I'm with
@tim2000s on this one.
We are all posting on a public, not private, site.
As such, all postings are in the public domain and there are no privacy or copyright issues.
The site is moderated, but that is to keep the spammers and crazies away not to protect our privacy.
Posting on this site is just like posting on Facebook - there is a permanent record of whatever you post and it is globally visible.
This is a nice friendly forum and has a "family" feel.
Much like Facebook and similar sites, people can lose sight of the fact that everything is public, and imagine that because you have to register then it is private.
We are contributing to a global resource for Diabetics, globally accessible.
So the only possible issue I see is the
site owners cross posting content from the web forum to the Facebook page.
It seems a valid strategy to draw people into using this forum by publicising it on Facebook.
It is a common strategy for Social Media sites.
From a quick look at the Facebook site the content is very similar (no surprise) to the news and other information posted on the parent web site to this forum (which also links to popular forum posts).
I must say that I think people are over reacting - it seems illogical to me that when all our content is easily shown by Google, and anyone with a Facebook account can link to any post or thread on this forum, that people are expressing shock, horror and disgust.
So, can I respectfully suggest the following:
(1) The forum owners poll the forum membership to see how many people strongly object to
specifically the forum owners posting links on the Facebook sister page to this forum. As far as I know there is no way of preventing anyone else doing this.
(2) If there is a strong feeling by a significant percentage of forum members that this should not happen, then the forum owners should desist and update the Ts&Cs to say they won't. (or accept that they are going to lose some members) If it is a minority only who object then the Ts&Cs should be updated to make very clear that posts on the site may be linked to the sister Facebook page.
(3) The forum owners add some kind of prominent reminder at the top of the forum pages to highlight to everyone that all posts are publicly visible, and can be cross-linked to other web sites including news and Social Media sites.
Never post anything you wouldn't be happy for the whole world to read, especially anything which might reveal your identity if you wish to keep it secret.
Hopefully this will cover the majority of the objections.
Anyone who is not comfortable should cease posting.
Unfortunately everything on the web it archived in many places and so can never be taken back.
This should, perhaps, be a wake up call to all members.
The are no secrets on the Internet!
Cheers
LGC
P.S. Whatever you do, don't mention the Twitter feed!!