[nabs-l] Facebook and PayPal

Wed Nov 5 21:47:25 UTC 2008

Good afternoon Serena and listers,

    An even better idea would have been for the national office to create a 
user account for the blog, issue login information to subscribers without 
their own Facebook  Accounts to save them the hassle of dealing with that 
captcha and being discouraged from subscribing.

    I've set up PayPal Accounts to permit affiliates to except donations via 
their Web sites. PayPal is configured to allow those with, or without PayPal 
accounts to donate online. Should blind individuals choose to contribute 
they will not be discouraged from doing so as they can use a credit card or 
an electronic check to make their contribution without having a PayPal 
Account.

    If affiliates with to use social sites like Facebook perhaps they should 
create a chapter/division account to permit members without their own site 
account to subscribe for a period of time. They could then assist them in 
setting up their own account. This way no one is, "Turned away at the door" 
if they wish to subscribe to these blogs. Glad to know that Facebooks will 
remove captchas for blind individuals.

Peter Donahue

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Serena" <serenacucco at verizon.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on Facebook!

I forgot to say, if you individually email the technical support people at
Facebook, telling them you're blind, they'll get rid of the visual
varifications in your account.  I did that.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on Facebook!

> Serena,
>
> Did they get rid of the visual verification code?  I hope you can
> independently sign up.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Serena" <serenacucco at verizon.net>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on Facebook!
>
>
>> Good point, peter, although many blind people use Facebook, so, I guess
>> that's why NFB decided to use it as the place to have the teen group.
>> Thanks for pointing out the problem for deaf-blind people.  No wonder my
>> deaf-blind friend doesn't use it!
>>
>> Serena
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 2:35 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on Facebook!
>>
>>
>>> Good afternoon everyone,
>>>
>>>    Why are we using outfits like Facebook if we're apposed to the use of
>>> visual verification?The audio quality is terrible, and deaf-blind youth
>>> can
>>> forget about this blog. Our own content management system should have
>>> been
>>> used to host this blog instead. What a shame!
>>>
>>> Peter Donahue
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Carranza, Rosy" <RCarranza at nfb.org>
>>> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 9:17 AM
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Blind and Visually Impaired Teen Group on Facebook!
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Everybody,
>>> Please help me get the word out to high school students about our new
>>> Facebook group-- here is a description of the group:
>>>
>>> Attention blind and visually impaired high school students!
>>>
>>> Blindness 4 1 1 was created by the National Federation of the Blind to
>>> give you a place to meet other teens with vision loss and to give you a
>>> chance to learn about resources that can help you in school, at home and
>>> in your community.
>>>
>>> The NFB is the largest blindness organization in the United States. We
>>> have over 50,000 members who work hard to make a difference in the lives
>>> of blind people. We are excited to provide this resource to you and hope
>>> that you will tell your friends about us!
>>>
>>> If you are currently a Facebook member, go to groups, search for the
>>> group using our group name and request access to our group. If you are
>>> not signed up for Facebook then join in on the fun! Visit
>>> www.facebook.com to get connected with our NFB teen group.
>>>
>>> If you have any questions, call Rosy Carranza at 410 659-9314, ext. 2283
>>> or email her at rcarranza at nfb.org.
>>>
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