The Benefits Of Private Social Media

Welcome back to the LFH blog! We are shifting gears in today’s post, as the title no doubt already informed you. In recent posts of the past, we’ve taken the opportunity to highlight ways that family members can connect with their children and adolescents via the medium of social media.

If you get the chance, we’d encourage you to check a few of our previous blogs on the matter. We discuss some of the benefits of social media in terms of how connected we all are, but we don’t sugarcoat the enterprise either; there is a palatable lack of privacy that comes along with public social media platforms. Not only is it difficult to know which other users are snooping around your personal interactions, but no one is genuinely sure about what private information is being shared and distributed across the web.

Massive Privacy Concerns

Privacy issues are becoming so glaring that the United States government is beginning to feel the need to intervene.

Because these massive social media sites are two-edged swords of sorts, we at Living Family History would like to present an alternative option. While our private social media platform is very much different from Facebook and Twitter in both practice and intent, there’s something to be said about providing folks who are interested with options. “This is another sobering indicator that Congress needs to step up and take action to protect the privacy and security of social media users,” Virginia senator Mark Warner stated in reference to Facebook. “A full investigation should be swiftly conducted and made public so that we can understand more about what happened.”

We are only a few years removed from social media platforms becoming political battlegrounds between world powers, as the latest presidential elections showcased.

However, we are sure that most of our readers have heard their fair share of information like this — we’d best move on and talk about something a bit more encouraging!

Living Family History – A Private Social Media Alternative

Hence, we will provide you with a wonderful option that we have created — Living Family History! Keep reading to get a brief description of what we have to offer before we go on to describe a few of the many benefits of our private social media platform.

Bryan, our founder and visionary, established Living Family History in large part because he felt the pain that so many feel at one point or another — the loss of a loved one. In Bryan’s case, it was the passing of his mother that caused his world around him to feel like it was crumbling. As time passed, he felt a second sting; his cherished memories of his mom began to wain in his mind.

However, he realized that modern technology offers an incredible way to keep these precious memories from fading away. Whether it’s the sound of someone’s voice, digital photo storage of good times, or even video, Living Family History offers a way to safeguard and share (if you choose) this information.

What Is Living Family History?

LFH is partially a social media platform and partially a media repository. This means it offers members a way to bring their loved ones together within a safe and private place. Not only can you keep in touch without worrying about their privacy, but families (and friend groups) can store and share audio files, documents, videos, images, and more. At the end of the day, it’s an incredible way to preserve your loved ones history, heritage, and traditions.

The Benefits – Security, Privacy, & Control

We’ve talked about how LFH makes it easy to record your family’s unique stories. But you can track anything you like with our platform, from medical documents to digital scrapbooks of your family pets! Beyond that, LFH’s calling card is all about the security, privacy, and control it offers members.

• Security — Living Family History has a firm stance on data mining our users. We will never sell your personal information to anyone, which is something many other social media platforms cannot say.
• Privacy – LFH offers a “Members Only” community where you and your family can meet other members (if you wish) in a safe setting. Additionally, you can set viewing options to “Friends Only” and “Private” if you want to filter who can and can’t see a particular post. Of course, LFH also offers private messaging within the network.
• Control – LFH posts can only be accessed through invites. This means you can invite and later, if need be, remove profiles from being associated with your private digital home. Naturally, you can control profile settings.

Stewardship

Maybe the most wonderful aspect of Living Family History is that we have designed the social media platform to be passed on from generation to generation. This way, grandchildren (and perhaps even their children) can hear what Grandma’s voice sounded like, or see a video of their Great Uncle Theo’s wedding!

Become Part Of The Community

As you can tell, there is plenty to be said about private social media platforms, but there is something truly special about Living Family History. But we don’t think you should just have to take our word for it, so we are offering a 30 Day Free Trial! Test out the site free for 30 days. Connect with your immediate and extended family in an amazing way. View packages here!