My Dad added me on Facebook... 3 Oct 2007

Aydin Mirzaee writes about the awkward feeling you get when your dad adds you as a friend on Facebook:

"A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine told me that her mother added her on Facebook. I was amazed. A few days later, my father added me as a friend. Weird, but true. Well, what's wrong with this anyway? Well, I like to think I have one of those cool dads, so in this case, nothing. But, do you really want everyone to see your party pics?"

Seems like Facebook recognises the risk that this presents to continued use of its service however:

"In the next little while, Facebook will announce that you will be able to classify your friends in different categories (i.e. business associates, colleagues, friends, close friends, family, etc...). Each one of the categories will have separate privacy features that will allow you to decide who gets to see what."

This is a great example of an application evolving to meet the emerging needs of its users.