Facebook connect?

I guess you don't understand what Facebook is all about. It's to connect and share with friends and family. If I choose, I can post to PF Facebook and close all my other activities on Facebook to others or allow friends and family. It's customizable.

The idea of starting an anonymous Facebook account is absurd and defeats the purpose.

 

But it would be nice to warn those who are unaware and novices to the concept, that, if they reveal their identity, it can be linked to what they say in perceived anonymity.
That should do it and make it ok for all involved, right?

 

If you post to PF Facebook, presumably it's under your real name. If someone reads that post and sees similarities in your real name to your screen name, or sees a photos you've shared here, yeah, you may be outed.

However, if you post your pictures here and have similarities to your real name, it's likely you're not as paranoid as some.

If I knew Smarty's real name, or yours for that matter, it wouldn't amount to hill of beans. IRDC.

 

LOL, actually it was even simpler than that... she announced on this forum she was gonna post something on PF/FB and see what happened. What happened was she got a rep here shortly after posting on FB which called her by her real name. Didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who she was!

I can see how it'd be harder to guess who someone was if they didn't announce they were going to post there. You know how it is... some folks won't even donate to the site because they're afraid of compromising their privacy.

 

Everything we write on the internet can be accessible to everyone. If you don't believe that, try writing on Twitter that you will 'Destroy America', then spend try to go on holiday in New York. Regarding privacy, we can only trust the promises that service providers make. Facebook has a history of ignoring people's privacy settings or defaulting to no privacy when a new feature is added, then apologising when people notice that something is wrong.

I don't know anybody on this site other than some people I knew on a previous board who are long gone. I know everybody on my friends list on Facebook. Personally, I would prefer to keep those two worlds separate. It's not that I don't trust PF. I haven't given this site all that much information. I am more concerned about Facebook. As a matter of habit, I don't really write anything political on that page, because I never can be sure that someone who I don't trust can read it.

The code that I highlighted earlier links to scripts that run on their site. They can change it whenever they feel like it. Though scripts run on one site generally cannot communicate with scripts on another, I don't want to log in one day and see that I wrote a certain comment on this site because some sort of cross-site scripting was implemented by Facebook. If I wanted to write anything political on Facebook, I would put it there myself.

You also have to understand that some of us work in government. Many of us are bound by ethics and values agreements. Depending on the jurisdiction rules can vary regarding political participation that bind people from overtly supporting one politician or party over another. For that reason, anonymity is nice. Users can be a little more open and free with what they write. That being said, something would have to be pretty embarrassing to the government, or be a breach of security for corporate counsel to investigate.

It is true that information is not shared now unless we activate the connection. However, like the Hat mentioned earlier, it's kind of a crappy thing to not discuss problems with existing functionality, while at the same time adding new functionality and not advising users.

I asked about why the feature was added. It was explained. For those who have made the connection, I looked at the Facebook page for the site and saw some of the people's names who like the site and have commented on its newsfeed.

It's not my site. I don't gain or lose anything by posting here and if I find it to hard to take, I will stop posting.

 

And like you said, scripts can be changed without notice.

It's just possibly opening up a can of worms I don't think the site owner wants to go down. Once someone's identity is given without consent, it becomes a seed in the lawsuit arena. We have signed nothing on PF legally OKing our posts or info to be provided to facebook. I am not saying its gonna happen, but with nearly 1 billion people on Facebook and government & company spying, ya know, I just wouldn't recommend it.

That is all I am saying, I just don't recommend it.

 

Excellent post, jenn... thx for the input. That's exactly how I feel about it. In fact, the thought of merging those two worlds kinda creeps me out.

You're right, THat. It could open a can of worms... and serves no real purpose other than a message board... as far as I can tell...without going there and seeing "Welcome Real Name" and my pic on top of the page I'm viewing!

Smartmouthwoman's been around the 'net since one boring day @ work in August, 1999. I have no problem with anybody who has so little to do, they'd Goggle that ID and read everything I've ever written. But anybody who puts their real name out there, then runs around being a smartass to people on the 'net... is a fool. I'm no fool.

 

I would advise people to take note of the bolded part of the quote. Once again, the degree of your privacy on the internet is up to you. This FB page does not share your information with anyone. All it does is share information about this site. There is no way, absolutely no way, for any of your personal information to get out so long as you keep going along and posting like you normally do.

 

look Joker , serious , man , a lot of fellow PF posters have donated to help PF out . I can speak only for myself , but the money I gave / donated to PF I consider money well spent . PF is a home to me , and I have supported my PF home with my dollars , as meager as it was , it was all I had to give. I hope it will be more in a few weeks , but as I mentioned to the PF Owner , I've got to fix my daughters car before I can donate further .

we've struggled along and remained faithful to PF , even through the dark days of pf data base errors & lost posts , we've kept hope alive that PF would survive and even flourish , and speaking for myself , , that is certainly my hope .

If you or anyone else wants to call me stupid , then you do so at your own risk , because I will take you to task , and enjoy it .

so , I ask you , with all respect , take a step back and a second look . .

 

I'm far from being paranoid concerning the web.

However, I don't trust Facebook any further than I could throw their cluster of servers.

They have had significant issues with privacy and seem to lean in the wrong direction in nearly all cases.

Not to stir up trouble but I'll just put this here for your consideration:
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-09/26/facebook-offline-tracking

 

ah yea did not look at it that way, people sometimes have public profiles on facebook but wish to remain anonymous here a simple error in judgement and this community will see their face and that could be shameful depending on the posters style.

 

well now Shangrila , your right in as much as a web search will find us all , and thank you for the courtesy pm you sent sent me relating to this matter , it was greatly appreciated and well recieved , my dear friend . hug hug .

There are not many folks with the monkier / psuedo name 'Hillbilly' , so I'm easy to find . my posts / comments have appeared on more than a few CNN & Fox programs as well as ABC , but my comments were protected from scrutiny / replies because of the excellent security measures afforded by the above mentioned organizations .

I am an outspoken person , and I have always been that way . . I stand up for what I believe . .

but I don't post on FaceBook . too many security issues , too many hackers , too many nuts , too many spammers & stalkers & other idiots .

If someone that was a real clever pc person , and had the necessary equipment , my worry is that they'll find a way to hack into PF . . the link has already been established between the two web-sites . . FB & PF . a link that leads forward can just as well be traced backward to it's origin .

In my opinion , PF has enough problems already without hitching their star to FB .

Having said that , , and looking over the situation , it seems to me as though maybe we should all look at this new link as an option offered by the owner , and maybe that's all it is , a new option . . we don't have to avail ourselves of it , ya know ?

This FaceBook link with PF may well prove to be beneficial , time will tell.

My personal opinion is that we will experience marketing / adds / promos on PF , it's ok by me as long as I can block them out .

Beyond that , we can argue