Facebook Gransnet

GN is far more public than FB .On FB you can set you account so that only people you choose can see it. Of course if someone chooses to have 10,000 ‘friends’
their posts will be seen by that many. It is not FB that is at fault , but the people who use it.

FannyCornforth

In fact, that’s exactly why I don’t do FB. I’ve no interest in creating a false image of myself, and additionally I don’t want to render myself vulnerable by letting people into my private life

There's really a lot of misconceptions about Facebook.

On Facebook, I'm myself, not a made up username. One doesn't have to have any friends at all on Facebook, but the Friends I do have I actually know from real life.

You don't post stuff you don't want your Friends to know. You set your security to exclude people who are not your Friends.

There's no question of letting people into your private life, but I wager I know a lot more about your private life by seeing what you post on here, than if you were on Facebook. Even more so for Grans who post the most intimate details of their lives, illnesses, bereavements, family feuds. GN is much more open to the world than Facebook.

I know Alegrias
I’ve just done a lot of the type and delete stuff.
The bottom line is that I’m odd!

I’ve posted a lot about illness and bereavement, but I wouldn’t touch family feuds with a barge pole. I only say nice things about my family on here as I know that I’m very identifiable

You can delete stuff on Facebook too

Actually you can delete it months after you've posted it and not have to worry about it ever again....

Even more so for Grans who post the most intimate details of their lives, illnesses, bereavements, family feuds. GN is much more open to the world than Facebook.

And with photos, including grandchildren!

Some crazy/naive grans on here - I've never seen pics of children on Mumsnet.

There was one mother on MN with an older teenager with very special needs. She posted everything about him. Photos, his name, where they lived.
He himself used to post, talking to all his lovely MN ‘aunties’.
It was utterly bonkers. A safeguarding nightmare

Alegrias brilliantly put, the people using this site are much much more vulnerable than what they see as the dreaded fb
I am under my own name I only have people that know me or have known me in real life I can pick and choose
I m picky if I start to see a friend posting stuff I don’t agree with I can hide their posts without offending them They need never know I can’t see what they post, that’s my choice. I once had a cousin a chap I liked post some things that were mildly racist I had no second thoughts that I didn’t want to see his posts so I stopped following him, but I haven’t offended him as he doesn’t know I don’t see his posts, saves hurt all round.
I ve never in 12 years had one iota of trouble on fb
I sometimes can’t believe what I read on here in the way of intimate details

…and what about the posts looking for a grandmother substitute for their child/children ???

Just because someone wants to be your friend on FB doesn't mean you have to say Yes.
I get lots of friend suggestions too, mainly friends of my DC and many I've never heard of.

Just Say No.

#Calliefewmates

My views exactly Callistemon.