Posted by Deneb on October 28, 2009, at 10:57:38 [reposted on October 29, 2009, at 10:39:57 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Pl do put none of my posts on Twitter or Facebook » Dinah, posted by Kath on October 28, 2009, at 10:43:01
Anyone with an Internet connection (not just members of Babble) can click on the buttons on any of the posts on Babble, no matter if they are in the past, present or future and Tweet or Facebook any post to their own personal Twitter or Facebook account. This has always been the case as Babble is a public forum. The only difference now is that there are buttons that let anyone do that easily.
The Do No Tweet/FB list is voluntary, to the best of my knowledge and even if it were not voluntary, we can not stop anyone from Tweeting or Facebooking any of our posts. It is up to the person clicking on the button to look through the Do Not Tweet list to make sure the person they are about to Tweet/FB is not on the list.
If you want to discourage people from clicking the button for your post, you can do what Dinah is doing in writing that you do not wish to be Tweeted/Facebooked. This doesn't guarantee that people won't Tweet your post and in some cases if the reader has malicious intent, they may even purposefully Tweet your post, so I am unsure whether or not writing it down would make it better or worse.
I personally have no problem being Tweeted or Facebooked, but I understand a lot of people do have problems with it.
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