GNHQ please make it clear that these forums are public!

Yet another thread started today where posters are advising the OP to ask for the thread to be removed. She was asking for some sympathy and understanding.
I am beyond sad.

I was told that Facebook and twitter are old hat.

Thank you for starting this thread grannyknot! I didn't know how it worked with facebook nor twitter. Knowing it is a public forum made me feel safe-ish because it is titled "gransnet" which I know is stupid in thinking it's a bunch of oldies who wouldn't hurt a fly but maybe the " gransnet" needs to be something wider to remind us all that it can be just as dangerous posting here as on any other public forum. Scary

Absolutely agree Tiz

Remember the so called writer/blogger who came on Gransnet and wrote a banal spoof on the Royal Family? She was highly miffed when none of us found it the least bit funny and details of the thread appeared in the DM.

I've been very wary since then.

I didn't realise about the Twitter link although I knew about the FB one.
I avoid Twitter (for twits by twits, sorry to any twitterers on here) and, of course, our accounts are linked to our email addresses so it all becomes rather alarming.
Enter a competition and you have to give your name and address too.

And I have seen one of my quotes used in the national press in an article by GN - I just thought that was my 30 seconds of fame although the quote was anonymous.

Some have reached out here in despair only for it to be on Facebook . Is there anything more cruel than betrayal of trust

maryeliza54 I agree with you, I was trying to point out how careful everybody needs to be.

That's a very fair request Granny

What i am asking for is that this practice (links to threads may be posted on FB/Twitter) is clearly stated on the Forums page, and also flagged up to new members...

PS. That applies to Twitter too.

Well if the link to the post is there, there's no protection is there! Hate the concept of Facebook and am quite appalled that posters info put on this site are then made that public by linking into Facebook.

Why couldn't gransnet keep a separate Facebook forum instead of linking into this one, I think they should strongly consider this in view of the anti Facebook feelings held by so many.

Quite frankly I feel it's a betrayal of trust!

I am new to GN and have always studiously avoided Twitface etc. I may continue to read the messages but this may be my last post. (Cue trumpet ...)

My reply was to Tiz

Yes but this is GNHQ doing it and people didn't realise. It's true that on FB/Twitter there's just the quote without the posters name but the link is there, click on it and you have the full GN thread, no searching, served up for anyone who wants to read it.i actually think that the Twitter link is worse because people, like journalists, just become a GN 'follower' and then every time GN tweets, all the 18k+ followers automatically have the tweets immediately appearing on their twitter feed, they don't have to do anything except click on the link if they wish to

Yes, I understand that anyone can register as a member then behave irresponsibly and copy posts elsewhere, BUT it is one extra step to them getting their own jollies for whatever reason and (hopefully) discourages the inconsiderate posters from getting a 'quick fix' of their own addiction.

But this is the internet. Even if this was a closed forum there is nothing to stop people registering then copying posts to elsewhere - Facebook, Daily Mail etc. Nothing is private on the internet.

Swanny I agree, we can be sensible and/or compassionate when it is warranted, I think you understand what/who I am talking about. We also have a sense of humour. This thread is leaving a nasty taste in my mouth.

I do hope not as like swanny and others I also avoid Facebook "like the plague".

Charleygirl and Crafting . I thought, like you, that GN posts were available to anyone to view, but that you had to be a member to post anything. I was not aware/did not realise that my posts were liable to also end up on Facebook, which I avoid like the plague. Not happy about this as I have valued the camaraderie and support of GN ...

Thinking about it now, I suppose I should have realised that once it is 'out there' anyone can access my posts and do whatever they like with my words, but I don't like it. Is it not possible to have our comments on OPs restricted to GN members only?

Apologies for the duff grammar in my previous post.

're GN being a marketable product etc. - we are it! The GN members is what makes it work.

whitewave I'm sure MN does+++

I must be naive or stupid or both, but I'm not on Facebook. Does that mean my posts on GN are still there? I'm confused.

Do mumsnet do the same?

Lara thanks for the clarification. However, how come if you "try to be sensitive etc." did an extremely sensitive post land up on the FB page today (so your selection criteria is flawed). Also, it's one thing informing posters that the forums are public, and another thing altogether to say "By the way, we use the forums to feed the Facebook page and on Twitter". ...