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I am in several regular groups and one secret group. The regular groups I am in - one is a local group, one is a memorial group for someone who died young, one
by CleanedStar 14y ago
I am in several regular groups and one secret group. The regular groups I am in - one is a local group, one is a memorial group for someone who died young, one was started by a friend for his hobby.
The secret group has a lock on its tab and says "Secret Group - Only members see the group, who's in it, and what members post". No one who I am friends with knows I'm in the group aside from people in the group. Not sure what more to say - it has a wall which is somewhat active, although content was better and more diverse when the group started, now it is mostly 1-2 boring friend-of-friend chatterboxes. It also had a chat room, although Facebook killed group chat rooms a few months ago.
- webwanderings 14y agoImagine if you are using your FB and you have other people around you peeking at your PC screen. Now this secret FB group is not really secret, is it? There is actually no technical way possible for having a truly secret group.
- JimmyAustin 14y agoThis is like saying you can't have a secure bank account online because people can just look over at your screen while you do it. Just don't go on when people are around.
- webwanderings 14y agoYou are right. What I am saying is that secrecy of an online group is totally dependent on human choice and decisions. When Facebook (or anyone else) claim that they have secret group ... they are not technically secret because their secrecy is dependent upon non-technical aspect, i.e, humans. BTW, the analogy of bank website isn't equally applicable because people don't hang out at their bank websites most of the time.