Give me your thoughts on "thefacebook".
Fungo
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Please excuse my ignorance but "Huh?" What's a facebook?
latest college craze...
hmmm, looks to be an on-line directory, where you can look up who is in your classes, who is in your school, and other schools. You have to register and have a login and password. I am sure there is a chat function. Other than that, I don't know much about it. There are plenty of them on-line, different versions. Like MYSPACE, etc. Sorry, i couldn't provide much more info than that.
Thefacebook is an online directory that connects people through social networks at colleges.
http://www.thefacebook.com/
Articles on thefacebook:
http://www.thefacebook.com/about.php
http://www.thefacebook.com/
Articles on thefacebook:
http://www.thefacebook.com/about.php
CADad ...
Here is what they say on their website:
Fungo ...
Tho I can understand why it is popular, I am not a big fan of letting people expose themselves to possible "whacko's". I think something like this lends itself too easily to risky situations, possible stalkers, etc. Guess I am just old fashioned, but I wouldn't want my college aged kid to be in the "book" ... even though the students are limited to looking only at other students from their school.
Here is what they say on their website:
quote:Welcome to Thefacebook
Thefacebook is an online directory that connects people through social networks at colleges.
We have recently opened up Thefacebook at the following schools:
Adelphi • Albion • AUP • Austin College • Belmont • Bridgewater State
Cambridge • Chapman • Dominican • Drake • Duquesne • Fashion Institute
Long Island • LSE • Millersville • New School • Ohio Northern
Oxford • Polytechnic • Ramapo • Rhodes • Roger Williams
San Jose State • SHSU • Siena • SMSU • Spelman • St. Andrews
St. Josephs • Stonehill • Surrey • TCD • Truman State • UNC Charlotte
Ursinus
For a complete list of supported schools, click here.
Your facebook is limited to your own college or university.
You can use Thefacebook to:
• Search for people at your school
• Find out who is in your classes
• Look up your friends' friends
• See a visualization of your social network
To get started, click below to register. If you have already registered, you can log in.
Fungo ...
Tho I can understand why it is popular, I am not a big fan of letting people expose themselves to possible "whacko's". I think something like this lends itself too easily to risky situations, possible stalkers, etc. Guess I am just old fashioned, but I wouldn't want my college aged kid to be in the "book" ... even though the students are limited to looking only at other students from their school.
Build a compelling core service that attracts the right number (millions)of viewers who register with their information. Marketers start asking, how can I get my message to millions of my target audience quickly....and voila it's gone public and made some folks very rich! Of course how do you make big bucks off it and have it retain it's cool. Someone will figure it out.
More facebook info
Thinking like a college student, it sounds like fun!
As a parent, it sounds creepy and has the possibility of leading to stalking in the real world! Guess I'm very old school. 
Thinking like a college student, it sounds like fun!
As a parent, it sounds creepy and has the possibility of leading to stalking in the real world! Guess I'm very old school. 
My son joined at his school and has already met people he would not otherwise have met among 16-18K students.
His social life is pretty limited at this point, so I think it is a good thing.
Hey, we've all met each other here in cyberspace, why can't our kids meet those with similar interests on their own turf!
His social life is pretty limited at this point, so I think it is a good thing.
Hey, we've all met each other here in cyberspace, why can't our kids meet those with similar interests on their own turf!
I use it as a way to joke around with my friends at other schools around the country. Another way we can make fun of each other and let all the old pals know what we've been up to. I like it because we're not big into the instant messaging each other too much. Plus with playing ball at school I don't get home really at all except for summers, which we all spend working anyway. Nice and easy way for us to keep in touch. Plus I get to use it show off my picture of me and Carlos May. Unfortunately, all of my White Sox fan friends aren't into team history too much, so they have no clue who he is.
It was started at Harvard by a couple of students there. (My daughter goes to Harvard.) It was such a big hit at Harvard that they decided to add other Ivy League schools. Soon, other schools started requesting that they be added. Voilla!......now you know the rest of the story.
My sons and his friends all subscribe to it, and they have been able to reconnect with former high school classmates (they're college alumni), and they've made new acquaintances that they would have otherwise never made. Since they're all college-aged kids or older, they're at least aware of the possible pitfalls of putting personal information on the Internet. However, I recently learned of a website called myspace.com, a site similar to The Facebook. Unlike the Facebook, though, anyone can subscribe so long as they claim they are 18 years old. My friend's 13 year-old daughter found five of her classmates and two seventh graders from her school on the site. They had posted their pictures (a couple very provocative), their name, their zipcode, and some pretty shocking messages. The principal of the school has since notified all the parents of the site and is having a representative from the police come in to talk to the students about the perils of putting personal information on the Web for all to see. Very scary!
I question the wisdom of posting a girl's picture...I know I wouldn't put my daughter's picture on the internet. Our culture is too scary!
Chill ...
That was my point tho you and I may be in the minority on this one.
That was my point tho you and I may be in the minority on this one.
It wont be my daughters picture up there !!!!
And this from a guy who met his wife on line in a baseball chat room !!! But that is a stroy for another day.
And this from a guy who met his wife on line in a baseball chat room !!! But that is a stroy for another day.
Personally...I would not put any of my family members pictures on the internet....that includes in-laws as well as my pets...there are too many "ill" people out there...IMHO
TR....Inquiring minds want to know all the particulars...for future reference
TR....Inquiring minds want to know all the particulars...for future reference
What I find particularly chilling is the linked posting of daily journals on instant messaging profiles. Intimate details floating in cyberspace for all to see. Whatever happened to personal privacy? Very scary...especially when one posts such info voluntarily. What are these kids thinking?? 
Forgive me for bumping up such an old thread...But it's quite funny to read these posts, as everyone was probably oblivious to how huge "thefacebook" (Facebook now, obviously) would become. I also recall the days when everyone was afraid of internet predation, and remember the horror stories about Myspace, Craigslist, etc. killings. It seems like the internet has made a long of progress in just 4 years.
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Or maybe not.
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Or maybe not.
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Interesting, too, the date and how much has changed since then....
For one thing, forget "Thefacebook"--we had not yet discovered the hsbaseball web! And many who had posted then no longer post here.....
And of course, our sweet FutureBack.Mom---who continues to be Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight ... I miss her terribly.
Our children have banned us from Facebook. I feel badly that we haven't joined the fun......
For one thing, forget "Thefacebook"--we had not yet discovered the hsbaseball web! And many who had posted then no longer post here.....
And of course, our sweet FutureBack.Mom---who continues to be Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight ... I miss her terribly.
Our children have banned us from Facebook. I feel badly that we haven't joined the fun......
Word of caution!
Make sure your Son understands that what he puts on Facebook might be seen by college coaches/recruiters!
Better clean it up!
Make sure your Son understands that what he puts on Facebook might be seen by college coaches/recruiters!
Better clean it up!
More than just the college recruiters.....
A high school classmate/friend of one of our sons was weeks away this past spring from graduating with high honors in a nursing program at a very good university. On her Facebook page she posted a photo of herself holding a baby which she was taking care of. She posted the photo so her family in Mexico could see what she had been doing. She didn't post the name of the baby and there weren't any distinguishable names or identifiable markings of the hospital or anything.....and a classmate saw it and reported it to a professor. The girl was expelled from the university. No questions asked, no chance for explanations. Gone. All her tuition money, including academic scholarship money, wasted. Four years of her life wasted. She was gone.
A high school classmate/friend of one of our sons was weeks away this past spring from graduating with high honors in a nursing program at a very good university. On her Facebook page she posted a photo of herself holding a baby which she was taking care of. She posted the photo so her family in Mexico could see what she had been doing. She didn't post the name of the baby and there weren't any distinguishable names or identifiable markings of the hospital or anything.....and a classmate saw it and reported it to a professor. The girl was expelled from the university. No questions asked, no chance for explanations. Gone. All her tuition money, including academic scholarship money, wasted. Four years of her life wasted. She was gone.
So help me out here-- I truly don't understand. What was there to "report"? And why would a school expel?
Naked baby and therefore child pornography?
Suspicion that she was the mom--and that was somehow improper?
Naked baby and therefore child pornography?
Suspicion that she was the mom--and that was somehow improper?
She said it was the HIPPA laws---she apparently violated the baby's privacy.
Yes, why would the school expel? Well, maybe the administrators were afraid of a lawsuit? They certainly acted hastily.....too quick, in my opinion.
Yes, why would the school expel? Well, maybe the administrators were afraid of a lawsuit? They certainly acted hastily.....too quick, in my opinion.
quote:She said it was the HIPPA laws---she apparently violated the baby's privacy.
Yes, that's what it sounds like to me. My class had to do EMS rotations this fall (total waste, but anyway..) and were told that if we saw something cool, we could not take a picture with our cell phones. I do have a picture of a skin condition that we saw last year when I was working with a team, but that athlete wanted me to take a picture so he could see it.. I will also look at pictures later today from one of our athletes who had a large cut Friday night, but again these pictures were taken at the request of the patient. And they won't end up on Facebook...
quote:Originally posted by play baseball:
They certainly acted hastily.....too quick, in my opinion.
The M.O. of the 2000's. Don't worry about the baby, just throw the bathwater out as quickly and as far as possible.
Zero tolerance is the product of little minds, weak spines, a lack of accountability, and fear of leadership.
I worked in a hospital in the offseason for a couple of years. During the employee orientation the administrators were very exacting about issues of privacy, confidentiality and HIPPA. Hospitals are very nervous about lawsuits and their patients' and visitors' rights.
One example we were given was that if we saw someone we knew in a hallway, we were not to acknowledge them unless they acted first. The reasoning is that people are in hosptials for many different reasons and some may not wish for anyone to know they are even there.
We were told that any violation of the hospitals privacy or confidentiality policy, or HIPPA, was grounds for immediate dismissal.
I know of two nurses who were dismissed for discussing a patient's chart on a crowded elevator.
One example we were given was that if we saw someone we knew in a hallway, we were not to acknowledge them unless they acted first. The reasoning is that people are in hosptials for many different reasons and some may not wish for anyone to know they are even there.
We were told that any violation of the hospitals privacy or confidentiality policy, or HIPPA, was grounds for immediate dismissal.
I know of two nurses who were dismissed for discussing a patient's chart on a crowded elevator.
quote:Zero tolerance is the product of little minds, weak spines, a lack of accountability, and fear of leadership.
We need alot more zero tolerance.....You know the rules.....Abide by them.....Plain and simple....
Geez, what ever happened to "turn the other cheek"? Not so plain and simple.
In reference to the nurse - I found U of Louisville dismissed a nuring student for postings on Myspace. She is suing - seems like the postings weren't hipaa violations, but were critical of the school. Can't find anything about the nurse and a picture of a baby.
Either way, anyone using the internet need to be careful. I don't think kids now a days have the sense of personal space - in their real lives or their online activities. I think that is a scary.
In reference to the nurse - I found U of Louisville dismissed a nuring student for postings on Myspace. She is suing - seems like the postings weren't hipaa violations, but were critical of the school. Can't find anything about the nurse and a picture of a baby.
Either way, anyone using the internet need to be careful. I don't think kids now a days have the sense of personal space - in their real lives or their online activities. I think that is a scary.
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We need alot more zero tolerance.....You know the rules.....Abide by them.....Plain and simple....
So each parking ticket you ever got, let alone each ambiguous and questionable law you've ever broken, and you say off to the penitentiary? Maybe we should make every crime a felony to reinforce the law?
quote:Originally posted by BlueDog:quote:Zero tolerance is the product of little minds, weak spines, a lack of accountability, and fear of leadership.
We need alot more zero tolerance.....You know the rules.....Abide by them.....Plain and simple....
Maybe we should just go capital punishment for everything. Firing squads on every corner, gallows in the school lunchrooms.
We knew the rules, kill the offender, plain and simple.
Or maybe, we should have punishments that fit the crimes. But like I said, zero tolerance is for ...well, you have a mirror.
The world is not now, nor ever has been, plain and simple. Only some of its people.
Something about casting stones jumps to mind.
quote:Originally posted by CPLZ:quote:Originally posted by BlueDog:quote:Zero tolerance is the product of little minds, weak spines, a lack of accountability, and fear of leadership.
We need alot more zero tolerance.....You know the rules.....Abide by them.....Plain and simple....
Maybe we should just go capital punishment for everything. Firing squads on every corner, gallows in the school lunchrooms.
We knew the rules, kill the offender, plain and simple.
Or maybe, we should have punishments that fit the crimes. But like I said, zero tolerance is for ...well, you have a mirror.
The world is not now, nor ever has been, plain and simple. Only some of its people.
Something about casting stones jumps to mind.
This is where we end up when we generalize and exaggerate.
There are different forms of "zero tolerance". There is the so-called zero tolerance of weapons in school where a six year old who brings a squirt gun to school is suspended or expelled. Pure BS.
The other, is when your employer tells you to not do something very specific. If you choose to ignore the instructions, you need to be prepared to accept the consequences.
quote:Originally posted by NWBB:
I worked in a hospital in the offseason for a couple of years.
I also work in a hospital in the off-season helping the doctors with the circumcisions.
The pays not great, but I get a lot of tips.
Just Kidding. I don't personally have a facebook anymore (used to when I was in college 03-04). I think it's a good way to get a word out about something (anything). Other than that it is just a way for kids to communicate, advertisers to advertise, and stalkers to stalk.
It has its pros and cons. HS Baseball Web is better than the facebook.
By the way fungo, it might have been your son who introduced it to me back in college. Not sure though, can't remember. Everybody was on it then. I didn't even know what myspace was then.
quote:Originally posted by 55mom:
Geez, what ever happened to "turn the other cheek"? Not so plain and simple.
In reference to the nurse - I found U of Louisville dismissed a nuring student for postings on Myspace. She is suing - seems like the postings weren't hipaa violations, but were critical of the school. Can't find anything about the nurse and a picture of a baby.
Either way, anyone using the internet need to be careful. I don't think kids now a days have the sense of personal space - in their real lives or their online activities. I think that is a scary.
Very good advice. Kind of shows some of the limits placed on free speech nowadays. These limitations seem to be growing - especially with the advent of political correctness which can have severe consequences. There was a special last week on Jimmy the Greek that showed how powerful these forces can be.
Many students have been disciplined for showing illegal activities like underage drinking. I saw another one the other day where someone lost thier workman's comp benefits because their myspace page showed pictures of themselves having too much "fun."
I am waiting for an athlete to say that they were misquoted or taken out of context when their myspace or twitter ramblings put something embarrassing out there.
quote:Originally posted by play baseball:
Interesting, too, the date and how much has changed since then....
For one thing, forget "Thefacebook"--we had not yet discovered the hsbaseball web! And many who had posted then no longer post here.....
And of course, our sweet FutureBack.Mom---who continues to be Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight ... I miss her terribly.
Our children have banned us from Facebook. I feel badly that we haven't joined the fun......
Mary Ann Keeps popping up as a friend suggestion. I think of her every time she does.