Comments on: Mummy is my Facebook friend (well, mine isn't)

By: James Calleja

James Calleja — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:00:06 +0000

In reply to Parent. I agree with you. These things are unacceptable.

By: James Calleja

James Calleja — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:58:41 +0000

In reply to janine. Responsible parents are and will always be PARENTS not hired shepherds. Parents in the real sense of the word if you have any moral upbringing.

By: mario farrugia

mario farrugia — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:50:47 +0000

At last you’ve written some sense. I agree.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:51:20 +0000

In reply to I’m not a Facebook fan.

Not only are my mom’s friends and sisters not on my Facebook page, but they’re also blocked so that they can’t see anything I post on mutual friend’s pages.

Normal kids need their privacy, and normal parents respect that.

By: Wimpy

Wimpy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:59:24 +0000

In reply to Genoveffa.

I wondered what he reminded me of: Tommy Tomato! Thanks for the cue.

http://www.conranshop.co.uk/images/default/en/catalogue/large/322690.jpg

By: tony muscat

tony muscat — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:07:19 +0000

Daphne, you are right and wrong at the same time. Nothing wrong in being on Facebook. Like everything else, it all depends HOW you use things. A knife is the most useful tool in the kitchen….but you can use it to stab.

By: Parent

Parent — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:36:28 +0000

In reply to Mandy Mallia. There's another aspect: what about teachers linking up with their pupils on Facebook? I'm sure that there are many, and somehow, ma jdoqqlix.

By: Yanica Sant

Yanica Sant — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:32:52 +0000

I’m proud to say that my mum is just my mum, and not my Facebook friend, and she has no interest in becoming my Facebook friend. Ahh, the joys of a proper mother.

What many mums don’t realise is that when they are their children’s Facebook friend, they already know most of what happened in their weekend, so the children have nothing to share with their mother. Rather they’re afraid that she read something they would rather she hadnt, so they try to avoid her more. BAD. We’re favouring an online relationship to a personal one. What’s wrong with this society?

If she wants to tell me to be good on a night out and post kisses, she can do so, and in fact she gladly does so, before I leave the house…in person.

By: Tim Ripard

Tim Ripard — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:32:37 +0000

Ah Daphne, all this is true but, believe it or not, Facebook does have its uses. To IT numbskulls like me it’s a damn good way to share photos, which is what I occasionally use it for. With friends and relatives in several different countries, frankly it’s much easier than using the Kodak website which is what I tried before.

I never log on to Facebook unless I get an email giving me a link to something useful or interesting. I have absolutely no shame in admitting this. So what if I occasionally make use of Facebook? I explored the site for a week or so at the outset and found it incredibly mind-numbing. I mean, to be told that ‘X’ has ‘collected 5 Hatchlings today’ or ‘Y’ has done the ‘movie quiz’ or something similar. How people have the time to find eggs, create a virtual farm or collect hatchlings is totally beyond me.

Facebook is not bad per se but it seems to melt the logical-behaviour circuits of most people. Like any tool it can be used or abused.

By: I'm not a Facebook fan

I'm not a Facebook fan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:27:23 +0000

In reply to Andrea. And then there are the children who are "friends" with their friends' parents. What the hell are we getting at?