Is There A Way To Prevent A Thread From Being "Featured" on Facebook? - Page 8

[quaz]

That helps. The confusion was going from the first two pages, to the last page, and not seeing the items in between.

Tammy

[JudiAU]

I really, really dislike the recent changes made to the forums. I don't need to be involved with a mothering.com that competes to out-babble babble. I don't appreciate seeing thread titles that look they are started by trolls, only to discover that a Mothering admin started them. I don't have a facebook account because I value my privacy.

Using social media is a choice and I don't think mothering.com is making wise ones regarding its use.

[JudiAU]

Originally Posted by AdinaL 

Yep, I found it and am working on getting it disabled.  There will likely be a feed there of some sort in the future, but it will be to something that Mothering has generated, or something like the Contests forum.

ETA: Melanie, our web editor, will have this disabled today.  She also wanted me to pass on that the location changes appearing was not intentional, and that she has not seen it do that before.  It should have only been a feed of the newest threads

Originally Posted by AdinaL 

I think perhaps you misunderstood.  *ONLY* threads started by the Mothering user name will be featured on facebook/twitter. If we find a thread that is something we wish to feature we will ask for the OPs permission and post to the thread to notify folks it is being featured.  The only threads that I referred to as fair game are the ones started by Mothering (i.e. us.) Not that all threads are fair game.  You do not need to delete your posts.

So, you'll ask OP's permission but not that of other people who have posted. Users will need to check every thread every day to see if now their content is being posted? How does that address the concerns over privacy that many people have expressed.

[AdinaL]

Currently we are not using threads started by anyone other than the Mothering user name, which I think addresses the privacy concerns. If we do find a thread that we wish to share, we will request permission from the OP and post to the thread.

[Subhuti]

Originally Posted by philomom 

But see, I'm not a Fbook user because I don't like it at all. I come to MDC because its not Fbook. We really do need some sort of color tip off so that we know which threads are posting to Fbook and which aren't.. because I don't want stuff I say over there.

I agree.  Please highlight linked FB threads.

I wouldn't want to even post to a thread that is going to be linked to FB.  I purposely avoid FB because I don't like it's sneaky ethics towards members.  I don't agree with the way FB creates illusions of "friendship" and traffics in factoids of addictive pseudo-relevanceis.

I don't think FB is a beneficial dynamic for a healthy society.  

EDITED to add:  sorry, didn't read to the rest of the thread.  If the Mothering user is the only one linking to FB, that is fine w/me.  Maybe you could add a note at the bottom of the initial thread to say that it will be linked to FB friends?  Just for those of us who may not know...

Thank you!

[les_oiseau]

Originally Posted by AdinaL 

Currently we are not using threads started by anyone other than the Mothering user name, which I think addresses the privacy concerns. If we do find a thread that we wish to share, we will request permission from the OP and post to the thread.

 

This sounds like it addresses the concerns!  Under the user name can you give some kind of notification (or in the signature) that threads may be used at third party sites such as facebook? That way everyone can be aware of it, instead of just those who have been checking this thread? 

[JudiAU]

Originally Posted by les_oiseau 

This sounds like it addresses the concerns!  Under the user name can you give some kind of notification (or in the signature) that threads may be used at third party sites such as facebook? That way everyone can be aware of it, instead of just those who have been checking this thread? 

This does not address my concerns. It isn't enough to notify and/or ask permission from OP. OP is not the only poster. Please highlight threads and or make it OBVIOUS what other threads aren't going to be posted.

[HappyHappyMommy]

Originally Posted by JudiAU 

This does not address my concerns. It isn't enough to notify and/or ask permission from OP. OP is not the only poster. Please highlight threads and or make it OBVIOUS what other threads aren't going to be posted.

[Agatha_Ann]

Originally Posted by JudiAU 

This does not address my concerns. It isn't enough to notify and/or ask permission from OP. OP is not the only poster. Please highlight threads and or make it OBVIOUS what other threads aren't going to be posted.

Originally Posted by AdinaL 

Currently we are not using threads started by anyone other than the Mothering user name, which I think addresses the privacy concerns. If we do find a thread that we wish to share, we will request permission from the OP and post to the thread.

 

She just replied to you that it will be posted to the thread if it is being featured.

[philomom]

Originally Posted by JudiAU 

This does not address my concerns. It isn't enough to notify and/or ask permission from OP. OP is not the only poster. Please highlight threads and or make it OBVIOUS what other threads aren't going to be posted.

[annettemarie]

I think asking for personal notification whenever any thread you've ever posted to is ever linked to anywhere else on the internet is too much. I think Motheing did an incredible job of being responsive to the original concerns-- and trust me, I get the original concerns; when my birth story was featured without anyone notifying me, I was a little skeeved out, and my birth story was about as personal as you can get-- but now everyone seems to want to raise the bar. At some point you have to say "Hey, it's the internet. Things get around."

Thank you, MDC, for your responsiveness so far.

[Snapdragon]

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[Snapdragon]

Originally Posted by Cynthia Mosher 

Thank you all for your input and for assuming the best of us and our intentions. We've featured threads for awhile now and we never meant to hide the fact that we were doing so on Facebook and Twitter. It didn't even cross our minds that it would be viewed in the way some of you have expressed. 

Doing things to get traffic to the site is certainly something we put our efforts into and while the revenue we gain is certainly beneficial to keep the site running, Mothering's primary purpose on the web is to spread the word of Natural Family Living and Attachment Parenting and to be a place of resource, information and support for parents. That is the main drive behind what we do. We use what resources we can that do not cost us money ( our budget is slim and with having to close the magazine I'm sure you can all appreciate that fact). Social media is now a big piece of marketing your site for lots of websites. We really had no idea this would be such an issue for some of you and I'm sorry we didn't consider it more carefully and discuss it with you beforehand.

We appreciate all of the ideas and suggestions as well as the concern about privacy and opt-in. We've come up with a number of alternative ways to feature MDC on Mothering's Twitter and Facebook, one being our Question of the Day thread that is featured on the Community homepage. It is a discussion we start every day so it is Mothering-initiated. We will no longer feature member-started threads on Facebook and Twitter. If for some reason we do decide a thread is important and we want to feature it we will request permission from the person who started the thread. 

Does that cover everyone's concerns? 

thank goodness! I had no idea until recently that it was even happening- I agree with pp's that it really felt like a violation to this wonderful community so I Am glad it is not happening any more- I still feel uncomfortable that it was happening before without any of us knowing about it! But I am glad it is being addressed

[swede]

Originally Posted by JudiAU 

So, you'll ask OP's permission but not that of other people who have posted. Users will need to check every thread every day to see if now their content is being posted? How does that address the concerns over privacy that many people have expressed.

you wont' have to check every thread - just don't post on threads started by mothering if you're worried about it.  this seems like a fair and appropriate policy.

[HollyBearsMom]

Originally Posted by swede 

you wont' have to check every thread - just don't post on threads started by mothering if you're worried about it.  this seems like a fair and appropriate policy.

not true.  if you post on ANY thread you will need to consistently follow it because at any given time MDC may choose to use it by first asking the OP for permission. If the OP gives their OK it can be used on FB.

However based on what I am seeing re: "Mothering" posts- they are thinly veiled knock off's of other posts. So more than likely we won't see huge numbers of original posts in FB. Of course that is just my opinion.....

[HappyHappyMommy]

Originally Posted by annettemarie 

I think asking for personal notification whenever any thread you've ever posted to is ever linked to anywhere else on the internet is too much. I think Motheing did an incredible job of being responsive to the original concerns-- and trust me, I get the original concerns; when my birth story was featured without anyone notifying me, I was a little skeeved out, and my birth story was about as personal as you can get-- but now everyone seems to want to raise the bar. At some point you have to say "Hey, it's the internet. Things get around."

Thank you, MDC, for your responsiveness so far.

I don't advocate a personal notification to everyone who has posted in a thread. I'm requesting that:

--every thread be highlighting the entire thread so anyone viewing or posting in a thread knows it's being posted on FB or twitter or whatnot.

--if possible, there be a setting that users can subscribe to that emails all subscribers if that thread going to be posted on FB or twitter or whatever.

I don't think that's unreasonable at all.

[BarefootScientist]

Originally Posted by HollyBearsMom 

not true.  if you post on ANY thread you will need to consistently follow it because at any given time MDC may choose to use it by first asking the OP for permission. If the OP gives their OK it can be used on FB.

However based on what I am seeing re: "Mothering" posts- they are thinly veiled knock off's of other posts. So more than likely we won't see huge numbers of original posts in FB. Of course that is just my opinion.....

They said if they do this, they will post to the thread, so if you are subscribed, you will get a notification that the thread is being featured.

I do, however, agree that the Mothering username should get a title or signature or something indicating that these threads are featured on facebook, because those who are not following this thread may not know that.

[annettemarie]

Originally Posted by BarefootScientist 

I do, however, agree that the Mothering username should get a title or signature or something indicating that these threads are featured on facebook, because those who are not following this thread may not know that.

Really? People are having trouble deducing that someone with the username "Mothering" and a Mothering avatar and the word "Administrator" under the username, posting on a board called "Mothering" is an agent of Mothering?

[swede]

Originally Posted by annettemarie 

Originally Posted by BarefootScientist 

I do, however, agree that the Mothering username should get a title or signature or something indicating that these threads are featured on facebook, because those who are not following this thread may not know that.

Really? People are having trouble deducing that someone with the username "Mothering" and a Mothering avatar and the word "Administrator" under the username, posting on a board called "Mothering" is an agent of Mothering?

I think she means that they won't know that the threads will be on facebook - not that it is an agent of mothering.
 

[annettemarie]

Oh, I see. I was mixing this up with another thread where there was a warning that the username Mothering was from Mothering.