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Genealogy Research on Social Media. Allan Turner WISE-FHS Webmaster. Social Media. Social Media. Why would you want to be connected? To make online connections that will improve your efficiency and speed
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Genealogy ResearchonSocial Media Allan Turner WISE-FHS Webmaster
Social Media • Why would you want to be connected? • To make online connections that will improve your efficiency and speed • To provide a near instant platform to reach out to other people with a mutual interest in genealogy • To significantly increase your chance of achieving your genealogy goals and objectives
Social Media • What types of social media are there? • Social Networks – Services that allow you to connect with others of similar interest and background, e.g., Facebook, Google+ and Linkedin • Bookmarking Sites – Services that allow you to save, organize and manage links, e.g., Delicious and Stumbleupon • Social News – Services that allow people to post various news items or links, e.g., Digg and Reddit • Media Sharing – Services that allow you to upload and share various media such as pictures and video, e.g., YouTube and Flickr • Microblogging – Services that focus on short updates that are pushed out to anyone subscribed to receive them, e.g., Twitter • Blogs and Forums – Online blogs and forums allow conversations and comments. Usually, the discussion is centered around a specific topic
Social Media • Online tools that connect people with people • Generally relies on user generated content • Enables genealogists to communicate and coordinate with their community of interest: • Family members and the public – Conducting research and sharing the results • Researchers and distant family members – Staying in touch online is quicker and cheaper than letters or phone calls • Peers, mentors, and online genealogy resources – To keep growing skills and knowledge
Social Media • Consider the following: • Entries (comments or posts) should normally be as concise as possible. If they contain too much elaboration or superfluous detail, you stand a good chance of loosing the attention of your intended audience • Information regarding living relatives should be avoided. Including such information in private messages or emails is okay, but remember nothing is totally secure on the Web • Be cautious when entering specific personal information that is required to open an account on social media sites • Create a separate email account for your research communications • Try entering nonspecific information, such as “Private”
Privacy How to control what you share on Facebook: • Verify who can see your past posts and limit the audience if you’re not comfortable with anything • Review the current privacy settings for your posts in your Activity Log • To limit the audience of old posts to Friends, visit your Privacy Settings • Consider who you’re sharing with each time you post something. You can set the privacy for it at that time, just look for the Audience Selector
Privacy • Group Privacy - These options can only be selected by the group’s administrator(s) • Open Group – Anyone can see the group, who’s in it, and what members post • Closed Group – Anyone can see the group and who’s in it. Only members see posts • Secret Group – Only members see the group, what’s in it, and what members post • Membership Approval… • Choice #1 - Any member can add or approve members • Choice #2 - Any member can add members, but an administrator must approve them
Privacy • Audience Selector… • News Feed & Timeline – Allows you to specifically select your desired audience • Group – Your audience is defined by the privacy settings in the group
Privacy 1. Select “Edit Account” icon 2. Select “Settings”
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