Marianne The facebook page I set up for needle lace has as its sole purpose to direct people to the ning site, where all the action occurs. I belong to nearly 20 facebook lace sites of various kinds. So I am familiar with how it works. I deliberately chose not to use facebook for my own network because I donât like the way their software works, I donât like facebookâs own priorities, and I donât like being used for facebookâs purposes. In the recent news we have heard about data mining, it appears that my decision was absolutely right, even though it happened much much earlier than the current flap. As I participate in my various facebook groups I direct their attention to needlelacetalk when appropriate. I am more concerned with getting new members from google searches than from facebook. Although we do get members and traffic from facebook.
Also, I have set needlelacetalk to be public which means that the whole world can see everything on the site, except the member list. But I have also set it so that I can weed out spammers and other âbad actorsâ. For a facebook group to weed out spammers the group must be private, so nobody in the world but members can see the content. I do think my method is better in giving potential worldwide exposure to lace. Iâm surprised you hadnât discovered needlelacetalk from your facebook activity. But, admittedly, I try not to be too in-your-face in directing people to needlelacetalk. Such behavior would not be welcome to the group administrators. So I try to be âtactfulâ about it. Lorelei From: Marianne Gallant <m...@shaw.ca> Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Lace, Not Lace Reaction to Needle Lace Revival Arachne comments 3/28/18 I know there are 'pages' on Facebook, but that is just not the same as groups. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
