On 2013-11-07 14:53:34 +0000, David in Normandy said:

On 07/11/2013 15:49, Broadback wrote:

Perhaps I am a Luddite, though I have been in computers for the last 45
years I will have to be dragged screaming before I join either facebook
and twitter, the security side of it scares the hell out of me.

I feel the same way. I want to participate in topic related discussions
without my real life identity or other aspects of my life being put on
public display. I participate in several online forums and my identity
is distinct in each of them with no overlap.

People should be able to ask and respond to gardening related questions
without giving away their entire life story to strangers in the process!

Also possible on Facebook and Twitter where a lot of people use
pseudonyms. Half the trouble that occurs on bits of Twitter I never see
is caused by people posting vitriol anonymously! So far, I have never
encountered anything remotely like that on either Twitter or Facebook.
And again, people need know as little or as much as you choose.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk