As opposed to my LinkedIn and Twitter accounts in which I accept all connections and followers, I have a cap on the number of “friends” I admit into my Facebook world – 100. Admittedly, it is an arbitrary number, but it allows me to make sure that whatever I share on the Book of Face gets to persons I know and trust. Those with thousands of friends astonish me. I find it difficult enough to keep track of the 100. Of course, if I ever took a picture, recorded a video, or wrote a comment that I want the social media world and not just my friends to know, I might consider using the status update menu choice of “Public” so that “anyone on or off Facebook” can see the post.

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