Activities For Senior Citizens: Seniors On Facebook Keeping Up With Life

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I have wholeheartedly promoted seniors on PCs and the Internet as a means of perpetuating a special quality of life for my peers, in particular in the sphere of memory improvement. I, myself, possess a Facebook account and a couple of other social media accounts, too. I check my Facebook page almost every day because it helps me keep track of individuals I know all over the world. In truth, I have never met some of them face-to-face, and others I may not have seen for fifty years or more!

On Facebook you will come across many activities for senior citizens, as well as special groups about everything you can think of. It is quite likely that you will find alumni groups for your high school, people who grew up in your home town, or even your family! If not, you can start up a senior community of your own, or any other kind of group you like! Seniors on Facebook have a number of groups, and I belong to a few of them myself.

If you are reading this it is probable that you are a computer user. As such, you will already be aware of the advantages to be gained by owning and using a personal computer. However, you quite likely also know that many seniors are unaware of the things they can do with a computer, or are manifestly put off by the notion of using computers. This is a problem for both them and for us, because we desire the associations we might have with them. In fact, if you are the child or grandchild of a senior who doesn't use a computer or the Internet, you will almost certainly profit from sending that person a duplicate of this article!

Here are a few of the capabilities of Facebook that make it so great for seniors:

The Wall is a place on every user's page that allows friends to leave notes for the user to see.

Photos, where users can upload albums and pictures. Privacy settings can be established for individual albums, limiting the groups of users that can check out an album. For example, the privacy of an album can be set so that only the member's friends can see the album, while the privacy of another album can be set so that all Facebook users can see it. Another feature of the Photos application is the ability to "tag", or label users in a photo. For instance, if a photograph contains a user's friend, then the user can tag the friend in the photo. This sends a notification to the friend that they have been tagged, and provides them a link to see the shot.

Status, which allows users to tell their friends of their whereabouts and actions. With certain how privacy is established, anyone who can see a user's profile can also observe that user's Wall. Facebook also allows users to post attachments to the Wall.

News Feed, which shows up on every user's homepage and highlights information including profile changes, future events, and birthdays of the user's friends, if users decide to allow this.

Facebook Notes, a blogging feature that allows tags and embeddable images.

Gifts , which allows users to send virtual gifts and cards to their friends

Marketplace, which lets users post free classified ads.

Facebook is very effortless to sign up for, and the levels of privacy available will make nearly all seniors comfortable. If you want to check it out without joining up, use your web browser to proceed to the Facebook internet site, Facebook.com. Once you have arrived at that page, click on the "Find Friends" link at the bottom of the page. On the next page, enter my name, Robert Alan McCluskey, in the space labeled Search for People, and press the enter key or click the magnifying glass. Next you will view a page that identifies me. Click on my name (Robert Alan McCluskey again) to authenticate that I am the appropriate person and you will see a small excerpt of my Facebook profile. If you are interested in proceeding, click on the Sign Up button to the right of my profile and follow the instructions. You will soon reveal the many activities for seniors, as well as many of other wonderful things! See you there!

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