Mum is on Facebook and keeps in daily touch with her overseas friends. She likes using Facebook because she can see everyone’s photographs and gets to know what they’re all doing that day.
When Ma went away to Africa she left messages and photographs each day for us to see. Not everyone could see them, just the people she selected in the secured section. She is a part of a group raising funds for libraries in East Timor. They have Facebook too. Everyone can see when their next booksales are. This saves sending the dates out on their mailing lists.
Dad uses CommonCraft 3 minute videos when he want to find out what new Social Networking ideas are around. They have easy information on all the latest Social Networks, RSSs, Bookmarking, Flicker, Tags and lots more.
Ma uses the IFLA Facebook, she went to an IFLA conference in Durbin and is going to the one in Brisbane in 2010.
My family aren’t into Twitter, they SMS each other all the time.