I've noticed this phenomenon here and there in my time on Facebook, and it's one of those things you see other people do that you would never dream of doing yourself and ask yourself...why?
What I'm referring to is married or dating couples who have joint accounts on social media sites, specifically Facebook. For example, Joe and Jane Smith have a joint Facebook account, so the name displayed is Joe-Jane Smith. Two people, one account.
Now, this would make at least financial sense if, say, Facebook accounts cost money to create. If FB charged $10 an account, and my wife and I both want to use FB...hey, we just saved $10 by making just one account. Even then, I'm pretty sure I would just shell out the extra $10 to have my own.
Why? Because even though we're married, we're different, individual people. We have different friends, different interests, different pages we want to follow on our feed. We might have a large number of mutual friends and family members, but we still retain our individual friends. If I want to include her in a post, I simply tag her and it shows up in her feed. When someone with a joint account posts about something, especially to an audience of mutual friends, it can become confusing as to who is actually posting. I've seen some people leave a signature of their name ("It was great to see you last night! - Joe") but again, that would be remedied by simply having your own individual account.
The only reason I can think that anyone would do this is if there is a trust issue between the two people. Maybe Joe had his own account and was doing something he didn't want Jane to know about and she found out, and he's not to be trusted with his own account. Or maybe Jane spent hundreds of dollars on Facebook game micro-transactions and needs to be monitored before they lose the house. Or one of the people is just a control freak and doesn't want there to be anything about their partner that they don't know about. In all instances, there's apparently some serious issues in this relationship that extend far beyond social media.
So if none of that is the case...again I ask...why?
What I'm referring to is married or dating couples who have joint accounts on social media sites, specifically Facebook. For example, Joe and Jane Smith have a joint Facebook account, so the name displayed is Joe-Jane Smith. Two people, one account.
Now, this would make at least financial sense if, say, Facebook accounts cost money to create. If FB charged $10 an account, and my wife and I both want to use FB...hey, we just saved $10 by making just one account. Even then, I'm pretty sure I would just shell out the extra $10 to have my own.
Why? Because even though we're married, we're different, individual people. We have different friends, different interests, different pages we want to follow on our feed. We might have a large number of mutual friends and family members, but we still retain our individual friends. If I want to include her in a post, I simply tag her and it shows up in her feed. When someone with a joint account posts about something, especially to an audience of mutual friends, it can become confusing as to who is actually posting. I've seen some people leave a signature of their name ("It was great to see you last night! - Joe") but again, that would be remedied by simply having your own individual account.
The only reason I can think that anyone would do this is if there is a trust issue between the two people. Maybe Joe had his own account and was doing something he didn't want Jane to know about and she found out, and he's not to be trusted with his own account. Or maybe Jane spent hundreds of dollars on Facebook game micro-transactions and needs to be monitored before they lose the house. Or one of the people is just a control freak and doesn't want there to be anything about their partner that they don't know about. In all instances, there's apparently some serious issues in this relationship that extend far beyond social media.
So if none of that is the case...again I ask...why?
