I just think it is deceitful for the forum owners to publish stuff from a SUPPORT forum on Facebook. That's not support that's betrayal. I realise anyone else can do it. That isn't the point. I feel used and violated by these 'catch all' rules. I realise 'every organisation' has them, but this is not supporting me, it is upsetting me, using me. A newbie upset at being recently diagnosed is not going to read every single word of the rules and regulations. It isn't illegal to use these catch all phrases but it's immoral. Is that right for a 'support' forum?
@Andy12345 You're right of course we all know where the door is. Maybe that's the answer vote with our feet.
@zand perhaps it is time to point out that the Facebook Group for diabetes.co.uk is also a support group for diabetics and fulfils the same function as this web forum.
For those who are not familiar with Facebook and avoid it, you may not realise that just having a Facebook account does not mean that you automatically see everything everybody posts on Facebook.
You see what you post, plus anything people you have made friends with post.
You also see posts from any group that you have joined or elected to follow.
In this case the diabetes.co.uk Facebook Group is a support forum for diabetics and carries much of the same information and questions that you see on here.
Although I did drop a heavy hint, nobody seems to have picked up that there is also a Twitter feed from diabetes.co.uk which carries very similar content.
So if you are going to impose (possibly impossible) limits on re-publishing information from this forum then you need to include Twitter.
Unless of course you regard Twitter as wonderful and Facebook as the work of the devil.
This web forum, the Facebook page, and the Twitter feed are all trying to do the same thing using different forms of Social Media.
This increase the chances of engaging newly diagnosed and long term diabetics looking for help and support.
I am really struggling with the notion that re-publishing posts on the Facebook Support Group is somehow immoral and a breach of trust.
I suspect that is mainly an emotional reaction following the realisation that your information posted on a public web site is just as public as the forum heading "the global diabetes forum" suggests.
I don't think it is fair to blame the forum owners for your lack of understanding about the web, and the implications of posting to a public forum.
Perhaps it is also time to note that membership of this forum is free.
You get this web site without paying for all the facilities.
In return the content you post attracts a readership and this in turn justifies advertisers paying, and other commercial arrangements which keep the forum open and free to support the members.
So please take a deep breath and perhaps revisit the issue in a couple of days.
Oh, and a newbie newly diagnosed is just as likely to go first to the Facebook page, get a feeling for the community, and then perhaps later investigate and join this forum as well.
Cheers
LGC