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    Question Posting Threads on Facebook

    Hi all,
    Does everyone here realize that Financial Integrity is on Facebook and is putting these forum posts on as links that anyone can see?

    I did a test with my DH to go to the Facebook of Financial Integrity, and without even liking the page, click on the link that went directly to these 2012 Financial Goals thread. He could read this thread without registering. He could also check the View Profile, View Forum Posts, and visit my home page.

    Doesn't that seem a little weird? So that means that anyone outside of the community, anyone at all, can go through Facebook and read our stuff. I do not mind sharing with a community, but again, doesn't it seem weird to you?

    While I realize that my name, my website, and the threads I write and post to are searched and found, people actually have to KNOW how to spell my last name! Yet if all they have to do is go onto a thread (where they do not even have to register for a forum!) and thereby find me.

    I do manage to stay under the radar more often than not; I just want to continue to stay that way.

    Edited to add: He could not PM me or email me however, because he would have to register for the forums first. So at least there is that.
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    Weird, and producing rather a stifling effect on future posts. Cheers.

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    ‘Tis true. Posts, community, member list and profiles are all public. You have to be registered to post but all else is public and accessible through FI face book page.

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    Are there plans to correct this? It will affect my membership status.

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    To be fair, the facebook page just provides a link to here. Anyone coming here for the first time, whether from facebook, google or by accident, is able to view & read all forums which have been granted guest privileges. I believe that includes everything except the 'General Information' section, which confuses me.
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    But when did we ever give our names when we registered? I just searched in the forum search bar by my own last name and got no hits. So I fail to see how the connection would be made, except maybe in your case Laura, because you have your name (unless it's a pseudonym?) right in your signature and as part of your username. I have made a conscious decision to have my own image as my avatar, but I many have not . . . I am just not sure how the random Facebooking public, who is basically just the Internet public in general, would make a connection to who are individuals . . .

    FI did make mention of this a while back. I guess I knew they were linking over to the forums, but it doesn't really bother me. I see it as a way to get more people on board.

    ETA: It's just a link over here, as alan pointed out. We're already public with or without FB. And if we weren't public, and no one can find us and join, we would die. How would any of us even be here if we hadn't at some point accessed the forums, been able to read them, and determined that this was a place we'd like to participate in? We were just having a lengthy discussion about how to recruit and retain new members. To do that, we have to be found and people have to know we are here . . .
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    That's why I changed from using my real name as my handle to a fanciful one. Not that I'm ashamed of anything I post, I just don't want random people to be able to see what I consider a private conversation among friends.

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    It's ironic that this subject comes up today, when some sites such as Wikipedia have gone dark and Google places a black box over it's logo to protest SOPA and PIPA legislation.

    Perhaps this will prompt a timely discussion on privacy expectations in a public space and whether free expression is stifled by too much or too little latitude.
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    I am not a Facebook participant but not concerned about this as I realized that the whole forum as mentioned above was publicly viewed and was advised that it was public from the outset, I believe. If you have a blog, it is public already.
    Just out of curiousity, I typed 'razz' and googled to see what showed. Nothing beyond the explanation that is was some kind of poker showed up for the first several pages. No quick direct link to these forums.
    FWIW, I came up with razz because we have raspberries and I used a short form not because I play poker.:-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by alan View Post
    It's ironic that this subject comes up today, when some sites such as Wikipedia have gone dark and Google places a black box over it's logo to protest SOPA and PIPA legislation.

    Perhaps this will prompt a timely discussion on privacy expectations in a public space and whether free expression is stifled by too much or too little latitude.
    That would be a fantastic convo!

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