GNHQ please make it clear that these forums are public!

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.

Totally agree Wheniwasyourage

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

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

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.

Just removed my profile.

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,?

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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?

And gillybob appears to be guilty of identity theft as she has described me exactly.

She forgot to include my hobby of skydiving.

I was just going to post a supportive comment to someone where I was going to include my own experience but then realised the information may go to FB so I didn't post. This is so sad that people who need help are going to go without support because of what you are doing GNHQ

QUESTION for GNHQ --- why are gransnet posters not allowed to change their username as easily as mumsnet users?

I am just searching the site to try to find out the terms and conditions of posting as I'm sure I read ages ago that all posts belong to Gransnet and can be used for whatever purpose, ie media articles etc.
However, perhaps I was mistaken as I can't find it now.

On the face of it, there is a confidentiality problem here as many more people look at Facebook than at Gransnet. But most people who find Gransnet on Facebook and look at the links are likely to be grandparents and potential Gransnet members anyway.

However, people do reveal their identity through what they write and what they call themselves, even when they are being discreet - not to everyone, but to a few people they may actually never have met. As an example, DW and I worked out exactly who one GN regular was even though we had never actually set eyes on her/him. And obviously, exposure via Facebook increases the risk of this happening.

So, be very, very careful.......

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Well, I was thinking there seems to be another deafening silence from GNHQ, but I guess that quote from the terms and conditions will do instead.
Thanks, Jalima1108

I cannot chat about my grandchildren anymore and they are the centre of my world , but two are on Facebook , and my daughter .