Posted by psych chat on October 30, 2009, at 9:30:50
In reply to Re: tweet / facebook options, posted by Dr. Bob on October 30, 2009, at 4:59:05
You are tweeting all of the newbies posts automatically from this website. How do they have a chance to opt out if they don't even know you--a doctor--are doing this? Maybe they think the icons are there for THEM to be able to tweet or facebook their comment. When I first came here, I did not look at the Admin board for months. They might not either.
Also, in seeing this forum is run by a psychiatrist, people might think they you would respect for their safety and privacy, as much as possible, on a public forum. I know I initially did. I would never in a million years think a medical doctor, a psychiatrist, would be tweeting my mental health related discussions out to his 200+ followers. In most of my past experiences, my PDocs and/or therapists had the utmost concern for my safety and confidentiality and honored that. Who would ever think a psychiatrist would be doing what you are doing?
You are also tweeting the comments of those who asked not to be tweeted when you tweet others' posts - because people who asked you not to tweet them have replied in some cases. In doing this, and the above, you are discouraging others to respond and support others, making it less likely a newbie or another person will get help.
It's common to see those icons at the bottom of blogs (I don't recall ever seeing them linked to individual comments on forums-though I would guess it likely would in some forums). I had always thought they were for those who wish to tweet or facebook or whatever their own comments. I've never seen a forum administrator using those icons to redistribute others comments. But I mostly see them on blogs, not on support forum individual posts.
"...someone might tweet it, and someone else might see it, know the answer, and come here to reply. Wouldn't that be helpful to the poster
A new person who arrives here to find help from a mental health community may be in a crises and so they choose to come here to post on a forum for mental health issues. If they thought it was helpful to tweet or facebook their mental health concerns, they would already be doing this. And we have all come here because, as we said, we do not think it is helpful to tweet or facebook our intimate thoughts, distress, or mental health discussions.
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