Do you like Democratic Underground? Then Like us on Facebook!

[EarlG]

At long last, Democratic Underground has an official Facebook page. If you're on Facebook we hope you'll stop by and Like our page.

http://www.facebook.com/democraticunderground

We'll be using it mostly to post our Pics Of The Moment -- share them with your friends!

[sinkingfeeling]

1. I can't. Don't belong to Facebook.

[Tikki]

14. Neither do I..but, I'll shout it from the rooftops...I LOVE DU....

Tikki

[broiles]

20. Can't stand Facebook, but love DU.

[Speck Tater]

51. Likewise. I don't do facebook. nt.

[mimi85]

112. Ditto.

I have a fake account for a several reasons. I am though a major twitterer or whatever you call those people. God, there are so many ridiculous names on the net. Yahoo comes to mind. Ugh, major twatters there!

[antsme]

110. fb is more than gossip

that's too bad, your not taking advantage of all the media and info that is facebook now.
It's a huge resource for keeping up w/politics especially. I"m active in my local HD and it's the easiest way to keep in contact.

[nc4bo]

2. Well Hallefruitinluia!! It'll be my pleasure!! nt

[antigop]

3. Don't belong to Facebook either. n/t

[Ash_F]

4. I am surprised DU had not made before.

Everyone needs one these days I suppose.

[MzShellG]

5. Done. nt

[tk2kewl]

6. ...what if we don't like facebook

[trueblue2007]

62. WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!! DU will never wither. what gives you that idea

gosh, how wrong can you be.

DU will get more good democratic people.
FB Demo Underground page will get new members.

[freshwest]

64. Other websites that lost members to Facebook, is where I saw them die as people left en masse.

I'll be glad to be wrong. And the next time you want to yell at me, use all capital letters.

[Tippy]

92. I don't think anyone would leave DU to join FB or Twitter

I belong to all three....they are as different as night and day, each serves a purpose...

[freshwest]

95. That's good, but another place I was at for over ten years did just that. There were some of us that

Were hold outs, and finally the groups shut down. Other groups lost their most active members to Twitter, and then Facebook. Part of it had to do with compatibility with newer devices so I suggested some come here and they have. I can't see going to either of the others, they aren't the format I want to be using but I'll be here indefinitely. Thanks for your words of encouragement. I'm going to delete my message above because I'm not interested in getting flamed for my opinion and it diverts what is simply an announcement. Others have expressed their worries in Meta. I guess this was supposed to be a yeah, cool thread. So, yeah, cool for those who FB. Some good stuff is coming from there, here. I don't mind the FB posts if they're actually made here, and the link does open up without signing in. Have a nice day.

[just1voice]

81. I agree with your assessment, there's only so many sites people can visit

I question the local TV news when they suggest checking them out on facebook and twitter too; why should I go somewhere else when I'm already watching TV?

There is a detriment to spreading a product over too many mediums, marketing isn't all about the "Rumsfeld-ian" full spectrum dominance, it's about having a good product that's easy to understand and use.

[Trajan]

85. Yes ... Just like there being too many notes in a Mozart concerto ....

He just had to cut a few out ... There were TOO MANY !!!

There are only so many notes that can be played before the heart wearies of the toilsome path to toomaniness ...

[freshwest]

96. People I knew were concerned about privacy; others weren't. One by one they peeled off and then...

And it has to do with being willing to be signed in at multiple places at once and being tracked through the Facebook network.

I have a FB account that I have not visited in years, and then my email, cell phone, etc were being spread, when I'd set everything to private, etc. I set my FB for family and close RL contact, but FB had my email and flooded my inbox.

I kept my real life Democratic Party contacts separate from my real name accounts, and they had too. Then FB started sending us invites to be 'friends,' and the paranoia started up. I'd 'friend' someone and get an angry email as to who I was and what did I want?

They thought they were being spammed, and I got a lot of spam and weird people sending invites I never heard of, now coming to my email address. I never mix these things up.

The FB system sent me the email asking me to be 'friends', not them. I had to block FB from my email account to stop the messages as none of the people I was getting email were people I knew or wanted to know.

Anyway, as you say, there are only so many hours in the day with this. I don't text, FB, Twitter or do other websites any longer, just DU. So my post count is higher than those who split their online time in several places, I post on several things and just have fun at times.

I'm sure this was inevitable and a lot of people were asking for it. The DU Admins have done a great job of accomodating many apps that other sites didn't, so that's been a help to keep people signed in.

Thanks for your response.

[Wait Wut]

7. Liked and Shared!!!

Now I can stop copying all your pics!!

[dipsydoodle]

8. Sorted

[CJCRANE]

9. ...

[RockaFowler]

10. A real DU Group!!

[madrchsod]

11. it`s about time!!!

easier to access on the phone or what ever the kids call it today......

[nolabear]

12. So what are pros and cons of this? Wouldn't this mess with any anonymity I might want?

While I stand behind all I say on DU I'm not interested in knowing DUers real names and posts w/o their permission nor am I interested in those I don't know, and a world of trolls, knowing mine. Am I being overly concerned? FB seems to want to tell me a lot about what my FB friends do.

Observations?

[EarlG]

21. It's not compulsory to Like us on Facebook

Merely a request for those who are interested.

[nolabear]

41. Oh I know. I'm just seeking wisdom.

[radical noodle]

84. Just don't say anything you don't want the world to know.

Speak up about the issues, politics is a hot topic right now. Share stuff that's pro-Obama or anti-Romney. If there's someone you don't like over there, you can block them so they can't see you at all.

[Egnever]

102. Sorry but that is just not realistic.

Facebook has time and again changed its privacy settings and in doing so set everything to wide open by default. You really have to have no care for what people see about you on the internet to use facebook.

[TalkingDog]

23. I don't use my real name on Facebook. Well, I do, but I have other identities.

all you need is a gmail account. (or hotmail, whatevs) and a fake name for each account.

My fake identity has more "friends" than my real one. I seem to have collected a lot of liberal minded people since I can post what I want without fear of offending friends and family.

My observation: Go for it.

[kestrel91316]

36. I am myself on FB, and incognito on DU. It'll stay that way, lol.

I am always posting DU stuff to my FB page as it is, but nobody there knows my DU name.

[nolabear]

42. That's what I've been doing too. I'm not sure I can handle more crosstalk anyway.

[florence123]

79. DU will know your REAL NAME.

Considering the ex-mod access to profiles a few days ago, I wouldn't hold this site up as some paragon of well-thought identity security policy.

[Warren DeMontague]

80. DU already knows my REAL NAME!

[Lasher]

13. I will do it after Skinner does.

[calimary]

15. Done!

Love it! I Love DU!

[BabbaTam]

16. two into one

Well I guess I can just stay on facebook all the time now since DU is on it now too! Zuckerberg for emperor!

[tallahasseedem]

17. Done!

[alp227]

18. I posted the link to the Facebook Being Liberal community page

so that the younger politically minded crowd can check us out and stock up on counterarguments to right wing crap and all sorts of amazing political insight!

[Surya Gayatri]

19. Sorry! Don't "do" Facebook...

[glinda]

22. Liked!

[frogmarch]

24. Liked!

[arthritisR_US]

25. done! n/t

[yellerpup]

26. Just returned from FB...

Plugged in lotsa likes!

[PADemD]

27. I haven't looked at Facebook in months

Don't miss it at all, but I read DU every day.

[Warren DeMontague]

28. Done.

Whether or not the legions of internet DU Stalkerazzi (you know who you are!) can figure out which one is me, however.... MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA

[RoccoR5955]

29. Done

And done!

[Atman]

30. I've got enough problems on Facebook.

I totally love DU...I only view a couple of sites a day, including DU...but it took me a while to get into it way back when. It is not a "normal" web site. I don't mean that in a bad way, just saying, for most people they log in to shopping sites and look at pictures of puppies. DU though, can be overwhelming for a first timer.

Seriously...I'd suggest a "Welcome to DU" page, to walk the newbies through what is about to smack them in the forehead.

I LOVE DU. But I can't "Like" it on Facebook.

I have several GOP friends. Yeah, really. I like to discuss issues with them, I like to dig deep...but if they have a FOX NEWS logo on their home page, I know they're not really worth talking to. On the other side of this coin, I can see that if they view a Democratic Underground logo on my home page, they will automatically shut out much of what I have to say, too. So I post some baby pictures and lake photos to break it all up before I got for the ball-punch again...without being up-front with a DEMOCRATIC logo on my home page.

Sorry.

[Arugula Latte]

50. There is a Welcome forum on DU:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1256

[Atman]

65. But you don't really see it.

I know they can set up the cookies...if you've never been here, they take you to an "Buckle up, bucko, this is the ride you're in for!" page. After ten years here, my wife still says "Oh, you're just looking at DU..." When in reality, I look at DU for "Late Breaking News" first, and never, ever visit the lounge. I really consider it a valuable resource. But I think there are such a ridiculous number of forums now, it makes it very difficult for a newb to know what they're wandering into , or where they're supposed to start.

[Sherman A1]

31. Done

Glad to see this

[ellie]

32. Done and done.

[Cha]

33. Good I'm glad you're going on FB!

I don't do it but my son does. When he gets back from his trip I'll tell him about it.

[kestrel91316]

34. Gee, thanks. Merge my two freakin' addictions.

[2Design]

35. like DU but won't do so on facebook - n/t

[duhneece]

37. I was the 173rd to like nt

[LittleGirl]

38. I did

and I don't care who might de-friend me. So long, won't miss you.

I hide all of my activity so that I'm the only one that can see what I do or comment on.

[progressoid]

39. K/R

[Lugnut]

40. Done! n/t

[ohiosmith]

43. Done!

[SoapBox]

44. I would but

I don't do Facebook...however love the DU!

I've found it frustrating that some other sites got rid of signing in on their site (with a name/password from that site) and want you to use FB or others.

[BadGimp]

45. done

That was easy

[MgtPA]

46. Done!

[we can do it]

48. No way to facecrook

[khan8]

49. #299 here

I reallyl enjoy this forum.

[Democrats4All]

52. Consider yourself licked :'

I mean liked !

[lamp_shade]

53. Done

[lamp_shade]

54. #371 here (I think)

[DainBramaged]

55. 376 likes? we can do better

[Condem]

56. Done!!

Very cool!!

[MichaelSoE]

57. Liked. Too bad they don't have a really, really like.

[jamesatemple]

58. I don't use Facebook much but, if it's DU, then I like it! n/t

[defacto7]

59. I would if I could, but I can't so I won't... and I don't.

no FB for me.

[mimi85]

113. Great poem!

I posted my feelings about FB somewhere above.

[KoKo]

60. Deleted ..posted comment in Meta instead.

Last edited Tue Sep 18, 2012, 09:16 AM - Edit history (1)

[trueblue2007]

61. DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i liked DU

[Viking12]

63. #424

[Sugarcoated]

66. Glad to like DU on my FB account

I was very resistant to FB, but once I gave it a try, it won me over, it really is great in so many ways. My screen name/who I am here is not my real name (obviously) as it is on FB, so I'm not giving up my DU anonymity. I also can set my Facebook DU activity to be only seen by my liberal FB friends. "Liking" DU will initially show on all my friends' newsfeeds, and they can click on it and see, but that's fine because it's their choice to check it out, like it or hate it, and move on. My FB friends know I'm a Democrat and an Obama supporter, but I'm not in their face and don't often post anything political or edgy like I would here at the website.

[Irishonly]

67. I think I am 47something

I forgot to look and it goes up by five or six everytime I refresh.

[druidity33]

68. I love DU!

But FUCK FACEBOOK!



sorry...

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

69. yeah

[rachel1]

70. I never used, or intended to use, Facebook but I'll consider it

for this occasion

[florence123]

78. to what end?

To give DU your real name?

[Overseas]

71. Done!

[Heathen57]

72. Done and Done

I would have done so earlier had I realized you had a page.

[gateley]

73. My pleasure!

[shireen]

74. awesome!!!

now i can share posts and irritate conservative friends.

[shireen]

75. i'm starting a protest on DU FB

"Bring back grovelbot!"

[lonestarnot]

76. Poop poopie dupe! I don't facebook, so I hope you'll post some of those pics over here.

[florence123]

77. Anyone who would link DU to their Facebook after the whole ex-moderator access to personal profiles

is fucking insane or very naive or don't care about the security of their real names and other info on their Facebook profiles.

Obviously the admins don't know how to protect real identities.

IF YOU CLICK THE LIKE BUTTON, DU WILL KNOW YOUR REAL IDENTITY.

[Jim Lane]

87. I always just assume that anything I post (DU or Facebook) is accessible to anyone and everyone.

I understand the problem faced by people who don't want to be completely open to their Facebook friends (especially, perhaps, conservative family members or employers). Fortunately, I don't have that problem. Thus, I'm in your category of not caring about the security of my real name.

BTW, now that DU is on Facebook, shouldn't the DU spell-checker be told to stop flagging "Facebook" with a red underline?

[musicblind]

82. liked! n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

83. Wait; you mean these are real, actual human beings I've been snarking off at for the past 8 years?

I always thought they were just sort of idealized platonic solids defined by amorphous screen names, floating in some sort of mathematical non-space...


Wow. Now I feel like sort of a jerk.

[dipsydoodle]

86. 690 of us at 9.15am British Summer Time

[lamp_shade]

88. Kick

[lunatica]

89. Yes. I like DU

# 706

[Mr Dixon]

90. Done

[Tippy]

91. Been posting links to DU on Facebook for a long time

Glad you jumped in...

[Bluenorthwest]

93. I like DU, but I don't trust it enough to promote it. I dislike Facebook very much.

Don't use it, don't care for it, and don't need to, for it is very two years ago, the past, not the future. I'm also not buying any acid washed jeans or Walkmen.

[tilsammans]

94. Done. Thank you for getting DU on Facebook, EarlG

Facebook is annoying, but say what you will, it remains one of the key ways to get the message out there.

[Pharaoh]

97. I signed up

But if you don't allow other people to post to your page. It's not really facebook.

And you ain't going to get much traffic. If you have any balls you need to let people post to your page.

[Window]

98. Done.

n/t

[usregimechange]

99. I've been waiting to do that!

[MustBeTheBooz]

100. K&R and done!!! n/t

[southmost]

101. glad we finally have an official facebook site

thanks!

[Egnever]

103. You would have to be a fool to do so. Or independently wealthy or retired.

Liking Du on facebook is just asking for a future employer to discriminate based on your political leanings.

Using facebook period is pretty foolish IMHO, However I do understand it has its uses.

[Duval]

104. Done! n/t

[il_lilac]

105. I do!

and I did!

[wicket]

106. Done!

n/t

[inna]

107. do not like either

[Up2Late]

108. Done, now where did you put the link to get my star back?

Been a while and I can't find it anywhere.

Found it! Nevermind.

[neversaydie]

109. done did it

[thedudeisin]

111. Like n/t