Week 6 : Facebook (Did I play nicely with others?)

Now there's a challenge feathered ones! What if I did not want to play nicely? The odd pike with a bullrush never did anyone harm...and while I would like to tag walls our neighbourhood has "big brothers" watching your every move and graffiti art is so yesterday!
Facebook was an interesting exercise. What a lot of people want to claim you as their friend. Are they lonely, desperate or actually interested in you, for the right reason???? Seriously, I can see that it has a certain appeal. I was intrigued to learn that it was developed by a Harvard student as a means of student communication and it is fascinating to notice that intellectual snobbery is alive and well in virtual circles. (Facebook versus MySpace...who would have guessed?)
It is interesting that YouTube and Facebook seem to be the popular sites for many of our customers, however the content that I see on the screens as I stalk by indicates that many users are not as pure as the driven snow and their values are significantly different to mine.
Facebook has some appeal for me as a means of keeping in touch with friends, but I can also do that through "old friends" which has better levels of security. I did find it easy to use but the down side was the number of anonymous people who wished to be my friend. Whoa, there are some creepy pond dwellers out there folks!
From Manukau Libraries perspective...I would promote the Library's Facebook to others because I think the work that Manukau Libraries does throughout its communities is awesome! Perhaps the phrase "any publicity is good publicity" gives us the right to promote our libraries through any means that we can. So I will twitter, facbook, chirp and trill as much as I have to! After all, there is more than one way to skin a cat...