R3 MBs Posts on Google

[doversoul]

I’ve just stumbled upon on (in?) Google my message I posted on the old R3 MBs. Does this mean that all our posts are accessible to the public? I find this rather uneasy.

http://www.for3.org/forums/archive/i...hp/t-556.html?

[MrGongGong]

EVERYTHING you do on the internet is in the public domain (hopefully your bank has good encryption !)
you probably "agreed" to this when you signed up
many people don't like Facebook (myself included ) because their "agreement" means they basically own everything you say , every photo , every soundfile

its one of the reasons why i find it laughable that all the folk are up in arms at so called "phone hacking" what on earth do they expect ?

[doversoul]

Actually, it is not from the old R3 MBs but from this MBs. Well, I suppose anyone can read the messages but I'm not sure if I like the thought of their being accessble from Google. Ah well. Modern world, I suppose.

[ed] Yes, Mr MGG. I should remember that I live in the 21st century and have all the benefit.

[Eudaimonia]

EVERYTHING you do on the internet is in the public domain (hopefully your bank has good encryption !)

Sure, but why go out of our way to make sure everything gets set in stone? Most internet discussion fora aren't accessible to Google at all...the old R3 boards certainly weren't, why the change?

I suppose that's a rhetorical question, isn't it.

[MrGongGong]

I keep meaning to read this book

http://www.amazon.com/Delete-Virtue-.../dp/0691138613

"saving" is the default setting (sometimes unfortunately !)
Also I would probably think that they were all accessible , google is just a search engine (one of many)

[Osborn]

Most internet discussion fora aren't accessible to Google at all...the old R3 boards certainly weren't

Enter Eudaimonia h2g2 or salymap or french frank & there are all your R3 posts...

(If the name is common, adding h2g2 filters)

[Eudaimonia]

Well, bless your heart! Aren't you the most g******** helpful person who ever walked the face of the earth... thanks a million!

[french frank]

Right at the very beginning I indicated that we were blocking search engine spiders for the vague reasons doversoul mentioned. But Philidor explained the disadvantages: like - you never get any new members because we all talk to each other very quietly and no one knows we're here. It was fine at the beginning when everyone joined as a result of the BBC boards closing, but as time goes on ... The BBC are ******s and I doubt very much if we'll ever get our link even though we have done, I think, very well at promoting the programmes.

And, yes, the old BBC messageboards have also now been spidered.