I’ve never used Facebook, and don’t think that social media is really a great idea. However we have just managed to come up to Alice Springs, after months of lock-down on the farm down south, which drove me partway around the bend. Also we have no mobile reception at all on the farm, which cuts out a lot of tech options. Alice Springs uses Facebook for things I want to do, like lawn sales and notices for meetings, and we have mobile reception here as well. I will have to learn it, like it or not. I see the Facebook marks on other people’s posts, but I have no idea how Facebook works in with the Forum. Can someone explain to a complete novice? I’d be grateful, Margaret
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My post was, “It takes all kind to make the world go around.” The symbol is an emoji of the world. It’s on my iPhone.
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How does the Forum work with Facebook, please?
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That's all I know, except you can search fb for AgingCare.com, and that is where, to my dismay, I have seen many of our posts, whether we have shared them or not! Grrrrr.
I'm kind of confused about your inability to access the forum as you usually would, if you are on line and can get to Facebook can't you get here too?
If they weren't, the feeling of anonymity that is crucial to open, honest discussion would end.
I posted something on FB that I thought was a closed group. And it WAS, however, someone read my post and reposted it to their page and ANSWERED IT..it was a very delicate family situation and long story short, my son read some things he was not to know. Now he does and he got it from someone breaking the 'closed group' rules.
I guess it's always a good reminder not to post personal issues when you don't KNOW who's reading them.
There are some groups that are public that I would post in, except that I know that anything I post my friends would be able to read. That really really turns me off. This includes groups like The Compassionate Friends, which is for people who have lost a child. They also have some Closed FB groups, though.
Is it hard to use this Forum and Facebook both? I don't find it so, but in times of Covid-19, with so much else cut out, there is really only Social Media, reading, crafts, gardening, whatever else we can dream up to keep from going loopy.
If there is a way to access Forum from FB and anyone knows about that, I will continue following this thread to find out.