Do you block your family members from your facebook account?

India
November 7, 2011 11:09am CST
I have blocked some of my relative because they like to poke on what friends i have. And once my relative post something really obnoxious on facebook and i have to block her. What do you think?
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@Rosa26 (2618)
• United States
7 Nov 11
My son blocked and to his father too, because he doesn't wants we know when he uses the computer and he is in punishment, so sometimes he opens his FB to write things like "I can't use the coputer!!help" but anyway if he blocked or not I don't care because I have his password and I enter to see his movements in FB.
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• United States
7 Nov 11
You go Rosa....I told my son if he ever gets a FB, as long as he is under 18 and under my roof, I will have his password...
• Philippines
8 Nov 11
How old is your son Rosa? I guess social networking sites is a big problem of parents in this generation. I would also see from time to time posts from my younger cousins, nephews, and nieces - and admit I don't like what I see. The youth should focus on other productive things rather than stay in front of the computer. In addition, the uncensored content in the Internet is very harmful to the mind of the young people. Staying too much on these sites would also subject them to bullying or harassment. I agree with both of you to be protective of your children.
@Rosa26 (2618)
• United States
8 Nov 11
My son is 13, and eventhoght he is not a lot into FB because what he likes is to play an online game called Tales of Pirates,sometimes he enter to his FB and when he finish if I think there is something that I need to know I enter tis account, because is like what my mom says, "I prefer that my daughters cry than me to cry" meaning that daughter "(because mom only had daughters no sons)will cry because the mother doesn't allows to do or to have something that she thinks is good for er but the mother because have experience and knows don't allow her to have that, and if mom cry will cry for the lost of her beautiful treasure, because we never know to what way can take our kids this kind of sites.
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
7 Nov 11
I did that once and regretted it because then I couldn't leave messages and trying to call was nearly impossible to connect. So this time around I just made a different profile for my "real" friends and relatives, leaving my old one to my one relative and her friends who had attacked em last week. By doing this, I can communicate with the relative, but I have my comment section blocked, she can't leave nasty remarks. (Which I am sure is ruffling her feather)
• United States
8 Nov 11
Not really, not when I rarely go onto the old one and primarily only visit the new one. If I had something I want to share on both, since I have multiple browsers, it doesn't take long to copy what I want to share from the new one, sign into the old one, paste and sign out. I don't communicate on the old one, just post there only.
• India
8 Nov 11
That is good. But keeping 2 profile on a networking website consumes lot of time, i did that on orkut but on facebook, i got one profile. But you have a valid point but i block guys with whom i don't want to communicate.
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@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
7 Nov 11
I don't have anyone blocked on Facebook. Sorry your relative had to be blocked. Most of my relatives aren't on Facebook.
• India
8 Nov 11
That's what i should have done earlier.
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
7 Nov 11
I haven't had to block any family members yet. I only have one person blocked. It is a girl I was friends with who turned out to be pretty psycho. I did delete a family member though. I got tired of seeing his posts on how important family is yet he hasn't seen my dad (his half brother) in years and he doesn't talk to me on facebook at all when he's on.
• India
8 Nov 11
You did right. That's why i had made a point not to add anyone whom i don't know personally. I had added few friends whom i met online and i communicate with them very often.
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
8 Nov 11
no i don`t..as long as they don`t want to make me as their enemy, i accept them both my friend, my family or another..
• India
8 Nov 11
It depends on individuals and in turn depends on scenario. Perhaps you haven't encountered what i have or may be your family members are more understandable. I don't have problems will all of them but only one.
@dlfhr04 (75)
• Indonesia
8 Nov 11
I don't block them but I told them not adding my facebook contact since I feel like watched andn sometimes they (my mother and people in home) asked me about my status or anything else. I dislike it. If nephew of niece, I still accept it.
• India
8 Nov 11
You can do that if they are understandable. But some don't really want to understand.
• Philippines
8 Nov 11
I don't block my family members. I still respect them. However, I hide my relationship status and some picture folders from all my family members.
@lisa0502 (1724)
• Canada
7 Nov 11
I have only blocked one family member on facebook. This was my aunt. Her and I had a disagreement and she wrote a letter to me and it was very hurtful and very mean. I do not have any interest on knowing what goes on in her life and I do not want her to know about mine. I think that if you have a valid reason to block people then so be it. If they are rude or ignorant then for sure block them.
• India
8 Nov 11
That is the last resort and i had blocked my cousin for same. She keep on posting obnoxious stuff and now i had blocked her.
@joystick (1675)
8 Nov 11
I do not have a worry of blocking any of my family on face book, as my family do not get involved in things on face book.I have blocked friends, or should i say two faced people that are on my list.If i was to block people then it cause me a family arguement, so i keep the family on there for a quiet life, mind you, i am never hardly on face book as there are other things that i am on.
@vexxus (712)
• Philippines
9 Nov 11
i don't block my relatives on my FB account, in fact I only use FB to connect to my relatives, cause they live far on our home. and I don't really mine what ever they do as long as they are happy doing it.
• Philippines
8 Nov 11
It is your freedom to choose whoever to accept or block. It is not your obligation to show everything to your family members. If you don't feel comfortable with them seeing your friends and activities, then feel free to block them. You could also make use of the privacy settings of Facebook. Make a list of friends and categorize them accordingly. Then configure what each list see from your wall. This way, each list get to see what they only need to see.
• Philippines
21 Mar 12
I don't block them. But I don't accept my family members friend request probably because I don't want them to know my personal life like if I'm having a boyfriend or if go to some place with my friends. Besides, my parents are strict and they don't let me go with my friends and hang out with them. :)