Mara
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Mara|1302801474|2895956 said:Oh I def agree it's not a consistent message. I was talking about the functionality itself, which I can't help but love as a crazy internet junkie.![]()
kama_s|1302804930|2895997 said:Mara|1302801474|2895956 said:Oh I def agree it's not a consistent message. I was talking about the functionality itself, which I can't help but love as a crazy internet junkie.![]()
I hear ya. I'm an internet junkie too, and use four of the five tabs listed. So it's not that I oppose the function at all, but I am not a supporter of hypocrisy.
Kaleigh|1302811702|2896121 said:Ok let me get this straight. If I post something on PS, they can link it to FB for the whole world to see?? My settings on FB are very secure, and have no plans on clicking on these buttons. BUT if PS does this don't they need each person's permission to do so?? Is this a new thing in forum policies, if so I didn't get the memo.
If this is the case, I gotta say I am not going to post here.
Kaleigh|1302811702|2896121 said:Ok let me get this straight. If I post something on PS, they can link it to FB for the whole world to see?? My settings on FB are very secure, and have no plans on clicking on these buttons. BUT if PS does this don't they need each person's permission to do so?? Is this a new thing in forum policies, if so I didn't get the memo.
If this is the case, I gotta say I am not going to post here.
Mara - It works in colored stones. Not sure why it's not working here yet. Who knows.Mara|1302813521|2896168 said:...ANYONE can post a visual link from any PS thread to their own FB page (their own page, aka mine not yours Kaleigh).
It doesn't share your FB info with anyone. It's just a link from an internet page to my FB page.
Example...
I am on a SMTR thread and I love someone's ring.
I just go up to the url above (www.pricescope..etc) and copy it.
Then go to my FB profile page.
Click Link.
Paste the url in. And say 'I love this ring!' and hit Post.
Anyone could have done that BEFORE PS made this change to add the icon button.
The icon button just makes it 'one click' to do that...aka easier. (Assuming the one-click actually works, as MC noted it didn't work for her, but I haven't tried it.)
You can do this with ANY page on the internet...not just PS or a forum. I share links all the time of blog posts I like or a new purse I like or whatever.
I suggest people try doing it (not necessarily from PS but go to your fave blog and do what I posted above), and seeing what it actually does too, might help. You can always then go back and delete it.
That's true, but these buttons are in your face, reminding people to share and making it so much easier.Mara|1302800026|2895932 said:FYI...someone could have ALWAYS taken your personal postings and linked to them. They don't need that button to do it.
You just copy the link up above in your browser...go to FB, click link and then paste it and post it. I did that all the time when I was on sites that didn't offer you the one-click option to share. And would be mentally cursing the site for being so luddite that I'd actually have to do that vs just being able to one-click-share.
So, even if admin didn't include those links, people could still easily share ANY info on here to any social media site. I think it's important people realize that (in general).
Mara|1302814608|2896205 said:I just tried the F button from my last post and this is what it posted as on my FB wall.
http://shar.es/HWXN8
shar.es
So it doesn't say 'Pricescope' or have a description of the thread title or whose post it actually was (mine).
But when I go and copy and paste the actual url (per my prev example) onto my wall it says:
[URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/those-new-facebook-twitter-linkie-thingies.159386/page-2#post-2896168#p2896168']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/those-new-facebook-twitter-linkie-thingies.159386/page-2#post-2896168#p2896168[/URL]
www.pricescope.com
So it says Pricescope but again no 'identifying' information on what that is, or what thread it is or who posted it.
For those who are worried about lots of identifying info being shared, seems like that's not the case. BUT as others have mentioned, people could breadcrumb it back and figure out who people are... or that so and so posts on a site called Pricescope etc. They would just have to click to be taken to the thread.
Mara|1302813521|2896168 said:...ANYONE can post a visual link from any PS thread to their own FB page (their own page, aka mine not yours Kaleigh).
It doesn't share your FB info with anyone. It's just a link from an internet page to my FB page.
Example...
I am on a SMTR thread and I love someone's ring.
I just go up to the url above (www.pricescope..etc) and copy it.
Then go to my FB profile page.
Click Link.
Paste the url in. And say 'I love this ring!' and hit Post.
Anyone could have done that BEFORE PS made this change to add the icon button.
The icon button just makes it 'one click' to do that...aka easier. (Assuming the one-click actually works, as MC noted it didn't work for her, but I haven't tried it.)
You can do this with ANY page on the internet...not just PS or a forum. I share links all the time of blog posts I like or a new purse I like or whatever.
I suggest people try doing it (not necessarily from PS but go to your fave blog and do what I posted above), and seeing what it actually does too, might help. You can always then go back and delete it.
Pandora|1302816106|2896254 said:Not a fan.
Clutters up the page - we've already got these irritating blog things going on down the right-hand side. Now this...
Agree that what your write in the public domain is exactly that... in the public domain, but the ability to post things to places like Facebook mean that people who might never dream of coming to a diamond forum will now have access to threads they'd never have seen before. Granted anyone could have linked anyway but that is a whole lot different from the one click thing.
I won't stop posting, but I also won't be putting any more photos of my daughter or any gemstone photos up anymore.
davi_el_mejor|1302816667|2896258 said:Pandora|1302816106|2896254 said:Not a fan.
Clutters up the page - we've already got these irritating blog things going on down the right-hand side. Now this...
Agree that what your write in the public domain is exactly that... in the public domain, but the ability to post things to places like Facebook mean that people who might never dream of coming to a diamond forum will now have access to threads they'd never have seen before. Granted anyone could have linked anyway but that is a whole lot different from the one click thing.
I won't stop posting, but I also won't be putting any more photos of my daughter or any gemstone photos up anymore.
You can disable the blog sidebar in your settings
My Pages > My account > Board settings > Display right blocks on topic page > No
Octavia|1302821889|2896323 said:davi_el_mejor|1302816667|2896258 said:Pandora|1302816106|2896254 said:Not a fan.
Clutters up the page - we've already got these irritating blog things going on down the right-hand side. Now this...
Agree that what your write in the public domain is exactly that... in the public domain, but the ability to post things to places like Facebook mean that people who might never dream of coming to a diamond forum will now have access to threads they'd never have seen before. Granted anyone could have linked anyway but that is a whole lot different from the one click thing.
I won't stop posting, but I also won't be putting any more photos of my daughter or any gemstone photos up anymore.
You can disable the blog sidebar in your settings
My Pages > My account > Board settings > Display right blocks on topic page > No
Mine is set to "no" and I still see those boxes, so apparently that doesn't work for everyone.
I HATE those Twitter/FB/etc links, not just here, but in general. I'm getting to the point of information overload and I don't need everything anyone said anywhere being cross-referenced ad nauseam. I've had to hide so many people from my FB feed because they constantly link everything under the sun.
thing2of2|1302829512|2896464 said:It doesn't bother me that they're there, but it certainly is hypocritical on Pricescope's part.[/quote
On so many levels... Yes.
thing2of2|1302829512|2896464 said:It doesn't bother me that they're there, but it certainly is hypocritical on Pricescope's part.