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what the actual is that facebook like button doing there?

999 replies

CarolCervix · 15/12/2011 16:42

has it always been there? or has it moved? and does that mean if someone 'likes' that thread it will be posted to their fb page?

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redlac · 16/12/2011 09:51

no benefit to existing users? apart from keeping the site running, gaining more support for its campaigns, keeping the site FREE, making the owners some cash? Its not a charity MN is running.

MardyStropAboutLikeButton · 16/12/2011 09:53

It's not a charity redlac. But there needs to be a mutual balance and respect between MNHQ and the regular users who provide all the content (which attracts other users and advertisers).

redlac · 16/12/2011 09:56

and I am sure that once Justine and the rest of the team see all the frothing thats going on they will rethink their stance however its their website and it they want to do something with it they will, if they lose 150 members from the millions who they have then it will be no skin off their nose cos of all the new page views they will get via FB

FootprintsInTheSnow · 16/12/2011 09:56

The tickers are coming!!!

Be warned!!!

The huns are here!!!!

(Goes to sit in shed wearing a tin foil hat.)

FrothingBeserker · 16/12/2011 09:58

I don't like it.

Yes, people post here on MN and it is open for the world to see - but it is open for the world, and the original poster to see. It is a dialogue, that takes place on here.

I was (briefly) part of a splinter FB group, set up due to privacy concerns on here. I left, because I didn't like exactly this type of behaviour - posting a thread to the group, to be picked over and dissected, without the OPs knowing or having right of reply. I left due to this very behaviour, as it was distasteful. Taking a discussion away from the original place, and carrying it on (often with no small amount of judging or bosom hoiking) without the posters being able to reply is just Not On if you ask me.

A like button is only encouraging more if this to happen - it happens often enough on my wall anyway (I have quite a few MNers as FB friends) but I see no need to make it any easier, tbh.

And I don't think it is quite the same thing as eg MNHQ sharing links on twitter or the FB page - surely to see those other people (non-MN people, if you like) would have to already be following MNHQ/MN FB page? and so would actually already be MNers in some form?

MistleTobyLeWolef · 16/12/2011 10:01

redlac, MN may not be a charity, but I do think they have a moral responsibility to those who use the site. It's not like they're not already making money.

MNHQ
HarktheHelenMumsnetAngelsSing · 16/12/2011 10:02

Morning all.

Apols for not reappearing last night - I had a RL family drama to strop about sort out.

Anyhow, just to add to RebeccaMumsnet's recent post about how the Tech team are beavering like mad to sort out the problem with the pop-up - and how you can delete 'accidental' likes - we also wanted to repeat to (and, hopefully, reassure) those who didn't see our earlier posts that the Like button is NOT available on 'sensitive' topics, such as Miscarriage, SN, Mental Health, Bereavement and Relationships.

We've had a few requests to extend that to include Forces Sweethearts - and we will look into that.

We'll also look into removing the Like button from old threads - as some of you have requested.

I have to go to the dentist now but will be back fairly shortly.

Please do keep posting. As we hope you all know, we can take it always welcome feedback.

DeckTheHallsWithPopcornMice · 16/12/2011 10:02

I hate this. I use FB for business, I do NOT want my employer knowing I'm frequenting Conception it could get me sacked

MNHQ
HarktheHelenMumsnetAngelsSing · 16/12/2011 10:03

@FootprintsInTheSnow

The tickers are coming!!!

Be warned!!!

The huns are here!!!!

(Goes to sit in shed wearing a tin foil hat.)

No, they are most definitely not.

libelulle · 16/12/2011 10:07

I HATE this. I know we don't have 'anonymity' on mn in that threads are public. But as things stand, the chances of anyone who knows me recognising what I write are slim. But if I accidentally post a facebook 'like' to a thread that I have contributed to, the chances are that the people who know me will certainly recognise me from my postings. Put another way, if there are 2 million posts on mn, you are anonymous to all intents and purposes, because you disappear in the crowd. But if you broadcast 32 posts on your facebook page, of which some are your own, that anonymity effectively disappears.

I will certainly namechange so that at the very least my friends will not be able to access my past history of postings, if I accidentally like a thread.

But I'm seriously disappointed that mn ever thought this was a good idea, and introduced it without any consultation whatever. I second the point above that you can't have it both ways - there is no 'like' button for sensitive topics, indicating that you know that there is a problem with broadcasting private info all over fb.
But sensitive topics come up all over the place on mn, not just in relationships or miscarriage.

libelulle · 16/12/2011 10:09

and the 'oh you can delete it' if you post accidentally is just a ridiculous cop-out. There is a LIVE feed on facebook. At any given time, probably 10 of my friends are reading it. So deleting something straight away is hardly going to help - the horse has already bolted.

IAmFuckingPissedOff · 16/12/2011 10:10

It's on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Angry.

And Fostering and Adoption, ffs.

And on Teenagers - that's the end of any teenage advice, if those threads get linked to Facebook they will be all over there like a rash Hmm.

It's a very teenagery thing to have on a supposedly adult website.

StupidLikeButton · 16/12/2011 10:10

Good post SadlyNo I have to agree...I am noticing a lot of updates on my FB telling me how this friend or that one has read certain articles....

and it's just too much info....I bet soon we'll have "So and so added to the MN thread "My DH smells really bad" ...won't we? Either way...I also don't like the way MNHQ are just ignoring all the negatve responses....it's all "Oh we'll look into removing the button from old threads"

And that seems to be it.

nappymaestro · 16/12/2011 10:10

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StupidLikeButton · 16/12/2011 10:11

It's awul isn't it FuckingPissedOff Very ill thought out...no warning...just bang...there it is. And then not responding properly to questions.

MardyStropAboutLikeButton · 16/12/2011 10:12

"And then not responding properly to questions."

Or only the light-hearted ones about tickers.

FrothingBeserker · 16/12/2011 10:13

The problem is, it shifts the emphasis of MN from being a place to come (however private/non-private) for support to being a place where it is all too easy to share threads (and actually encouraged) in a 'point and giggle' manner.

why on earth would this be encouraged? surely MNHQ want poster to come here and engage in proper, in-depth discussion of the (sometimes0 soul-baring type? why would anyone do that now that it is all too easy to end up as fodder for the seething masses/DM readers/weirdo pervs?

StupidLikeButton · 16/12/2011 10:13

Where is MNHQ? I know HelenMN has gone to dentist....but surely there are more staff than that???? They could at least come on to discuss things.

IAmFuckingPissedOff · 16/12/2011 10:14

Stupid, you might like to add your thoughts to my suggestion over here which is also being ignored, so far anyway Hmm.

StupidLikeButton · 16/12/2011 10:14

Eactly Mardy If I make a joke MNHQ does that mean I will get a response?

IAmFuckingPissedOff · 16/12/2011 10:14

Yes, Frothing - that' was my point about about calling all your Facebook friends to come and pile in, or come and laugh, which was actively discouraged and called bullying last year Hmm.

FrothingBeserker · 16/12/2011 10:15

Oh, the 'ignore until the angry masses have calmed down' is standard MNHQ operating procedure, tbh.

it is so patronising it is unreal. lots of patting on the head and responding to non-points (like the tickers), and waiting until the tantrums (as they clearly see it) have passed and then carry on as though nothing ever happened, while telling us all that they really do listen to us, and value our opinions.

StupidLikeButton · 16/12/2011 10:18

I think we need to just get this Like Button taken down first FuckingPissedOff I haven't looked at the thread you linked to properly as am seething at this one and also a bit sad that I may have to leave MN...which has been a real lifeline to me and a great place to chat and laugh...and learn. But I like others can't stay with that button here.

AmandinePoulain · 16/12/2011 10:18

But helen is conception not a sensitive topic then? Hmm I've put very private, quite intimate details on a long running thread over there and now any Tom, Dick or Harry can like that thread and have a good laugh at the expense of some pretty desperate women! Angry And yes I know that they could have c+p'd a link but this makes it all too easy Angry

StupidLikeButton · 16/12/2011 10:19

Frothing Well I am not going to "calm down" I am pissed off and will remain so....waiting on thread until they return.

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