Posted by Dr. Bob on April 22, 2010, at 9:07:21
In reply to Re: LYING ABOUT FB + TWTR....why am i not surprised? » fayeroe, posted by kaylabear on April 21, 2010, at 22:32:43
> I noticed every one of those new members' (with the green "new" indicator next to their names-see med board) comments are linked to Facebook as noted by the icon count in their post. So anyone who responds to them will be linked to whatever Facebook account.and put on who knows what sites..
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> So maybe he is doing this automatically now?The number to the left of the green "tweet" button is the number of times tweeted, see:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#sharetweet
The server does in fact automatically welcome new posters on Twitter, see:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/consent.html
Links to posts open the posts for anyone who clicks on them. And when they open, they show who's responded to them. That's true if the links are on Facebook, Twitter, Google, or blogs -- or in emails.
> The disregard of member privacy here is just not worth the risk in using this forum.
This is a public forum, not a private one. As it says in the FAQ, the only way to be completely safe from those risks is to abstain from this activity:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#privacy
Others won't then be able to benefit from your thoughtful and intelligent posts, but that's the trade-off.
Bob
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