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- gmacneill, on 07/08/2009, -2/+131Really? This article is from Time magazine? From the title, I was expecting Cracked.com...
- pktgumby, on 07/08/2009, -2/+83Yeah, he'll be pissed to find out he spent all that money putting you through school only to find out you can't spell :)
- StandardsDT, on 07/08/2009, -2/+73I accepted the friend request and then just set certain privacy settings so my mom can't see some things. This isn't a huge deal, I think many many people forget that you can prevent specific people from viewing certain aspects of your profile.
- Zomgondo, on 07/08/2009, -3/+68Worse than parents: my BOSS is on facebook... and her boss. The only saving grace is that I know they're ***** around at work all day too.
- densetsu23, on 07/08/2009, -3/+47Accept the request. Put them into a group where you put all your other modest family and friends, coworkers, etc. Set restricted permissions on that group...no status updates, pictures, etc.
Simple. - n0ia, on 07/08/2009, -0/+32I'm also on Digg, and I do too know how to use Facebook!
- Coven, on 07/08/2009, -0/+30My boss is on Facebook. Fortunately he's got no ***** clue how to use it.
- gooch3803, on 07/08/2009, -4/+31I went through this not that long ago and since then all of my aunt and uncles have friended me, my 12 year old niece has friended me, and my 86 year old grandmother is now my friend on facebook. It's pretty ***** when you have to tell your friends not to call you a ***** gobbling thunder ***** and other such nonsense because you dont want your parents to find out that you are drunk about 6 days out of the week. Plus i can't post anything about my anal exploits which is a huge debbie downer too.
- pathouston22, on 07/08/2009, -8/+33Who cares. My profile is private and my mom is not my friend on Facebook.
- Pigeon, on 07/08/2009, -0/+25PS. YOU'RE FIRED.
- sockpuppets, on 07/08/2009, -3/+27Dad?
- ayeroxor, on 07/08/2009, -2/+25Who cares. my profile is public and my sister and parents are friends of mine. They know who I am and I'm not ashamed to let it be so. I drink, I party, I geek out, and since they love me and want me to be happy, they don't care.
What is there to be afraid or ashamed of? Them actually figuring out who their children really are? And then...? - andersonenvy, on 07/08/2009, -3/+25I still have a pending request...
- zuiquan, on 07/08/2009, -2/+24It's simple, tell your mom that enough is enough and you're a grown ass man (allegedly) and you don't want her peeking into your internet life.
- alittleroy101, on 07/08/2009, -2/+23I don't want to tell my mom I'm an ass man. She doesn't need to know that.
- ayeroxor, on 07/08/2009, -3/+23Tell him, coward. Get it over with.
- ayeroxor, on 07/08/2009, -1/+20Or (wo)man up and accept it and let them actually get to know who the ***** you are. Are you ashamed? If they can't handle it and wig out, dump em. At least then everybody will know why you dumped em and they can't complain about it.
- borez, on 07/08/2009, -1/+18Yeah, a Cracked.com article from a few years ago.
- VisualRhetoric, on 07/08/2009, -4/+21Why not tell you mother that you do not want to be "Facebook friends" rather than go through the trouble of hiding different pages?
When your mother (who sounds obsessive and controlling) finds out that you (who sounds like a non-confrontational pussy) have multiple pages she will be hurt more than if you straight up tell that you'd rather keep your Facebook page "private". - inactive, on 07/08/2009, -8/+23Last thing my dad needs to see is "athiest" written on my profile
- zuiquan, on 07/08/2009, -0/+15@zjbird, Protip: Do not put anything on the internets that you would not mind a potential prospective employer seeing. Because they do look at your ***** believe it or not.
- Flytrap, on 07/08/2009, -1/+15My wife and I joined facebook so that we could see what our kids are getting up to online.... and yes, the kids accepted our friend requests. We've also joined many other online social networks in pursuit of our kids, such as MXit, etc.
I never comment about my older son's goings on online, although he knows that I know about his online life, because I post regularly onto his wall. I do discuss some of the positive things during our private father son moments and sometimes we laugh and wink at each other about some of the things that really should be the sole preserve of young people - things that parents really shouldn't know about.... but I never, never, never stand in judgment over his online life.
For some reason, my son has refused my wife's attempts to follow him on twitter (I am yet to try). He is 16 now, and maybe we have reached a part of his life that he wants to keep his... every young man deserves/needs that, even if he is still living in his fathers house. But, also perhaps he is now old enough to take care of himself online... he does not need his parent shadowing him everywhere. My wife and I have done our part, we've imparted morals and values about human and social behavior that we think that our kids should exhibit... at some time, the doors into our kids private lives that we have tried to keep open will begin to shut... but that will be okay. - Turbojugend27, on 07/08/2009, -4/+17Thanks TIME for being on top of stories that were everywhere else 2 years ago
- ygeoff419, on 07/08/2009, -3/+15Maybe this would be more relevant if I was 15 and hated my parents, kind of a pathetic article IMHO.
- noahco, on 07/08/2009, -2/+14It still sucks when they friend your friends. Wall posts, photos, there are still things they can see. Of course I figure if my parents are trying to snoop and they find something they don't like it's their own problem.
- akaakc, on 07/08/2009, -2/+12BILLY MAYS HERE, TAKE A CHILL PILL KID
- blackinthmiddle, on 07/08/2009, -0/+9Forgot to take your meds today?
- inactive, on 07/08/2009, -0/+9you sound like a normal parent that trusts their own ability to raise children from an early age. whats wrong with you? ;)
- LordHelmet, on 07/08/2009, -1/+10I'm friends with my 16 year old daughter on FB, and my mother. I don't see what the big deal is. Then again, my mom is harmless, and I'm not a ***** parent that doesn't remember what it was like to be a teenager.
- crazzy88ss, on 07/08/2009, -3/+12i had my girlfriend's parents add me on FB... ugh.
- VisualRhetoric, on 07/08/2009, -0/+8My grandfather thought "Jeeves" from Ask Jeeves was a real person who answered questions on the site.
"That damn Jeeves never knows anything!" - inactive, on 07/08/2009, -1/+9your daughter has two facebooks
- Otto, on 07/08/2009, -5/+13FFS, this is not that complex. Learn how to manage your privacy settings.
First, go to Friends. Create a new list called "Family-Limited" or some such thing.
Next, top right hand side of the page, Settings->Privacy Settings. Go through all four pages and hit Edit Custom Settings on every item. Here, for every type of information about you or thing that you do, you can control who sees it. Add that Family group under the "Except these People" section. Do it for all four pages.
Finally, when you mom asks to be your friend, accept the request and select for her to be in that "Family-Limited" group. Voila, mom can see some stuff you do, but not stuff you don't want her to see. Simple.
Later if there is something you want her to see, like some of your photos, then you can override those privacy settings on each and every photo album or even individual photos, if you like. Just make the default pretty restrictive like this first, then override it for the stuff that you want her to see. - JanTik, on 07/08/2009, -0/+8The news media will never be the same.
- erasedgod, on 07/08/2009, -0/+8I still have pending requests from both of my in-laws.
- cyoder, on 07/08/2009, -0/+7I agree. My mom joined almost a year ago and I've had no family crises yet, maybe because my mom can't see certain stuff on my page (like my personal site address where I keep a makeshift blog that has me bitching about my parents after some weekends I've spent with them).
Then again, I'm 25 and my parents have long been tolerant of much of the vulgar, obscene, or just bizarre things my friends and I tend to share/discuss. Really, I don't talk to my mom that often, and this at least gives her some insight into what I've been up to and thus keeps her off my back when I don't call on a regular basis.
Sadly, reading everything I just typed her makes me suspect I'm really still 19... - alittleroy101, on 07/08/2009, -0/+7So you didn't want to tell her either, huh.
- csimpkins, on 07/08/2009, -9/+16Grow the ***** up, learn to have a better relationship with your parents and stop worrying about stupid ***** like whether or not you should be 'Facebook Friends' with them.
- cyoder, on 07/08/2009, -0/+7I can safely suspect this is far worse than one's own parents, who theoretically love you unconditionally.
- inactive, on 07/08/2009, -0/+7My mom used to think the porn and gambling sites came out at night so my little brother couldn't be on the internet past 9pm.
- inactive, on 07/08/2009, -0/+7I don't think most kids simply don't want their parents as friends on social networking sites. I imagine its more that they are worried of being embarrassed by you if you leave a dumb comment or something. Personally, I won't even give family my real email address. I used to but no matter how much I told them not to forward me emails, they did it anyways. So I setup a secondary email address that they can spam all they want.
- electricsurf, on 07/08/2009, -0/+7Hey, Its me your co-worker, I didn't know you had a Digg account! I KNEW you were lying about not liking your job! Jackass!!
- peestandingup, on 07/08/2009, -0/+7I still like Facebook, but social networking sites are VERY fickle. One minute its cool, the next its lame as *****.
I fear this is the beginning of the end of Facebooks coolness. Because this is always how it starts. The riff raff gets word of it, joins in droves & starts stinking up the joint. And before you know it, youre friends with a bunch of relatives & old high school classmates that you didnt know was still alive & are surprised all these people can even use a computer. Happened to MySpace & it'll happen to Facebook.
The new UI isnt helping though. I dont need to know every ***** quizz you took today. Thanks for not letting me turn that crap off Facebook. - d3dm, on 07/08/2009, -0/+7Who cares? I'm not on Facebook. Mom & Dad, go have fun with the rest of the kiddies.
- kenjura, on 07/08/2009, -8/+14What the ***** do you have to hide from your parents? What are you, all teenagers? If there are things you can't say to your parents, you need to fix that right now. If they cannot POSSIBLY accept whatever horrible, dark truth you're willing to reveal to the entire PLANET except them, then I think you're justified in turning down their friend request.
Grow up! Cultivate a real, honest relationship with your parents, or disown them utterly--don't pussyfoot around. Don't allow their ignorance (or yours) to ruin the first familial relationship in your life. - WriterSD, on 07/08/2009, -0/+6The worst part is getting friend requests from ex's parents AFTER the breakup... DO NOT WANT.
- Fleagleman, on 07/08/2009, -8/+14Oh man, I was wondering when someone would write something about this. I had to start a different MySpace page, then Facebook page just for my family. My mom searches for me regularly. She now has a Twitter account, God help me. I even had to make sure my wife does not have my statuses listed on her Facebook page.
- dougs55, on 07/08/2009, -0/+6You're being stalked by your Mom ??? :)
- Cilicious, on 07/08/2009, -1/+7Same with me and my (grown) sons.
I actually told them I'd never ask to friend them.
I prefer to be on a need-to-know basis concerning their hangover, work day or relationship status.
It's just easier. - c010rb1indusa, on 07/08/2009, -4/+9that's what the limited profile is for
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