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When I open a poem to read, I see a Facebook Like and Tweet. Does everyone see these?

Yes, and the weird part is that Colm had just raised that very issue before they appeared. Janis either is eavesdropping or mind-reading.

Woah this is nifty! :)

I think it is a smart move for members and management for growth

Omgggggg! I could be here for years and not notice that, what a dummy I am! That is so cool!!!

Can someone explain to me exactly how this works? I don't have facebook or twitter so....will it affect me at all?

Hi hellon, I don't think it will affect you or anyone who doesn't have fb or twitter... My guess is that if anyone wants to share the poem in fb or twitter, then they can click on the icon, and the poem will be shared in their own fb or twitter... It seems that it may also say how many likes it has had.

Anyone who knows... Am I wrong?

Oh so...it's like personalised? I mean....for example..you couldn't click on one of my poems and add it to your facebook/twitter....I would be the only one able to chose this option?

No Hellon, anyone who has fb or twitter account can share your poems to others.

:)

It creates a link on the FB page to your poem as it is posted in your account. It does not actually post the poem itself to facebook.

Mmmm...I'm not sure I like that idea. Don't we agree to the copyright of P&Q when we join...nothing else?

Sorry...I started answering The Queen and then my phone rang. Larry...what do you mean exactly...anyone can put a poem of mine on facebook..is this correct?

Not your poem. Just a link to your poem here on PNQ. it gives more publicity but doesn't change anything you have posted.

But...I signed up giving copyright to P&Q nothing else...

Hellon- It only gives the link.... nothing changes... you signed up here at this site... its just more public will read it... what will happen if a poem is liked is the link will pop up on the page... a person will click the link and read your poem here on PnQ.... its no different than a person on the internet, search for a poem to read and coming here to read them...

Also to clarify, you retain the copyright. All PnQ has done is allow someone to bring more people to this site.

When I tried this on my own poem, it does post the poem. The first thing was a link, then when one of my friends used that link, the actual poem then appeared on my facebook page. It doesn't seem to be working very well.

I also tried it on another poem from a person in our club. Not sure where the link went or if there was one. It let me go through the steps as if it were my own poem but nothing appeared on my page at all.

Looks like the Facebook like button is gone, maybe Janis is fixing it or it is a work in progress. The twitter one is still there.

I thought they were always there lol

-_-

I have it still on my poems. In both experiments it shows up on my wall as "Larry likes two links" and then shows the poem names. Clicking on either of them takes me to this site to the poem's posting.

Yes. It's still there.

Thanks for explaining this to me....I just didn't quite understand how it all works never having had facebook or twitter before....I'm a neanderthal member I guess haha!!!

Has anyone been getting annoying adverts attached to their poems randomly since this new feature came in? They're not there all the time...just now and then....they appear just below the tweet button?

What you describe is usually the appearance of spare or aware. get a protector like adaware or avg.

I have Norton....is this what you mean...a protector? Sorry....I'm really dumb when it comes to computer jargon haha!!! It never happened before this new update?

Not sure if Norton goes after the little stuff. Lavasoft adaware is free and it gets rid of the insipid ads that pop up. if the ads you see are connected to this New link, i haven't seen it myself.

My daughter's coming over this morning so I'll have her check to see what I've actually got on here already :)

When I signed in this morning LP's was the last post made and he was answering Colm saying he still had the facebook button so I just clicked on one of his poems at first and he had three adds on his latest poem. One was for a cumputer company...don't remember what the other two were about. Then I looked on my latest and I had 1 add for a holiday island close to Perth..they were there for about 5mins then disappeared?

You know the feature where a title would turn another color after reading a poem, that seems to not be working anymore at least not for me.

That function is still working for me Sylvia. Have you recently started using a different web browser? If not is anyone else having the same problem?

I only have the twitter button, no Facebook.

No changes to my computer at all and somehow the problem corrected itself overnight. LOL The different color has returned.

So you are telling me if someone likes my poem it will show up on fb?

I keep my poetry private from my family/ friends...that will provide a link to this site where they can read all of it?

Connie that is possible I think. I know when I liked my own, it was posted to MY facebook page. Liked another club members poem at the same time, still don't have a clue where it went.

EDIT: Connie I did a like on your latest poem, used the Post to Facebook and this time it did show up on my page. So whoever accesses my page can see your account here on P&Q. (I removed it just so you know)

I understand your concern. When someone clicks the 'like' button beneath your poem it appears on their Facebook page as a link to the poem on this website.

When I tried this out it appeared in my recent activity as: "Melissa likes Love Poem: Valentine's Midnight Song" (No author name was given until I opened up the link).

The privacy settings of each individual on Facebook will determine who is able to read the poem. If the person who liked your page has a Facebook profile set to public anyone who stumbles across the page is able to access the link. This shouldn't be too much of a concern as the poem will not be linked directly to you but rather your PnQ profile and it will not appear on your own Facebook page.

If you decide to 'like' your own poem then yes it will appear on your Facebook profile where people from your friends list are able to read it. This seems to be the only way that your personal Facebook account can be linked to your PnQ account, unless of course someone from your friends list 'likes' one of your poems and tags you in it.

Thank you Sylvia and Mel.

It wont show on my page unless I like it myself. (I would hate to have my family digging around here in my poetry) And I am taking bout cousins and such.

No worries.

I just noticed on the profiles that the "Awards" are now just letters and there is no way to click on them to see what each one means as we could before.

Awards

( F P C D )

Just tried it and you're right that is annoying really badly since i want to know how to get my awards again >.<

Must have been a minor glitch.. they seem to be back now :-)

Yay!!!! :) i need to do a lot of work again -.- but i won't regret it since i will love it! :)

Still have only the letters displaying for the awards and still cannot click on them to see the list with the explanations.

It comes and goes

I had the same, I pressed F5 and it was back to normal.