feel a bit unusual to get these.
One simple technique to discover good friends is to browse for people in the bit browse box up above. believing of your high institution boyfriend? type his name in as well as see if he’s online!
You can likewise be proactive to discover good friends by importing your email address book — I suggest you do this with a helper since I’ve seen it go awry.
Once you are “friends” with somebody on Facebook, you can continue to utilize the browse box to discover them. Your good friends ought to be in the top of the results listing with other people with the exact same name following.
Ok Grammy, that’s about all I have best now. I hope my bit “grandma’s guide to Facebook etiquette” is sufficient to get you started. let me understand if you havemuch more questions!
Good luck as well as have fun,
Heather
^ Back to top ^
This Dear Rookie mothers edition is a hybrid of a few emails I’ve got to assist grandmas get as much as speed on Facebook. My mother as well as some good friends joined Facebook a few months back however haven’t done much with it. up until Now.
Please share your suggestions in the comments.
