Oh, considering what you are doing for a living, I don't blame you. Most of the people on Facebook are college students. Being excessively cautious is a good idea.
I'm pretty safe - since most of the people I work with are about 10 years older than me or real luddites. They only use the computer for email or at work. Social networking sites like lj, facebook, meetup.com, and myspace? They haven't heard of. I was educating one guy who wanted to do a poll online - how to do it and where. I knew more than our IT guy.
Also, I happen to have a really popular name. I can tell people my real name and they still would have troubles finding me. So am hard to find, which adds a layer of anynomity that most people probably don't have. Realized if I wanted anyone on my flist to friend me - I'd have to give you the link and post an icon that distinguished me.
Your real name seems a bit more unique and so easier to locate.
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Date: 2008-04-21 10:02 pm (UTC)I'm pretty safe - since most of the people I work with are about 10 years older than me or real luddites. They only use the computer for email or at work. Social networking sites like lj, facebook, meetup.com, and myspace? They haven't heard of. I was educating one guy who wanted to do a poll online - how to do it and where. I knew more than our IT guy.
Also, I happen to have a really popular name. I can tell people my real name and they still would have troubles finding me. So am hard to find, which adds a layer of anynomity that most people probably don't have. Realized if I wanted anyone on my flist to friend me - I'd have to give you the link and post an icon that distinguished me.
Your real name seems a bit more unique and so easier to locate.