My group created a facebook account for a 73 year old woman. We felt like not many older people are comfortable with having facebook accounts, and don't realize much about social networks. Either way, most people 70 and over are not comfortable using the internet at all.
The first thing that facebook asks for when creating an account is an email address, your name, and date of birth. That is all that is required to sign up. The next page asks you for more networking information, like what high school, college, or technical schools you might have gone to. And then it asks you if you would like to search for friends, by name or by email address.
Overall, the experience was interesting because although it isn't difficult to create a facebook profile, it is difficult to create one for someone who doesn't have a school, or real friends. I also feel like it is difficult, because of how many of their friends might be alive, etc.
However, when it comes to searching for our fictional 73 year old woman, "Betty Smith" is too generic and you can't find much about her. There is also an author name "Betty Smith" who popped up quite frequently.
Group Partners: James Stapleton and Hannah O'Connor
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