For those who don't peruse the threads in Nonsense, Onesnowyowl has started a thread letting people know that she has started a Global TFP group on Facebook.
I read this post by Fresnelly and thought it was worthy of a greater discussion than being relegated to wilds of Nonsense.
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Originally Posted by Fresnelly
I'm actually a bit torn about joing the group in a fully public forum. I'm certainly not "ashamed" of being in the TFP, but Facebook represents a different community to me. It's my real life friends and family, co-workers and colleagues and my gut says to keep them separate from here.
Here is where I can be a bit playfull and naughty. There is a place to keep updated with old friends.
I'm not totally opposed to melding these two worlds and I'd be happy to add any of you to my Friend list in an instant, but the group invite is still sitting in my message board. Any thoughts?
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I admit that I have been troubled by exactly the same conundrum. Facebook is a very much a different approach to the Internet. Unlike most discussion boards, people do not create an Internet persona, rather they use their real names and face and interact with friends, family and business colleagues.
I am not so sure that I wish to share my TFP life with those people. I am still thinking about this and have also left the invite to the TFP group untouched as of yet.
I am honestly curious of what others think as well. I am not looking for a conversation about facebook, per se, rather this tension between the public and private (or the various layers of our constructed personae if you will).
How do you feel about this issue?