New site / facebook

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

I've been on FB for a few years now and have enjoyed catching up with old friends from high school, college, previous jobs and even some of my officiating buddies. But, I don't usually post much about my officiating exploits, just like I don't post much about work. It's just safer not to.

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Originally Posted by IowaMike

Kids away at college is what got me on Facebook a few years ago. Easy way to keep in touch, and now I have also connected with old military buddies, people from high school etc. I'm not obsessed with it but it has its positive uses.

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Originally Posted by JRutledge

They hardly ever talk about their officiating or show pictures of their games

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I'm more a voyeur than a poster. I'm not one that posts everything I do...... and, the only TWEETING I do is on the court!

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by grunewar

I'm more a voyeur than a poster. I'm not one that posts everything I do...... and, the only TWEETING I do is on the court!

I love Facebook, but tweeting is for the birds.

[Scuba_ref]

At our last association meeting we were specifically warned against posting any game/officiating references on Book Face (as Dwight refers to it in the Office). The story was brought up about a local official (by that local official) who mentioned good game (one that he had officiated) to a friend (child played in the game) on facebook. Someone else connected to that facebook user who was a fan for the losing team got ahold of that and made a big deal about it.

Sorry about the parenthesis - I had a few extra lying around and need to use them before their expiration date!

[Bishopcolle]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

I love Facebook, but tweeting is for the birds.

One very nice advantage of tweeting is: If you happen to follow an authority or respected leader of a field/industry, they will often show links to some very good reading or articles for study. Saves lots of time and really helps one (me, at least,) improve without a lot of time searching for the golden nuggets the tweet provides....just a thought.....

[biggravy]

I do Facebook. I've always been real big on networking. Felt that I never know where someone I knew would be able to help me out or vice versa. I'm not real big on how some people just add all kinds of people for the sake of adding them. I have about 600 friends on there and can honestly say I know all of them from some point in real life.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by biggravy

I'm not real big on how some people just add all kinds of people for the sake of adding them.

Agreed. My policy is that I never add somebody unless I've met them in person, and I can remember them! (It makes for awkward moments when you get that vague friend request, but I believe it's right.)

About 15-20 of my FB friends are also officials. Everyone is pretty cautious about posting game stuff. I've seen one friend mention a forthcoming game, but never have I seen anyone comment about a game. That's just asking for trouble.

[IowaMike]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Agreed. My policy is that I never add somebody unless I've met them in person, and I can remember them! (It makes for awkward moments when you get that vague friend request, but I believe it's right.)

About 15-20 of my FB friends are also officials. Everyone is pretty cautious about posting game stuff. I've seen one friend mention a forthcoming game, but never have I seen anyone comment about a game. That's just asking for trouble.

I don't post about specific games; I have officiating friends on FB and I may mention that I am working on a certain night but I never specify where nor do I make any comments about the game I have worked. You just never know who might see it or how they may take it. Of course, it's best to be careful about anything you post on a public forum. One moment of stupidity can come back to haunt you down the road.