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Academics - shall we set up a facebook group?

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Kathyis12feethighandbites Wed 18-Nov-09 14:15:27

....as we discussed in the CAWK thread, since private rooms didn't actually happen?

dontrunwithscissors Wed 18-Nov-09 20:47:54

I must confess to never having used facebook (would I be visible to students?), but I'm certainly open to joining the 21st century if it's a way of being able to discuss work issues more openly than on MN grin.

peppapighastakenovermylife Fri 20-Nov-09 08:16:56

Yes great idea.

WilfSell Fri 20-Nov-09 08:39:58

Yes. Just set up privacy controls. I think you can register in different names but not 100% sure... If so, you can join with a MN name presumably if you want to remain anonymous. A group can be moderated by it's administrators so we will need to have someone (Kathy?) doing this and perhaps some way of confirming people are from MN? Or am I being too Moldieish cliquey here? grin

I'm up for it: let me know what to search for...

GoGoHamster Fri 20-Nov-09 10:38:21

Face Book scares me ..... I've only just learnt to text properly. [wimp]

GoGoHamster Fri 20-Nov-09 10:38:39

I will try though [being brave]

peppapighastakenovermylife Fri 20-Nov-09 12:48:46

I will hold your hand smile.

It would be a great idea - even possibly some collaborations to get management off our backs!

Kathyis12feethighandbites Fri 20-Nov-09 13:11:06

OK I will try and work out how to do it - I am newish to FB too so will need to do a lot of learning first (but what with being on maternity leave etc rather than embroiled in the busiest term of the year, I am happy to have a go smile).

Kathyis12feethighandbites Fri 20-Nov-09 13:25:18

Do we want to be secret or closed?

descriptions here:

'This group is closed.
Admins must approve requests for new members to join. Anyone can see the group description, but only members can see the Wall, discussion board and photos.

This group is secret.
The group will not appear in search results or in the Profiles of its members. Membership is by invitation only, and only members can see the group information and content. '

Kathyis12feethighandbites Fri 20-Nov-09 13:26:36

I'm thinking secret so it doesn't appear in anyone's profiles - I'll go ahead and put that, shall I - I'm sure we can always tweak it later.

peppapighastakenovermylife Fri 20-Nov-09 13:29:28

I dont think it makes much difference. Possibly best to keep it secret just in case anyone reads our profiles, sees it and joins - and we have written awful things grin

We are all wandering around muttering 'Week 8. We've finished week 8'...

Kathyis12feethighandbites Fri 20-Nov-09 13:29:58

.... or maybe it would be too hard to join people up if it's secret - it would probably mean you sending me an email or message with your FB identity and then I would send you an invitation? Though actually that would be easy enough to do via the MN CAT system.

Kathyis12feethighandbites Fri 20-Nov-09 13:34:30

OK it now exists and is secret and has no members grin

If you want to join, send me a CAT with your FB id or your email (or post it on here if you have an email address you don't mind being visible). I don't think you can keep your identity separate from other group members unless you set up a whole new FB identity to use. Now I will go and set up a special email address just for this, which I will post on here for anyone who doesn't have CATs enabled.

Kathyis12feethighandbites Fri 20-Nov-09 13:54:31

here we go.
mumsnetcawk@yahoo.com

Kathyis12feethighandbites Fri 20-Nov-09 16:06:49

OK, a snag.... It seems I can only invite FB friends to join the group, so anyone wanting to join would have to also be my FB friend (not sure how this works if there is more than one Admin). Is that ok with everyone?! Or does it compromise security too much?

peppapighastakenovermylife Fri 20-Nov-09 17:19:51

fine with me - I doubt you really are my infuriating line manager!

skiffler Fri 20-Nov-09 17:33:09

Is it just you, or do we all have to be friends with each other as well? (I'm sure you're all lovely, but you know what I mean wink)

I think it's possible to have different privacy settings for different friends, so I could, for example, make it so that other CAWKers can't actually see any of my photos or get inundated with the trivia of my life...

Some details here:
mashable.com/2009/04/28/facebook-privacy-settings/

Magicglassesfairy Fri 20-Nov-09 18:30:07

Have sent an email and managed to find my facebook page (that's an achievement in itself)

Oh no!

You will keep posting here as well won't you? I'll miss you if you don't!

Essie3 Fri 20-Nov-09 21:15:02

Hello, I've so far not really been heavily involved in the other thread, but I'm keen to be! Mumsnet has really come up trumps for me with my academic job troubles.
Will e-mail.

WilfSell Fri 20-Nov-09 21:18:00

Of course we will BIWI. The facebook thing is just so we can bitch about our bosses collaborate...

I can share my Chinese homework with you if you like?

<hopeful>

Kathyis12feethighandbites Sat 21-Nov-09 12:06:28

Hi all
So far 2 people have been sent invitations to The Group and I've just sent out 2 more friend requests to people who have sent me their emails smile

This is very exciting.

Skiffler's link is great - it explains how to use the 'lists' function to do separate privacy settings, so you won't need to share anything you don't want to with strange CAWKers. Alternatively you can just use the 'hide' function so you don't get my domestic trivia cluttering up your space.

I don't think you will need to be friends with all the whole CAWK group, but we'll see.

Kathyis12feethighandbites Sat 21-Nov-09 12:07:13

btw Peppa I promise I am not your line manager wink

gonnabehappy Sat 21-Nov-09 15:21:27

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