Thing 22

This was the scariest of all the Things for me. I do not want to get in touch with everyone I went to high school or college with, and if I want to talk to a co worker I can talk to them at work or pick up the phone or shoot an email. You may ask, "Why don't you want to get in touch with people from high school or college?" I really don't want to get sucked into wasting hours on Facebook. I also don't want to feel obligated to correspond with people I haven't seen or spoken to in 20 years.

Some things I did while on Facebook: I searched by name, school, and workplace and found many people I know. I was honestly surprised at some of the people who were on Facebook. Once I found a friend I looked through their friends and found more people I know. Some people choose not to display their friends.

I'm not sure about educational uses for social networking. Perhaps setting up a class or organization page might have some usefulness, but I think a blog or wiki would serve that purpose just as well and pose less risk. Social networking can be useful for career building/job hunting.

I'm glad I know more about social networking, but I'm just not comfortable with it and don't desire to spend time on it. I have deactivated my account, but if I need to find someone I will know how.