Comments on: How University Administrators Should Approach the Facebook: Ten Rules

By: mpstaton

mpstaton — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:35:00 +0000

agreed.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:29:00 +0000

I am a college freshman going to Boston University. I often use facebook to check up on friends status and parties in the works. What is suprising about facebook is that at BU the dean of public safety has over 1000 friends from BU and colleges in the area. Its a great tool to use to get in contact with him if you ever needed to.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:36:00 +0000

I am wondering where, if any, administrators have taken advantage of Facebook in a positive manner…for example getting a message out to students…any thoughts on that…do you think students would respond if the dean or president of a university asked to be their “friend”?

By: Fred Stutzman

Fred Stutzman — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:13:00 +0000

Lindsey - I completely agree. You might want to check out the claimID project. We're dealing exactly with the issues you describe.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:31:00 +0000

Thanks for the interesting article.

"They have to understand the need to act now on behalf of the person they'll be in 4 or 5 or 6 years. Give them that context."

I think that's good advice not only for people on Facebook, but for anyone who publishes anything online. It's less ephemeral than it appears.

By: Fred Stutzman

Fred Stutzman — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:26:00 +0000

Hi Liz – Thanks for the kind words. Its exciting to see you here as I’m a big fan of your work. I too hope our paths cross some day. Best, Fred

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:02:00 +0000

Fred, this is great stuff. I stumbled across it while prepping for a presentation at the Milken Institute Global Forum, and will definitely link to it liberally. Nicely done.

I hope at some point we get a chance to cross paths at a conference–your work looks really interesting.