GNHQ please make it clear that these forums are public!

On a lighter note - Jalima, have a lovely time in Crete, but don't tell Gransnetters when you go unless you want FB to know
Thanks dbDB
I'll let you know when I come back - WARNING - never post your holiday pics on any forum when you're away - wait until you come home again (if at all).

Now, where're my holiday brochures?

It will sadly stop a lot of people asking for help and advice, fb is just too public, even with real names not shown.

Keep this thread at the top of the page so others know this too

GNHQ puts quotes from selected threads on Facebook. Each quote includes a link to that thread and you are then on the GN site and able to see anything that's there.

Are you saying that all threads, in their entirety, can be accessed on Facebook? I too wasn't aware that anything from here went on Facebook.

I'm not particularly concerned about it because I don't post much personal or sensitive information, other than a personal profile which I'm not that bothered about. But I agree that there should be a clear warning on the site that everything written by posters on any subject is available to whoever chooses to look.

Well, I don't use Facebook, which is why I objected in the first place. Oh well..
I'm no more inclined to start using Facebook, just less inclined to use gransnet.

I believe there are already one or two on the go FarNorth .

Since I have been aware that everything we write on line is public I have deleted quite a few posts before sending them.

I have always been amazed at how open a lot of posters are about very intimate details of their life. This was not the feeling I had when GN began and because we are an interesting group of people with more to say than most under 45s FB can get a bit of quality onto their pages.

Good point made grannyknot

"maybe we should have a closed group on facebook instead."

On facebook, people usually use their real names so that would have drawbacks too.

Bless him, my dad has shrunk considerably since I said that annsixty

Well gilly as you once said, which sticks in my mind forever, only because I wanted to say it myself but was too scared, my dad's bigger than dad, so there,?

Just removed my profile.

Well the weather where I live is always amazing. 30 degrees sunshine every day. I have 5 children and 18 grandchildren. I am 72 years old, took early retirement at 45 (I was an astro physicist). I love opera music, worldwide travel and I'm not ashamed to admit I am very wealthy too.

But remember not to say in too much detail what your weather is like in case someone can identify you from that...

Best we stick to the weather, recipes and TV and books

Totally agree Wheniwasyourage

I'm another one who avoids FB and Twitter from choice and I do not want anything I say to be put on to them as a matter of course. I am well aware that anything one puts on the internet cannot be regarded as private, but that's not the same as having ones's posts deliberately given to other social media. Obviously I am not the only one who chooses not to engage with these media and who will be much more guarded about what I say on GN in future.

I totally agree Seacliff I don't remember being asked if I minded when I joined I m not saying I wasn't as I have a memory like a sieve but I m pretty sure I wouldn't have ticked that box so don't think I was asked
I certainly don't want things I ve said on fb or Twitter so if we don't get some answers soon I will be very hesitant about writing anything bar very innocuous stuff

Who will police who can join a closed group? I belong to a closed group and it is personal recommendation only but it is a very small group.

If this is going to continue, maybe we should have a closed group on facebook instead.

I strongly OBJECT to any of my posts being shared on social media! Where was I told this could happen when I joined GN?

Did I sign an agreement allowing this?

It is a step too far. Most of us had no idea you were doing this. We should be able to opt out if we choose.

ninathenana you don't see MumsNet posts on Facebook as you are not following them. If you search MumsNet.com on Facebook you will see the posts.

More answers needed to other posts on this thread GNHQ. We are not happy ?

I wonder if any of this thread will make its way there?

Googled Gransnet Facebook this morning. I am not a member of Facebook never want to be! However it was an eye opener! Already posts on there from the last 24 hours which I had read on this forum this morning.
I don't know how they had been selected, but certainly some contentious issues!