tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post5595921909579894817..comments2024-01-18T02:47:12.669-08:00Comments on Tregear Vean: Social media? why not? Revjeanrolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744131101249601856noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post-20748755302448129562012-09-16T08:41:27.318-07:002012-09-16T08:41:27.318-07:00I think that social media does help to build relat...I think that social media does help to build relationships, and sometimes you get to meet the people you know online, offline as well, which is a bonus.<br /><br />It can also be an educational and debating medium, I know that I've learned and grown enormously through it's use. <br /><br />And, on the social side, it allows me to keep in touch with distant friends and family, some of whom I haven't seen for years, or are now living on the other side of the world, particularly Australia, New Zealand and Canada.<br /><br />I have been working on my family tree, which is also another form of social media. It has allowed me to contact distant family members, and to really dig up secrets, some good, some bad, about ancestors. I now share my tree online with over 18 different distant relatives, and some cousins that I hadn't seen since I was a child.<br /><br />So, when someone challenges me, I let them know it's up to them to control their privacy settings and who they share their online life with. Most don't seem to understand that they have this choice, which scares me sometimes.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.com