Important Message - Direct Messages to End

borolad259 said:
The one significant DM chat, with several contributors, that I am involved with is moving to email. Simple enough.
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How would you exchange email addresses? Or even make the decision that a discussion had to be moved to email?
That would have to be done publicly on here wouldn't it?
 
Rofesleg said:
How would you exchange email addresses? Or even make the decision that a discussion had to be moved to email?
That would have to be done publicly on here wouldn't it?
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You could make a Profile Post and then remove it immediately it had been seen.
 
fmttmadmin said:
You could make a Profile Post and then remove it immediately it had been seen.
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So people would have to publicly display their contact details? How is that protecting the vulnerable? Even if it is for a short period of time.
And how would the conversation on the public thread progress to the point that it was seen as necessary to move it to email?
There would have to be an open discussion that it was going to move and an agreement (for all to see) that personal details were about to be posted.

I don't think the suggestion of 'simply' moving a discussion onto an email is advisable. It is a bit flippant tbh - a bit more thought needs to be put into that.
 
fmttmadmin said:
You could make a Profile Post and then remove it immediately it had been seen.
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Your email would be scraped by bots and search engines, even if it's there very briefly. It's a common way of getting contact details as they know live emails being posted will be valid emails which carry a lot of value. This isn't reccomended at al unless using single-use emails

Also a potential fraud vector - someone sees a post - for example you telling off smalltown for his interactions is one of the latest ones - isn't really bad in the public domain, although strange to do in public like that... but if someone posts their number because they're selling something, or buying something, anyone can beat them to it and say "hi, it's me!" And they then delete the number and think they're speaking to someone they'd have a degree of trust for.
 
PensionerCorner said:
That's a crazy idea. Even crazier given what the incoming changes are supposedly designed to do.

I take it there's a new privacy policy for use with these forums coming in?
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I am not suggesting anything.
I am warning everyone that I have to close down Direct Messaging.
It is not something I want to do - but at this point in time that is what I am instructed to do.
 
fmttmadmin said:
I am not suggesting anything.
I am warning everyone that I have to close down Direct Messaging.
It is not something I want to do - but at this point in time that is what I am instructed to do.
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Who has instructed you to do it? I’m sure you’ve got a lot on your plate with this and a lot of forum owners will be flapping.

Just genuinely interested
 
If anyone wants to hook up with others - I suggest doing it before Sunday when Direct Messaging will cease.
 
I get you being cautious, Rob. But without knowing all the details, it does seem too cautious. It would save you and other admins a load of hassle if FMTTM became a page on Reddit or something along those lines.

Also, I want to ask this again: Is there a new privacy policy on the way for use with these forums? All existing members surely need to know of any changes before they actually happen.
 
PensionerCorner said:
I get you being cautious, Rob. But without knowing all the details, it does seem too cautious. It would save you and other admins a load of hassle if FMTTM became a page on Reddit or something along those lines.

Also, I want to ask this again: Is there a new privacy policy on the way for use with these forums? All existing members surely need to know of any changes before they actually happen.
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I am not being overly cautious compared to other forums - go and have a look at the plans on OneBoro or elsewhere - Red Cafe Man Utd. They have been working on a plan for some weeks.
- believe me they are all going far further than us. OneBoro is restricting all links, all pictures, all content not football, all direct messaging etc etc. They are far from alone on this.

Remember I have to put my (real) name above the door and be responsible for everything. Am closing down the one thing I cannot see - and have been instructed by ofcom that this is something they expect forums of our size and type to look at doing. There may be some software that might in future allow some movement on this.
But I hope everyone will get behind the changes - am trying to keep the forum going. I know from talking to others they are really working very hard on all sorts of different aspects.
 
fmttmadmin said:
I am not suggesting anything.
I am warning everyone that I have to close down Direct Messaging.
It is not something I want to do - but at this point in time that is what I am instructed to do.
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Borolad suggested the 'simple' solution of continuing private discussions in emails.
You suggested temporarily sharing contact details on here to facilitate that.
 
Rofesleg said:
Borolad suggested the 'simple' solution of continuing private discussions in emails.
You suggested temporarily sharing contact details on here to facilitate that.
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He means use emails or whats app groups rather than direct messages in future.
I don't know whether you ever contact people by DMs
 
fmttmadmin said:
He means use emails or whats app groups rather than direct messages in future.
I don't know whether you ever contact people by DMs
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I know he did (well emails anyway). But my question was how are you supposed to get their details to be able to contact them on emails or WhatsApp groups?
You suggested sharing them on here which isn't really a great idea.

I have used DMs in the past. Including some to you - why is that relevant?
 
Rofesleg said:
I know he did (well emails anyway). But my question was how are you supposed to get their details to be able to contact them on emails or WhatsApp groups?
You suggested sharing them on here which isn't really a great idea.

I have used DMs in the past. Including some to you - why is that relevant?
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I haven't switched them off yet. So, maybe reach out to people now.
 
fmttmadmin said:
I haven't switched them off yet. So, maybe reach out to people now.
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Nothing to reach out about just now thanks.
I'm just making the point that using emails isn't as simple a solution as was suggested, and sharing contact details publicly wasn't great advice.
 
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