[stylist] facebook worries

[Barbara HAMMEL]

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> On Oct 4, 2015, at 13:11, EvaMarie Sanchez via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Writers, As many of you know, I have been out of town and away from
> the computer. I returned late Friday and though I had been busy yesterday,
> I got started on catching up to my full inboxes. I wanted to read through
> all of the emails regarding the facebook issues before responding. I also
> did a little research.
> I saw there was some concern as to who this person was that had replaced
> her banner with that of the page and that some thought her name familiar,
> but no one seemed to know who she was.
> Laura Minning is a past member of the division and a past editor with Slate
> & Style. She was a member of the division at the time the page was created
> and so I am guessing that she was a member of the group page as well.
> I understand that many of you would not know or remember her, but some of
> you, according to federation documents that I found, worked quite closely
> with her.
> Why am I bringing all of this up? It is simple really. I do not believe it
> was done as a malicious act, a hacking, or at all on purpose. Facebook has
> been creating problems for many over the years and is not the simple social
> network it started out as. I am not bashing facebook either. I am just
> pointing out that these things happen. If we want to continue working with
> facebook, then we may expect this sort of thing to possibly happen again.
> At least the potential is there.
> Lynda was right though when she said it is a great way to keep people
> informed as to what is going on. And of course there are those who
> appreciate the page.
> Robert is also right with the advice he was given, that we should scrap the
> page and start over. This will be difficult. We will need to be sure to try
> and add all those who are on it now and to administer it with some type of
> consistency. It is a huge job and should likely have only two or three
> administrators at the most. This will ensure the consistency and control
> and administrators could be changed; added and subtracted, as needed in the
> future.
> The question now is who would be willing and able to do such a job? I would
> love to hear from those interested and perhaps we could hold a conference
> call to iron things out. Perhaps anyone interested, but not knowing if they
> are ready for a commitment could join the call and we could discuss the
> entire scope of the matter. I do know that some people feel intimidated
> about volunteering in front of a crowd, so I am going to ask anyone who has
> interest or ideas, to contact me at thirdeyeonlyinaz at gmail.com.
> Definately anyone who has facebook knowledge should get involved here as
> well, even if you do not wish to be involved in a new page.
> I think this is the best process for clearing all of this up. And if we
> could get the past administrators to stay involved until we get the new
> team off the ground, I would appreciate it. Mainly that is Lynda, Barbara
> and Shelly.
> Let me know what you all think. I look forward to hearing from you and
> setting something up. Thanks for all of your patience here also.
> Eve Sanchez
> President, National Federation of the Blind Northern Arizona
> President, National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division
> Member, Slate & Style Editing Team
> Editor, Tapestry, a TAWN publication
> "You do not need to have vision to see the stars."
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> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/poetlori8%40msn.comI haven't been following this threat closely, but it could be that Laura got hacked and that person messed in her stuff and did that to her. Even approaching the facebook team itself might help solve this dilemma.
Barbara