Fade to Play

I love Facebook because it allows me to be social to let my guard down with those who I feel are cool to hang with, and won’t judge me based on the content of my profile page. As I get invites from people I don’t even know, people I have predominately research/work relationships with, or those that know me mostly due to proximity, I have become more cautious about what I want to share on Facebook.

I thought the idea of limited profiles would be effective, however within the limited profile group I have to paint everyone under the same brush. This wasn’t completely effective as I realised that some people I would not want to share certain photo albums, others I wouldn’t want them to see what’s on my wall. Other people, I just removed from my Facebook friends-list.

So to solve this issue, I am filtering these people onto Facebook. People of the LinkedIn tribe (if you were on linked-in before Facebook, then you already differ from the majority of my friends including myself), that is where we will interact together and develop relationships for the future.

My übertech friends don’t have to worry, you won’t be going anywhere.
For those that are moved to LinkedIn, don’t think of this as a negative, our friendship won’t change, it’s just that I want Facebook to be social, a place where I have fun, in a familiar space being me.

Special thanks to Scott Gatz for saying what I have been feeling.