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In reply to the discussion: Do you like Democratic Underground? Then Like us on Facebook! [View all]Sugarcoated
(8,099 posts)66. Glad to like DU on my FB account
I was very resistant to FB, but once I gave it a try, it won me over, it really is great in so many ways. My screen name/who I am here is not my real name (obviously) as it is on FB, so I'm not giving up my DU anonymity. I also can set my Facebook DU activity to be only seen by my liberal FB friends. "Liking" DU will initially show on all my friends' newsfeeds, and they can click on it and see, but that's fine because it's their choice to check it out, like it or hate it, and move on. My FB friends know I'm a Democrat and an Obama supporter, but I'm not in their face and don't often post anything political or edgy like I would here at the website.
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Other websites that lost members to Facebook, is where I saw them die as people left en masse.
freshwest
Sep 2012
#64
That's good, but another place I was at for over ten years did just that. There were some of us that
freshwest
Sep 2012
#95
People I knew were concerned about privacy; others weren't. One by one they peeled off and then...
freshwest
Sep 2012
#96
So what are pros and cons of this? Wouldn't this mess with any anonymity I might want?
nolabear
Sep 2012
#12
I don't use my real name on Facebook. Well, I do, but I have other identities.
TalkingDog
Sep 2012
#23
That's what I've been doing too. I'm not sure I can handle more crosstalk anyway.
nolabear
Sep 2012
#42
Poop poopie dupe! I don't facebook, so I hope you'll post some of those pics over here.
lonestarnot
Sep 2012
#76
Anyone who would link DU to their Facebook after the whole ex-moderator access to personal profiles
florence123
Sep 2012
#77
I always just assume that anything I post (DU or Facebook) is accessible to anyone and everyone.
Jim Lane
Sep 2012
#87
Wait; you mean these are real, actual human beings I've been snarking off at for the past 8 years?
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2012
#83
I like DU, but I don't trust it enough to promote it. I dislike Facebook very much.
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2012
#93