poshtotty
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Just to clarify one point.
If someone finds this site through Google, then yes they can comment on it on Facebook.
They can also comment on it on any of the many, many different discussion areas on the Internet.
People could be linking to posts on here on Mumsnet.
How would you know?
How do you feel about Mumsnet?
People could be commenting on Google+.
How would you know?
How do you feel about Google+?
There are other diabetes fora (all over the world) and people could link to posts on here.
How would you know?
How do you feel about them linking to your posts and discussing them without you knowing?
People could well be commenting on this very thread all over the Internet.
There is no requirement to become a member of this forum to comment on the posts.
There is only a requirement to join this forum to comment on posts within this forum as part of the discussion within this forum.
Facebook is a complete red herring.
This is a public forum and ANY other forum can link to this site and the content within this site, and comment on it without anyone on this site knowing about it.
Please, just because you personally hate Facebook doesn't make others posting to Facebook some kind of crime.
Cheers
LGC
Very well put, LGC but I don't think that is necessarily the point.
What seems to be coming across from other posters is the decision by Administrators to repost certain threads without our knowledge, as if they are playing God.
I for one would feel much happier and have a better sense of being respected as a member, if a note was added to the bottom of the thread in the way that moderators do when they lock a thread or edit it, simply saying that this thread has been reposted to Facebook because the content is considered to be of interest.
How poor daniT1D feels about seeing his dating thread reposted and finding himself laid bare and exposed to potential mockery, I cannot imagine. As things stand at the moment it seems we are encouraged to post as members simply to provide additional material to promote DCUK on Facebook but we are offered no protection or even the courtesy of being informed. We are afterall members of this site, and normally membership means we are protected by a governing body - not exploited by them.