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Anonymous wrote:My 80 year old dad is on "The Facebook" but doesn't really understand it. Somehow he set up two profiles and he gets mixed up and wonders why "so-and-so isn't my friend anymore!" - well, that's because you're in the wrong profile.

He also says to me all the time, "I just don't understand why Larla sent me that picture of XYZ on The Facebook."

Um, she didn't send it TO you, she put it on her wall and you saw it in your feed. Just because you see it doesn't mean it's for you exclusively.

Love him , but the FBing is kinda rough.

Kudos to your dad for trying to stay connected. I know it is rough, but have patience. We older folk don’t catch on to technology as quick as the younger people. You might want to help him merge the two profiles into one. Spend some quality time with him!!!

I have sat down and had a one-on-one FB tutorial with him several times. I can't figure out how to merge the two profiles- he has two sets of friends, two different pictures, likes, groups, etc. I think it is what it is. It's just funny.

Anonymous wrote:My 80 year old dad is on "The Facebook" but doesn't really understand it. Somehow he set up two profiles and he gets mixed up and wonders why "so-and-so isn't my friend anymore!" - well, that's because you're in the wrong profile.

He also says to me all the time, "I just don't understand why Larla sent me that picture of XYZ on The Facebook."

Um, she didn't send it TO you, she put it on her wall and you saw it in your feed. Just because you see it doesn't mean it's for you exclusively.

Love him , but the FBing is kinda rough.

Kudos to your dad for trying to stay connected. I know it is rough, but have patience. We older folk don’t catch on to technology as quick as the younger people. You might want to help him merge the two profiles into one. Spend some quality time with him!!!

I am a mom who has been accused of my twenty-something DD of embarrassing her on FB (I think she is ultra sensitive about these things, but I also don’t want her to unfriend me!). So, I asked her to teach me "FB etiquette.” She has informed me of some of the things she and others find annoying when people post on FB. Using her “rules,” I try to conform and not be too annoying. If I do something that “crosses the line,” she lets me know.

You might want to very kindly talk to your mom and let her know about some rules for FB etiquette. Believe me, she is not doing this to be annoying. She is simply trying to stay connected with you in a “cool” way.

The lurking mom is another facebook archetype. She never posts, so you forget she is there, until she is visiting you and makes some comment like, "I see you never like Jane's photos anywhere. Did something happen between you two?"

This thread is awesome. Please keep posting! My parents don't do anything hilarious (or at all) on FB and now I'm kinda jealous...

I tagged my MIL in some kids' birthday party pictures (nice, normal looking photos - nothing unflattering or weird) and she accused me of hacking her computer.

My 80 year old dad is on "The Facebook" but doesn't really understand it. Somehow he set up two profiles and he gets mixed up and wonders why "so-and-so isn't my friend anymore!" - well, that's because you're in the wrong profile.

He also says to me all the time, "I just don't understand why Larla sent me that picture of XYZ on The Facebook."

Um, she didn't send it TO you, she put it on her wall and you saw it in your feed. Just because you see it doesn't mean it's for you exclusively.

Love him , but the FBing is kinda rough.

For this and all other reasons noted herein, abandon Facebook, forthwith; save yourselves and save the dignity of humanity.

Anonymous wrote:My mom doesn't look at the source of material before she clicks "like" and sometimes things come from unexpected places. She was a math teacher before she retired, so she liked a math problem image the other day and didn't realize it appeared as "Jane Smith liked "I Like Big C*ck's photo.""

LOLOL

Anonymous wrote:My mom doesn't look at the source of material before she clicks "like" and sometimes things come from unexpected places. She was a math teacher before she retired, so she liked a math problem image the other day and didn't realize it appeared as "Jane Smith liked "I Like Big C*ck's photo.""

Ha ha.

You can change the settings so that you can review any photo you're tagged in and decide whether or not to add it to your timeline. Very simple.

My mom is dead and I wish she were around to annoy me on Facebook.

Anonymous wrote:I love my Mom. We have a good relationship but I want to block her on Facebook. She constantly posts inane things, quizzes (if you were a fruit, what fruit would you be), games, way out there political stuff, comments on everything I ever put up. Now she has embraced throw back thursday and is scanning old pictures of me and my siblings (and our friends) and posting them. She must be stopped.

Did you get lemon for your fruit type ? I would be mad too

Anonymous wrote:My Mom passed away last year. I would do anything to see her stupid Farmville posts again.

I'm sorry for your loss

My mom doesn't look at the source of material before she clicks "like" and sometimes things come from unexpected places. She was a math teacher before she retired, so she liked a math problem image the other day and didn't realize it appeared as "Jane Smith liked "I Like Big C*ck's photo.""

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry. At the very least, can you ask her to not post any pictures of you, old or new, for privacy reasons? The older generation is still working out the novelty of social networking and her fb friends who are her age are probably doing the same thing.

My mother also comments on every post I make with what she thinks is a funny (but it isn't) joke, but she only checks every couple of weeks so she winds up forcing my old posts to the top of the timeline with her embarrassing comments. I cringe but bear it. I know you have it much worse.

+1, except my Mom thinks she's a social networking guru, so there's no way to gently explain to her any sort of etiquette. And she has friended all my friends. *sigh*

MIL knows a little more than FIL, and that is not saying much, so she considers herself an expert. Yeah, in your circle of 70-year-olds you're a real I.T. professional.

I'll trade you. My MIL is helpless with such things and always calling us to help her.