"sacha" wrote

, Bob Hobden said:

"sacha" wrote
I hope their service continues but to be honest, I'm not worrying too
much yet. Newsgroups are attracting fewer and fewer people and many of
us now 'talk' on Facebook in gardening groups there, of which there are
several. Membership is moderated, up to a point, so trolls aren't
allowed in and nor are the terminally angry and rude! I have never seen
a genuine post deleted but politeness is expected and is the norm, even
where views conflict! Nuisances are easily expelled or blocked, too, if
necessary and that rarely happens. I regret to say that I think
newsgroups will soon become empty spaces and that few servers will carry
them.


But first you have to be on Facebook which I didn't like at all because
of their default security settings (far too open) and lack of proper
security advice.

You can be very choosy about how much you reveal about yourself and of
course, it's up to the individual to be cautious about what you post.
Anyone who announces anywhere, including here, that they're away from home
and have left the house empty, or that they're giving a party, with times
and dates, is asking for trouble.

I was thinking more on the fact that when on Facebook I became the "friend"
of one of our friends children and his whole school opened up to me because
they had gone with standard security settings which let friends of friends
see everything. I knew who was doing what and when and where, dreadful for
the children's safety.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK