I use it with my name, which is my maiden name, as a matter of fact according to the laws of my native country, my only real name. I can be “found” by online friends if they know my email address I guess, but I generally do not accept requests. i have also taken off some contacts from my contact list, just because I did not feel like I needed to cross all my networks absolutely. This is completely painless since it is not notified to someone that you would remove them from your contacts, and if they actually cared, well it's up to them to contact you again: frankly, it has never happened, my guess is that those people who had added me just could not care less and were never in contact with me.

So now, after several years of practice, I am actually having people from my social life networks, and it is a way to keep in contact with what we are at besides our sometimes too brief encounters. It is a way to participate from remote places to their life events, and I find it pleasant.

I know some of them have a lot more activities on Facebook, I just don't have the time nor the inclination, the privacy settings are pretty flexible, the ignore button is convenient, and it's just a matter of learning how to navigate the maze. I find it important to start with adding the minimum and setting the maximum privacy, then if needed and desired open up more if someone has reasons and inclination to do so.

Some of my friends' teenagers have added me as their “friend” because I was friend with their parents, I found that really cute

Just go to the account settings and you can set them up to where your profile won't be seen by the general population and where you can only request friends and no one else can see your profile.

Just be patient and it will be fine.

Cade

I use it with my name, which is my maiden name, as a matter of fact according to the laws of my native country, my only real name. I can be “found” by online friends if they know my email address I guess, but I generally do not accept requests. i have also taken off some contacts from my contact list, just because I did not feel like I needed to cross all my networks absolutely. This is completely painless since it is not notified to someone that you would remove them from your contacts, and if they actually cared, well it's up to them to contact you again: frankly, it has never happened, my guess is that those people who had added me just could not care less and were never in contact with me.

So now, after several years of practice, I am actually having people from my social life networks, and it is a way to keep in contact with what we are at besides our sometimes too brief encounters. It is a way to participate from remote places to their life events, and I find it pleasant.

I know some of them have a lot more activities on Facebook, I just don't have the time nor the inclination, the privacy settings are pretty flexible, the ignore button is convenient, and it's just a matter of learning how to navigate the maze. I find it important to start with adding the minimum and setting the maximum privacy, then if needed and desired open up more if someone has reasons and inclination to do so.

Some of my friends' teenagers have added me as their “friend” because I was friend with their parents, I found that really cute

Just go to the account settings and you can set them up to where your profile won't be seen by the general population and where you can only request friends and no one else can see your profile.

Just be patient and it will be fine.

Cade