Social networks like Facebook have a minimum age requirement, but these sites do not have a maximum age limitation. As older members join online social networks, younger users react in different ways. Go to the link below and read the article. Write a reflective comment that shows you have read the article, expresses your views, and addresses my questions.
Think of friends of yours who have Facebook pages. If their grandparents saw those pages, would they get the wrong idea about what kind of people their grandchildren are? What impression would your parents or grandparents get if they saw your Facebook profile? How will the presence of older users affect Facebook and the people who post there? If you were to post 25 random things about you, what would be the most interesting and unexpected?
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To begin with, Facebook is quite interesting, as to some extent, it conceals a person’s true identity and personality and turns them into some kind of socially passionate “warmonger”, which will ultimately fool other people into assuming that that person is someone else. If my friends’ grandparents saw their Facebook pages, they would for sure get the wrong idea about what kind of people their grandchildren are and directly assume that they have been raised up in a terrible generation where trying to trick their teachers and parents, flirting with other people and throwing big parties is all that is important to them. I mean, my friends are in no way stupid or lame, but I would even mistake them for other people if I did not already know them. On the other hand, though, if my parents or grandparents saw my Facebook profile, they would not be surprised at all and know it is me because of the fact that I spell properly on Facebook, only communicate with people I know and hide comments that I think are inappropriate because they might contain profanity or simply have a really bad message. Moreover, I do not have a single picture of me on Facebook and all of my friends’ pictures are normal. However, while the presence of older users may be irksome to most Facebook users and the people who post there, I think it will ultimately improve the condition of Facebook. With the presence of these people, most Facebook users will take caution with what they post, especially their pictures and they will make sure not to include any offensive or inappropriate content in their profiles from fear that their parents, grandparents or any other adults may stumble upon their profiles one day and see all of the content that is on them. Last, but not least, if I were to post 25 random things about me, the things that would surprise most people are that I only recently got Facebook (a little less than a week ago) and that I find Facebook really annoying and a time drainer that does not really help you to get to know other people, but simply wastes a lot of your time while you are on it.
Omar Al-Sadi
I don’t think they would get a wrong Idea. People just chat and get to meet new friends. They wouldn’t get any wrong impressions again. They would actually get interested in the idea of Facebook and make their own. The only thing that can go wrong on facebook is a sex offender. They might put sexy pictures of themselves with like there muscles flex and stuff like that. But the good thing is that you can report the person and the Facebook group will delete the other persons profile if they thing the abuse is serious. I think that if I were to post 25 things. The most unexpected one would be that Facebook really distracts me and keeps me from focusing on my homework. It is also very addicting and I love it.
I'd like to start by saying that I am madly in love, and addicted to Facebook. I know it's a time drainer, yes. But, it is the best time drainer ever. Of course their grandparents would get the wrong idea if they had them on Facebook. Simply because all kids lie, and the pictures on their Facebook, are of their lies. So yes, grandparents would get the wrong idea. Or as a matter of fact, a bad idea, though not necessarily wrong. I think they would get a more real and true idea of their grandchildren rather than a wrong one. Well, my grandparents barely know me so they would be really surprised to see how open-minded things are in Amman, or how open-minded I am because they happen to be strict Arabs. They would think I'm rather too outgoing, or they might merely think I can't identify right from wrong because of the pictures, and information on my profile. Older people's use of Facebook will definitely make other younger users want to stop using Facebook, especially if those older people are creepy and pedophiles. I think that the people who post on Facebook will eventually start getting lower, and they will probably be much older than now. Because now, younger kids use it, but slowly, older men and women will use it because of these grandfathers and grandmothers that are beginning to use it. The most interesting thing I would post would definitely be that I want to go to Harvard (yes, I do write that on Facebook). And the most interesting thing would be that I love Facebook, and it takes up probably most of my time. Also, it would be that if I did not use Facebook, I would have much better grades, and do many other, more useful things at home.
Omar Abdel-Rahim
Whenever I look at my friend's profiles, I don't really think that their grandparents would get shocked by what they saw. It's just a place where they would go to express their feelings. I can see the possibility of the grandparents changing their views on that kid's daily life SLIGHTLY, but not some world-turning discovery. Just like how I would have no problem with my parents seeing my Facebook Page. There is nothing that I think is on my page that I would mind if my parents or grandparents saw, and I would not be fearful at all of my parents discovering some shocking fact, as there are one. I'm quite an average person. I have nothing bad to hide. I don't really know how older users will affect Facebook, nor do I care. This is partly because I don't think that older users will want to add "punks" or "whippersnappers" like me as friends, and partly because I think that if older people were to use Facebook, it would not be to blend with today's popular society, but to meet up with old friends, and share memories. That’s what I think that their primary reason to join Facebook would be, to catch up with forgotten friends. If I were to write 25 random things about me, the things that would probably surprise people would be that I play videogames and online games for very long times per day. Also, that I am an extremely avid Facebook user, as I am online every day several times. I find it very time-consuming, but not in a bad ay. In an entertaining way, and that it is a fun, easily accessible program.
you are funny ramy- "On the other hand, though, if my parents or grandparents saw my Facebook profile, they would not be surprised at all and know it is me because of the fact that I spell properly on Facebook, only communicate with people I know and hide comments that I think are inappropriate"
yeah right...
Thinking about what some kids put on their Facebook sites, and then what they're like in real life, I don't know if it would be the wrong impression of who their grandkids are, just a side of them that the grandparents probably could have gone without knowing about. I'm one of those kids whose parents have a facebook, but nothing is up on facebook that I'd be worried about my mom seeing. If a kid is friends with an older relative, I think it will affect what people write on anything and everything, from walls to their status updates. The most interesting and unexpected thing about me… I'm not sure, I'm moderately normal. The most unexpected might be that I am very self conscious, but not the most interesting.
If you were to post 25 random things about you, what would be the most interesting and unexpected?
I think Facebook is a very cool thing because it tells the person's true identity and personality. If my friends grandparents saw their Facebook pages they would definitely get the wrong idea about what kind of people their grandchildren are and then they would go to conclusions that their grandchildren are spoiled and they have not been raised properly. They would probably see the comments , which may be offensive comments or the person might be flirting with someone. I don't have facebook but if I did I think that my parents would know everything about me, and not everything is good, so they might get the wrong impression about me and they might think that they haven't raised me properly. I think that if an older relative join Facebook the younger relative won't say everything about him as he might fear that the older relative would tell. The most intresting is that I don't enjoy school and I hate school and I hate homework and I hate teachers that give us a lot of homeworks, excluding Mr.Beyer.
I think that if my grandparents looked on my friend’s pages, they would get the wrong idea about what kind of people we are because If they look at how many friends we have and they see that there are more than five hundred friends, they would know that you just keep adding random people on Facebook to get more friends. If they see that you have between fifty and one hundred friends, and the friends you have are like emo and stuff, they would think you are a bad person. I think the impression my parents or grandparents would get is that they wouldn’t be disappointed that much, it just shows how you changed from the pictures. The older people who use Facebook will keep making more rules and restrictions on Facebook so it would be a better site. If I would post 25 random things about myself on Facebook, the most interesting things is that I am always watching TV and also on my computer. The unexpected thing about me is that I like to go to the gym and work out everyday.
I think that Facebook is the best site to time drain, I'm one of those people who are addicted to Facebook. If my friends grandparents sees their Facebook pages they would definitely get the bad and wrong idea about what kind of people their grandchildren are,they would think that their grandchildren aren't raised properly. If my parents or grandparents see my Facebook they won't get mad or do anything because there isn't anything on my Facebook profile that can be bad. I have nothing bad to hide on Facebook. I think the older people who use Facebook will keep making more rules and restrictions on Facebook so it would be a better site because they might see it a sight harmful for teenagers our age. I'm not sure of whats the most interesting post I'll post on Facebook and an unexpected thing.
There is a certain age you have to be to join facebook, why? Because of the same reason you want to take down your pictures or hobby lists, or random posts when you find out your teacher or grandfather joins facebook. I don’t usually look at most peoples wall on facebook that often, I just check who wrote on my wall or who wrote on someone else ect… but I only saw a few people where they had bad pictures or bad comments on their facebook but I don’t think that many people have "bad" pictures or pictures of them holding a bottle of Chablis. I have noticed that a few Teachers have facebook now, I realized it when I looked up ACS under community search and I noticed that under the picture is say "add friend" or "Poke…" or "Send message" then it shows how many friends you have in common. I noticed that I have a few friends in common with teachers. I added Mr. Najib on Face book and he is on everyone else's friend list but yet they don’t cut down on the bad language. I think it is due to the fact that this is the only place where people can place their opinion freely without getting any adult to scold them. Both my grandpas are dead, one before I was born and the other later on. But the one from my moms' side, who died later on, was really a computer techie and I remembered he had some business chat because he used to work for and Airliner Company, co-manager, and the company website had a chat thing. I could imagine him getting a Facebook when he retired and adding all the people he met from his travels. I actually wouldn’t mind if my dad gets a facebook because my dad and I are really close pals, and he wouldn’t care who wrote on my wall or what I wrote on someone else's wall. He wouldn't care about the photos, because he knows that this is my time to have fun in high-school and be ourselves before we grow up to be the people we are going to be. The one random and most surprising thing I could post on Facebook is that I am a deep person.
I think that if my friend's grandparents, who see their grandchildren's Facebook pages, would defiantly get the wrong impression. I don’t have a Facebook so I have no idea what I could say for this question. If more older people will start having Facebook, I think it will somehow mess up the whole point behind it. It will get kids to think twice before posting something just a little disrespectful. I think that this question is too personal, but ill go ahead and say one of the 25 random things about me. I never really do my homework on time, but I somehow manage to figure it out in the end.
I think that it is okay that grandparents should use Facebook because hey could be visiting their friends or their family when in some situations they are otherwise to hard to meet.For example, the person who's grandfather lives in Colorado, and they often don't meet. It can be useful for them to use Facebook.
My parents both have Facebook, but I don't have them as friends , in fact I only have around 10-15 friends at one time because otherwise my email in box fills up with random Facebook junk.
I also hardly ever use Facebook and don't put anything inappropriate online because that information will be there for anyone to see at any point in my life, and I am not okay with that.
I know that if anybody saw some of my friends or even my sisters Facebook, weather they were my grandparents or parents or anyone else they would get the wrong idea about them.
The reason for this is because on Facebook everything you do is about me! me me me is the attitude on
Facebook.
When people run out of stuff to say about 'me' they wright nonsense and junk.
Then people get the wrong idea.
I wouldn't post 25 random things about myself- that is stupid.
Old people on Facebook will not really affect the sort of stuff that is written on Facebook because there wont be enough old people on Facebook.
I think Facebook is a cool website that help you keep in touch with your friends. I don’t think that they will get the wrong idea, but when I explain it they would understand that there is nothing bad about it. If my parents saw me on Facebook they wouldn’t get the wrong impression because they trust me and there is nothing bad in my Facebook. I don’t think it will affect it. I would post interests and funny things.
I don't think they would get a wrong idea. If they see my Facebook profile it is fine with me because I don't have anything I don't want to show them. It wouldn't effect them because they have friends and they write to them and their friends write back to them. I'm a good kid, i have daily jokes, and I like to hang out with friends and work hard in school
Haha well honestly that depends on the person. Maybe some freak would get wrong ideas about their grandchildren, but I think people should respect others for who they are, regardless of their facebook profile. If my parents saw my facebook they wouldn’t do anything about it, nor would my grandparents, but honestly I don’t think my grandparents would ever get the idea of creating a facebook account. I don’t know, I think nothing can go really wrong, except for sex offenders. There should be some rules for older users not be allowed to add teenagers except if they’re from the same family … etc. 25 random things about me? Honestly everything I can think of is pretty much really personal. The thing that would probably be the most unexpected for all is that I’m addicted to water.
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