It depends on what we're using the FB group for--emergency gathering place and bulletin board or general group. I'm in favor of something that aims for people who know a bit about us as a group before we let them in.
Occasionally I'm callous and strange.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
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Connie Neil - Oct 01, 2018 12:05:56 pm PDT #6291 of 6786
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sj - Oct 01, 2018 12:09:53 pm PDT #6292 of 6786
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'd be more comfortable changing to secret.
Sue - Oct 01, 2018 12:10:02 pm PDT #6293 of 6786
hip deep in pie
Hmmm. My first instinct is the FB is such a cesspool right now that inviting an unknown element seems unwise. A few questions might beat the bots, but not necessarily the trolls. Bar the door!
It seems that the Group is such an auxiliary space for this board, I don't even know why someone would want to join if they didn't know us.
Kat - Oct 01, 2018 12:11:11 pm PDT #6294 of 6786
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'm with sj. Secret. It seems weird to accept people when they can't register here.
Steph L. - Oct 01, 2018 12:12:37 pm PDT #6295 of 6786
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I'm with sj. Secret. It seems weird to accept people when they can't register here.
Agreed.
Dana - Oct 01, 2018 12:13:55 pm PDT #6296 of 6786
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, it's backwards.
-t - Oct 01, 2018 12:18:20 pm PDT #6297 of 6786
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
New people coming through FB does not seem right to me.
Laura - Oct 01, 2018 12:22:25 pm PDT #6298 of 6786
Our wings are not tired.
For the time being I changed it to Secret with the assumption that the change will keep FB from suggesting people join.
I still think the subject of new members is one to be discussed. Some of the pending requests look like people with shared interests.
It has been quite a long time since the new user function has worked here.
sj - Oct 01, 2018 12:40:40 pm PDT #6299 of 6786
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I didn't realize new users couldn't sign up here.
Beverly - Oct 01, 2018 12:56:14 pm PDT #6300 of 6786
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I agree with changing the FB to secret, at least for now. It does seem backward for someone to sign up there not having checked us out here first.