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<p>I know that there have been other posts about this last year, and perhaps the year before. I did not pay any attention to those threads. My son told me that some of his friends were asked if an admission’s counselor could be a “friend” on facebook. He wanted to know what he should do if this happened to him (I guess he anticipates this). He does not like that idea. He is not ashamed of anything on facebook, but feels out of control because he does not know what friends might write on his wall. </p>

<p>Additionally, he was accepted to one school, which I am not naming. They invited him to join a group of students admitted to this school. He does not feel comfortable with that either right now. What are the downsides to joining such a group? We know the upside is meeting other accepted students, and learning more about that school.</p>

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<p>You can use the privacy settings to keep your wall hidden from people. I would think he would want to be on the admitted students group. I think if you are careful with your privacy settings and delete anything that gets put on your wall that you don’t like, it’s fine.</p>

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<p>Momofwildchild, he is not familiar with privacy settings. I told him to read and learn about them. Thank you!</p>

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<p>Privacy settings are wonderful. You can pick and choose who gets to see what. Make sure he also knows that if someone tags a picture of him (puts his name on it) he can un-tag it, which means it won’t show up on his profile page.</p>

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<p>Tell your son to read all about privacy setting; this is something one should do before even having a FB account.</p>

<p>Check out this information; there is plenty of other information out there, but this is a nice start: [10</a> Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know](<a href=“http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/]10”>http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/)</p>

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<p>I just told him, thanks.</p>

<p>Scout thank you too!</p>

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<p>He also needs to learn how to make lists of friends so that he only shares some things with close friends. Everyone does not need to see his pictures. DD has found that at college there are a lot of adults as friends now. She just keeps the groups separate. I think the one list is called “no pictures for you” :slight_smile:
He also needs to learn the real details of privacy settings and control who gets news feeds, too.</p>

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<p>There is a lot for him to learn about it. Thanks.</p>