[MA-SOC] Metro on Facebook

[Jeanne Kelly]

YAY!!!
Jeanne





On Jun 25, 2009, at 6:31 PM, Mandisa Washington wrote:

> Continuing our expansion of our already pretty-damn social group  
> into the broader realms of social networking, Metro Anime now has a  
> Facebook group. *insert fanfare here*
>
> The FB group is intended as a touchstone for Metro members past &  
> present to get in touch, have discussions, and post events/items of  
> interest, much like the mailing list, but with the benefits of faces  
> to go with names. "Official" Metro events & announcements will still  
> be broadcast over all our different channels, so joining the FB  
> group is totally optional for keeping up with what's going on.
>
> On the security front, I'll point out that being co-members of a FB  
> group still puts people at the same access level they would be  
> otherwise - "Friends" have friend-level access and everybody else as  
> "World/Global" access - so if you're new to Facebook, just set your  
> privacy settings to your personal comfort level of info, and only  
> share with the group what you're comfortable sharing. Also, FB is  
> still "the world", so don't post things like your address, phone #,  
> ultra-secret Defense Dept. security passwords, etc.
>
> The group is "Closed" - non-group members only see the Metro name &  
> description - so feel free to post con pictures or group pics, but  
> be courteous if someone in the pic asks you to take it down or not  
> tag them in it. More jobs are checking online profiles, so  
> sensitivity is in order.
>
> All that said, I think the group might be a fun addition to Metro,  
> and offer some of the functionality of a bulletin board without  
> (hopefully) a lot of the headache.
>
> Ciao,
> Mandisa
>
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