(October 02, 2011 08:20:45 AM)gilburtgtr Wrote:  Don't you check the "keep me logged in" box on Facebook? And are you a fan of the GU page? I have no issue at all you see, I'm just wondering why it would be different for you...

I don't have a facebook account (nor do I plan on getting one any time soon) But that's besides the point. There should not be constant "please login to continue" messages every time I look at a pic that is on an account that is public. It doesn't prevent me from seeing them, it's just annoying and useless.

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(October 02, 2011 11:28:30 AM)Zero Wrote:  I don't have a facebook account (nor do I plan on getting one any time soon) But that's besides the point. There should not be constant "please login to continue" messages every time I look at a pic that is on an account that is public. It doesn't prevent me from seeing them, it's just annoying and useless.

Ah I see. Well it's not useless to Facebook, they're trying to sign you up of course! And it is fair enough really, as they are hosting the "public" page free of charge, and they wouldn't want you to miss out on being able to comment/like if you did have an account.

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(October 04, 2011 06:08:47 AM)gilburtgtr Wrote:  Ah I see. Well it's not useless to Facebook, they're trying to sign you up of course! And it is fair enough really, as they are hosting the "public" page free of charge, and they wouldn't want you to miss out on being able to comment/like if you did have an account.

yea, but clicking on EVERY pic in a single session and having it do it... that's just overkill, really

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@ Zero - I'll look into the Facebook issue, see if there's anything I can come up with. I hope you can understand that we're trying to create a bit more interaction on our Facebook page. (Also, in all honesty, it is *SO* much easier for staff to upload images to Facebook than to code them into news stories... Which leaves us more time to do more stories).

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I can understand, and respect your guys' reasoning for using facebook. I didn't mean to make it seem like a huge issue at the time I posted that, I was mainly just annoyed that every time I clicked on an image, it said "please login to contine". In the end, it never prevented me from seeing them, but it seems to me like facebook is trying a little too hard.
Anyway, I've filled too much of this thread/comment section up with my complaints about facebook, so I don't see the need to spam about it at this point.

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(October 04, 2011 08:26:58 AM)Chloe Wrote:  @ Zero - I'll look into the Facebook issue, see if there's anything I can come up with. I hope you can understand that we're trying to create a bit more interaction on our Facebook page. (Also, in all honesty, it is *SO* much easier for staff to upload images to Facebook than to code them into news stories... Which leaves us more time to do more stories).

The use of flickr seems good as well, and that doesn't create Zero's Facebook issue. However, I think Zero's is an unusual case and I would rather like to see more activity on the Fb page - we all know how much publicity it can give.

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