Comments on: The Intersection Has Officially Moved to Science Progress http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/09/15/the-intersection-has-officially-moved-to-science-progress/ Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Brian Too http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/09/15/the-intersection-has-officially-moved-to-science-progress/#comment-57370 Brian Too Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:31:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=21075#comment-57370 I kinda avoid FB and all social media sites. It might be my loss but... so much meaningless trivia... so little stuff I care about... friends who are not real friends... FB (and Google, and...) announcing 'Oops, I did it again!' over and over... That's why I post more-or-less anonymously. My system isn't perfect but it works for me. I kinda avoid FB and all social media sites. It might be my loss but… so much meaningless trivia… so little stuff I care about… friends who are not real friends… FB (and Google, and…) announcing ‘Oops, I did it again!’ over and over…

That’s why I post more-or-less anonymously. My system isn’t perfect but it works for me.

]]> By: Robert E http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/09/15/the-intersection-has-officially-moved-to-science-progress/#comment-57369 Robert E Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:33:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=21075#comment-57369 Bad for those of us who despise Facebook and refuse to get an account there. Bad for those of us who despise Facebook and refuse to get an account there.

]]> By: Chris Mooney http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/09/15/the-intersection-has-officially-moved-to-science-progress/#comment-57368 Chris Mooney Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:51:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=21075#comment-57368 Thanks Terry. I'm sorry FB is posing a problem for people. There may be a way to expand this going forward.... Thanks Terry. I’m sorry FB is posing a problem for people. There may be a way to expand this going forward….

]]> By: TerryEmberson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/09/15/the-intersection-has-officially-moved-to-science-progress/#comment-57367 TerryEmberson Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:48:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=21075#comment-57367 Chris, I wish you luck in your new endeavor! I won't do Facebook for privacy reasons. Chris,

I wish you luck in your new endeavor! I won’t do Facebook for privacy reasons.

]]> By: Chris Mooney http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/09/15/the-intersection-has-officially-moved-to-science-progress/#comment-57366 Chris Mooney Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:49:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=21075#comment-57366 # 4 there is an option to block that # 5 there are drawbacks indeed, but this was the call made.... # 4 there is an option to block that

# 5 there are drawbacks indeed, but this was the call made….

]]> By: TTT http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/09/15/the-intersection-has-officially-moved-to-science-progress/#comment-57365 TTT Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:45:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=21075#comment-57365 Probably because Facebook is still largely seen as interactions between people--nearly always friends who actually know each other or who like one another on an individual level--rather than discussions of controversial issues. I don't know ANYBODY who goes to issue-based Facebook pages. I for one am not interested in having any discussion, however initially polite, with a Milloy-styled corporate shill or potentially violence-prone anti-science ideologue when they are one click away from a picture of my kids. There are no real "privacy settings" on Facebook. Google's cache shows everything you've got, regardless of what boxes you may have clicked; the requisite searching for cached pages takes about 20 seconds and is a poorly-kept secret. This, again, is why I suspect most people I've seen keep things relatively surface-level and uncontroversial, or later express regret that they did not do so. But, it's your show, so do what you want. Probably because Facebook is still largely seen as interactions between people–nearly always friends who actually know each other or who like one another on an individual level–rather than discussions of controversial issues. I don’t know ANYBODY who goes to issue-based Facebook pages. I for one am not interested in having any discussion, however initially polite, with a Milloy-styled corporate shill or potentially violence-prone anti-science ideologue when they are one click away from a picture of my kids.

There are no real “privacy settings” on Facebook. Google’s cache shows everything you’ve got, regardless of what boxes you may have clicked; the requisite searching for cached pages takes about 20 seconds and is a poorly-kept secret. This, again, is why I suspect most people I’ve seen keep things relatively surface-level and uncontroversial, or later express regret that they did not do so.

But, it’s your show, so do what you want.

]]> By: Jacob http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/09/15/the-intersection-has-officially-moved-to-science-progress/#comment-57364 Jacob Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:40:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=21075#comment-57364 Hrm. Does it show up on my Facebook page, when I comment on something over there? Hopefully there's a way to block that, at least. I would test it, but Facebook is blocked at my work. Hrm. Does it show up on my Facebook page, when I comment on something over there? Hopefully there’s a way to block that, at least.

I would test it, but Facebook is blocked at my work.

]]> By: Chris Mooney http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/09/15/the-intersection-has-officially-moved-to-science-progress/#comment-57363 Chris Mooney Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:33:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=21075#comment-57363 In general, I find that discussions on my Facebook page are far more reasonable, and have a lot more decorum, than discussions on the blog, and that anonymous commenters have a lot to do with it. That's not to say there aren't perfectly reasonable anonymous commenters...there are. But there are far too many bad actors, so I'm not that sad about this, I guess. In general, I find that discussions on my Facebook page are far more reasonable, and have a lot more decorum, than discussions on the blog, and that anonymous commenters have a lot to do with it. That’s not to say there aren’t perfectly reasonable anonymous commenters…there are. But there are far too many bad actors, so I’m not that sad about this, I guess.

]]> By: Chris Mooney http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/09/15/the-intersection-has-officially-moved-to-science-progress/#comment-57362 Chris Mooney Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:05:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=21075#comment-57362 Yeah I guess, unless there is some way of getting around it. I don't know. Yeah I guess, unless there is some way of getting around it. I don’t know.

]]> By: TTT http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/09/15/the-intersection-has-officially-moved-to-science-progress/#comment-57361 TTT Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:01:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=21075#comment-57361 Does that mean no anonymous comments? Does that mean no anonymous comments?

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