Posted by Dinah on October 27, 2009, at 15:09:21
In reply to Re: tweet / facebook options, posted by Nadezda on October 27, 2009, at 14:12:03
FWIW, I think this will have about as much effect as a firecracker in the rain. I just don't see a lot of random people tweeting babble or old posts. Nor do I have a problem with anyone reading Babble.
My issue is with posts that I made with the understanding that they were Babble posts. Googleable yes, to be used in Dr. Bob's research yes. To be used outside of those parameters by third parties with Dr. Bob's facilitation, no. My issue is with Dr. Bob and expecting from him a certain level of respect and honor. My issue is feeling very very disappointed in someone I thought I could, to a certain extent, trust.
It may well be that no one on earth ever tweets my posts. I see no reason why anyone would have any desire to do so.
That makes no difference to what Dr. Bob has done. In fact, it may make it worse. Because eroding my trust in Babble and him for absolutely nothing is a bit insulting.
What is the big deal about limiting it to future posts. To allowing people to choose what to post if there's going to be a linking icon on the bottom of each post. If Babble remains viable, then he'll have plenty of posts to tweet. If Babble picks up in numbers because of this then he'll have even more. And he won't lose Daisy, and he won't lose rsk, and he won't lose others who may be on the cusp of leaving over having our innermost thoughts handed over so cavalierly for third parties to use.
Maybe it's different on the meds board. Perhaps there isn't the same sort of emotional engagement when talking about medications.
This has nothing to do with Twitter people or Facebook people versus Babble people. This has to do with Babble people and our relationship with Dr. Bob. Which could be different for different Babblers.
But when Bob makes this about a fear of change, I feel hurt. And when you make this about tribal feelings of one group versus another, I have to admit I feel hurt. This is about respect and integrity. And to do the administrator the honor of feeling safe enough to express ourselves here. And having him *not* tell us, oh well, this will be a good reminder of how foolish you were to feel that safe here. A nice after the fact reminder. Goodness, you shouldn't have been so silly as to give and receive help through making yourself vulnerable, because you never know when those things will be taken out of context and used elsewhere, and here, I'll just make it easy for others to do that so that you'll have this great benefit of knowing you were never safe to begin with.
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