Mike d
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So those posts that duck post that are questions from the public, are they taken from here. I thought they were fac book users who messaged them.OK, so here's the original thread where some of us discovered our posts had been placed on Facebook. It was a very uncomfortable time for the OP and others of us too.
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/forum-posts-on-facebook.70850/
I share on this site because it is a support forum with moderators who are here to intervene and stop any bullying. I am not sure the same rules apply to Facebook which often seems to thrive on folk picking on a particular person. That's the difference between sharing here where info is openly available and sharing on Facebook.
Yes.Is That level of interrogation entirely necessary or useful to those non members seeking help ?
Isn't that why we name each thread..?
Yes.
A message for everyone on here members and non members, all are welcome.
Ever member was once a non member.
You specifically ask is it appropriate that a guest can search these forums for the information that might save there lives then the answer is yes. When your new and looking for information from people you can trust yes transparency is necessary and useful.
The exact opposite is also true if you need information to save you life but we will only give it to you if you join us, inspires no confidence. People join and ask us for help and advice and the advice we give them is almost entirely contradictory to public perception of what is good for them and often goes against the current government and medical advice for our condition.
Why should they believe us or take our word for it if it wasn't for the openness this site offers for people to look around and see that we practice what we preach. We are not snake oil sales men, and women (# equality women can be liars too), trying to prophet of there misery we are them. We understand. We were them. Lost and alone looking for help.
When your new you see the avatars with things like Expert & Guru sounds impressive but what does that mean? You have posted a lot and that earns you a title. Posting a lot and knowing what your talking about are 2 entirely different things. You can look up someones posts and see if they make sense. It all goes towards building a level of trust.
That trust is important.
The search engine bots have been crawling this forum for years, and have most probably have indexed every post for info, both yours and mine and everybody else as well.Just not sure why any one needs to search ALL MY posts before doing so.?
I often search members' posts to see what type of diabetes they have, or what treatment they are on, or just how long they have been a diabetic, as those factors make a big difference to my advice. Don't worry, I haven't had any reason to search yours .
But I understand your concern, though I personally am not too concerned about that issue. (It's not as though it's hard to register, spammers manage it often enough.)
OK, so here's the original thread where some of us discovered our posts had been placed on Facebook. It was a very uncomfortable time for the OP and others of us too.
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/forum-posts-on-facebook.70850/
I share on this site because it is a support forum with moderators who are here to intervene and stop any bullying. I am not sure the same rules apply to Facebook which often seems to thrive on folk picking on a particular person. That's the difference between sharing here where info is openly available and sharing on Facebook.
I contributed to that thread. It was at a time when I felt particularly vulnerable, and had been alerted to a particularly unpleasant post about me on another forum by someone who had read my posts in DCUK. I have moved on since then, and DCUK has also evolved somewhat. The Facebook revelation emphasised to me something I already knew, that we leave footprints in our postings that can be seldom be erased. It is all too easy to become comfortable with the familiarity that grows through communications with members who often become to be thought of as friends. It served as a reminder to be cautious in what I reveal about myself, as there is stuff I wouldn’t want to share with the whole world.OK, so here's the original thread where some of us discovered our posts had been placed on Facebook. It was a very uncomfortable time for the OP and others of us too.
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/forum-posts-on-facebook.70850/
I share on this site because it is a support forum with moderators who are here to intervene and stop any bullying. I am not sure the same rules apply to Facebook which often seems to thrive on folk picking on a particular person. That's the difference between sharing here where info is openly available and sharing on Facebook.