If Susan's had a page on a social media site like fb or twitter, would you like/follow it?


I know i would in a heartbeat now that my internet is back on.

possibly, though i can't really think of anything off the top of my head that i can't get from pulling up a fresh tab and logging in to the real thing?

Susan's has a FB page....

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Susans-Place-Transgender-Resources/300296723411615

Ehh, right now, now. With the new system where people can see what you liked and whatnot, I would be outing myself with a single click. Something I'm not ready to do. But, when I do come out and start transitioning, I definitely will.

Why didn't anyone tell me (pouting and fuming here).

I added that alright, no problem there for me. I am not remotely concerned about who knows about me of course.

Privacy simply isn't an issue in my life. The more that know the better, it helps me with wondering 'have I missed anyone?'.

Facebook, after the shrink wrap on CD's, is mankind's most evil creation. While you are posting pictures of your half eaten breakfast, it is busy gathering data about you, so Big Corporate can advertise, then sell you more stuff.
You say you value your privacy? Open Facebook in one window. In another window send an email, to anybody, mentioning a product or service. Count how long it takes for an ad to come up on FB. Did somebody just read your email. No. But FB scanned it for keywords, and added them to your profile.
Big brother IS watching you.

Not with the current media brand that Susans has. It's not inclusive, it's pink as hell, and features a sexy pin-up. No bueno.

Found and liked... thanks, Beth Andrea! 

I have a separate FB account for my appropriately-gendered "me", something I recommend everyone do.  That way, if you chose to go stealth at some point, you can simply delete the transitional account.  In the meanwhile you can be free to be as out and proud as you want to be and keep track of the friends and people you are out to.  It's very handy, and all it takes is creating a new free email account.

It's not foolproof, you do need to be at least a little vigilant and use privacy settings (such as not showing information to anyone who you have not specifically friended), but it is *extremely* liberating for those of us who cannot be out full time yet. 

Just my two bits!  (0,1) 

Oh no, FB just told the universe I'm a dithering opinionated bitchy Canadian that has radical ideas about the weirdest things......

Oh come on, Big Brother doesn't scare me in the slightest.

You know what scares me..... me.

So what FB realizes I need panties, and have a fondness for Tamiya models, and likely would enjoy watching Harper drown in the North Atlantic.

I don't care that FB is watching. I put a sticker on my web cam for a reason though eh Hey when I'm looking at certain things, I don't want to be accidentally sharing the experience

The best way to deal with secrets is to have none. The best way to ensure you have no problems with your life, is to not include anyone into it that will make any of your life a problem for you.

And yes, if that means telling someone in the family to *&^%# off, or it requires you tell a boss to cram his job somewhere painful, then it comes down to who is more important, you, or the lousy job eh. I'd rather be penniless and on the street and ME and happy to be ME, than hide it away out of fear of losing a rotten ->-bleeped-<- of a fake friend that you simply were not yet aware was one, or maintaining a career and miserable even if the mortgage payments were being met.

You know what bothers me on FB the most? My friend Sierra Damn she's always taking pictures of herself. She has great hair. In another life, I might have liked to have her as my girlfriend. She's a bit young though, still in her 30s. But she tolerates my oft anti religious comments likely because she knows I can't help it much, and she knows I like her all the same, even if she is a nice Christian gal.

If the information age is causing you too much trouble, do the obvious, get rid of the connection. Hey I have never had a cell phone, so I am able to say you can live without one. I could get buy getting an online fix at a cyber cafe, but I like Netflix, so I have internet.

I don't need to be on FB, but I like being on FB because I have not surrendered being me for the sake of some desperately maintained secrecy.

Anyone that isn't interested in knowing Lesley Roberta, well come on, you can't be surprised when I say, tough, not interested in knowing you either then

I'm a bitchy Canadian woman in her 50s who is worried extra female hormones might turn her into an even worse example of emotional wench, but I'm not afraid to let everyone know it's me in here. Yeah I likely look better than a lot of women's husbands out there, not overly happy about that. I'm working on it. I'd rather be making your husband's horny looking at my ass given a chance. Not that I want them though I just want their attention heheheeh.

I am not even remotely worried who wants to get this information. What? I am not going to be upset if someone puts me on a mailing list for feminine products eh. I have resolved, that the next time someone phones and asks for the mrs, I plan to ask 'which one?'. If I get mail addressed to mrs Lesley, I plan to chuckle and not see it as a typo

Anyone that would think they can turn my being TG against me, better realize, I am going to be essentially laughing back at them and pitying them for their puny little intellect and their primitive little mind.

Bring it on FB, tell the whole fricking world about me. Save me some typing for once

The main reason I haven't liked it yet is the first post/question hasn't been answered yet..."How shall we use this?"

Normally a group or organization would use it to advertise its get-togethers, fund-raisers, and outreach efforts...of course, that's done here, too but another way of getting that info out there (especially if someone doesn't come here too often).

Quote from: Beth Andrea on September 27, 2013, 12:09:02 PM
The main reason I haven't liked it yet is the first post/question hasn't been answered yet..."How shall we use this?"

Normally a group or organization would use it to advertise its get-togethers, fund-raisers, and outreach efforts...of course, that's done here, too but another way of getting that info out there (especially if someone doesn't come here too often).

IMO, since FB is social, its use for established websites is advertising/outreach.  If site members like the page on FB, it shows their friends the page it exists... maybe some people who would otherwise have been missed will be reached, and new people can be added to the community (and, who knows, maybe even saved from depression, self-mutilation, suicide, etc)

It's my hope, anyway.  I don't want *anybody* to have to go through this alone.

Oh, now this is funny...I've already "liked" it. Don't remember doing that, I thought I'd just bookmarked it.

Ah well, so much for *cough* security LOL! 

Face... book?

What be this arcane tome of which you speak?

Is it like the Necronomicon?

<--- doesn't go near social media, obviously.

Quote from: Sephirah on September 27, 2013, 09:31:43 PM
Face... book?

What be this arcane tome of which you speak?

Is it like the Necronomicon?

<--- doesn't go near social media, obviously.

Worse, in terms of sheer soul-sucking, life draining power. 

If I was out and all that, yes, but because that is not how I want to "come" out I'd be to scared too.

5 years ago if someone had told me I'd have a big love of being on FB, I'd likely choke if I was drinking at that moment

I thought FB was a crock originally, and that it was just a more weirder form of MySpace.

I once had the urge to use My Space, and I find it funny that My Space actually was the one to fold up and die.

But like with many things, the notion has to deliver something to the person to make it worthy. I totally loathe cell phones. I don't think I would use one if they were free. If not for the fact my one computer buddy means the world to me, I'd likely be annoyed that he insists on calling me all the time on his cell when he should be concentrating on driving. Hands free simply doesn't impress me.

But cell phones are everywhere, and a lot of people are convinced they need them.

Me, well FB is my way of being with friends electronically, and being able to do it MY WAY ie it is my page, and they are guests not the other way around. I once had a private forum and it seemed fun enough, but, forums, they are just not the same and they also don't really deliver the same experience.

With FB I get to just be me, and my friends get to be just who they are, and we all get to be ourselves. And if someone is not pleased, they simply drop the connecting linkage and they are off and no worries.

I don't need to worry about the category of my comments, and I can talk about things my friends are saying. I can share any ole stuff, and share in the stuff they discover. FB works best when you do nothing to prevent if from sharing as much as is possible actually.

It's the wrong place to be, if you have a need for privacy.

The only thing I have not yet done, is share any images of myself in any fashion as of yet. When I get the hair sorted out and when there is a point to learning make up I plan to show myself to the world though. I don't want to be known by a male looking visage. When people come to my page, they are greeted by my Hatsune Miku avatar

Why not youtube?  There is a lot that can be done with video.  Perhaps have occasional vlogs from forum members to highlight their experiences as a transgender person?

Quote from: Paulagirl on September 27, 2013, 09:57:01 AM
Facebook, after the shrink wrap on CD's, is mankind's most evil creation. While you are posting pictures of your half eaten breakfast, it is busy gathering data about you, so Big Corporate can advertise, then sell you more stuff.
You say you value your privacy? Open Facebook in one window. In another window send an email, to anybody, mentioning a product or service. Count how long it takes for an ad to come up on FB. Did somebody just read your email. No. But FB scanned it for keywords, and added them to your profile.
Big brother IS watching you.

^ So true.

Beware of free things on the Internet.

Quote from: learningtolive on September 28, 2013, 05:15:07 AM
Why not youtube?  There is a lot that can be done with video.  Perhaps have occasional vlogs from forum members to highlight their experiences as a transgender person?

Actually, in one's profile here on Susan's, you can link your YT account to this one. I've subscribed to a number of members because they're interesting in their videos. Myself, otoh, am about as interesting on video as a broken shoe lace.

Quote from: Beth Andrea on September 28, 2013, 01:56:49 PM
Actually, in one's profile here on Susan's, you can link your YT account to this one. I've subscribed to a number of members because they're interesting in their videos. Myself, otoh, am about as interesting on video as a broken shoe lace.

That's true.  However, I was thinking more of a single youtube page with a feature program.  I think there is strength in numbers and an overall prescense cando some good.  All of our stories and outlooks are quite different.  For this reason, we may all have something to provide.  Having said that, there is no way I can do it.  I'm not willing to get on cam nor do I feel I am a good role model for the trans community.

P.S.  I'm sure you are more interesting than you give yourself credit for.