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I don't know if anyone else has this rule. But if you are on FB there is to be no mention of BL. Unfortunately this has happened on my profile and I am going to have to delete that person. I am sure he wont mind since I am not sure we are friends anyways.

Does anyone else have this rule? or am I just being paranoid?
 
Yeah this person astually posted the link to BL. I almost shit myself. I hope my mom, family, or co-workers didn't see it. I have a career, not a job. And this could cause some major issues since I work in health care.

Thanks :)
 
i don't usually link to things but i will reference forums by their abbreviation. for example, i might say i saw your post in SO. unless you have been to this site, that prolly means nothing.

but i also don't let family and coworkers see my wall or posts. the people that can see everything are people i trust.
 
I dont make FB friends with anyone from BL. They are all degenerate junkies and trolls. Also I am mad paranoid.
 
I'll say the abbreviation BL but can't really remember posting that on people's pages. It does seem like an unwritten rule though.

I won't join the BL Facebook group or MAPS even because I don't want people to see that connection.
 
What chrissie said.

My young cousins read my FB. People know that and when I add them they don't post any profanity on my wall. Two people in the past have and I said they owed money to the "swear jar" - we treat these things as lessons. :)

I have no problems adding BLers to my FB as I don't have anything to hide. I'm not in the BL group but I am in MAPS. I've never been questioned.

There are a couple other forums I am on that I *would* be questioned extensively about (nothing illegal) and I have not added anyone from those, though I have been to meetups, etc.
 
I have a couple BLers as friends on FB but it seems to be an unspoken agreement to not mention BL. Most of us don't post anything about BL on FB or even tell our real life friends about it (if they wouldn't benefit from taking a peak at BL in particular) so I also like to keep them separate to some degree...I'd just rather my family/friends from everywhere NOT stumble across BL and attach my name to it. I am now using a separate email address that's for BL only as well.
 
keep your BL friends in a separate friends list from your IRL friends, set up special rules for what IRL friends can see in your profile and wall in the privacy settings, problem solved.
 
justsomeguy said:
i just made it simple and deleted my facebook account. that site gives me the creeps, but i do feel out of the loop sometimes and it makes creeping / stalking harder LOL
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I did the same. I'm too paranoid to keep a Facebook account.
 
i am more paranoid that people here will use my real name than i am about people mentioning BL on facebook.
 
I have lots of BLrs on FB, but I too follow that "unspoken rule".

I like NoTs way of putting it :D "NDTIFB"
 
This is a harm reduction board, and I'm proud of my contributions here. I think that the board's purpose, and what we're doing here is of great value, and not just worth standing behind, but actually promoting IRL. Also, there's so many forums outside of the scope of drug use, that sometimes I forget about the main aspect of the site altogether.. Then again, I use BL to talk about education, careers, science, and politics.

I do agree though, no specific drug talk on my 'wall', but that's just common sense.

I also have little cousins and family, so I think a good general rule to follow, is to keep the 'wall' portion for fun stuff, and anything topical or sensitive can be sent via message or chat.

Also as PB pointed out, FB is very customizable these days. Make sure you have your personal settings sorted out.
 
I love spreading the word about BL... but on FB I feel its just too risky, between my family and potential employers... I know you can customize settings, but its much easier to have the agreed upon rule (or agreed upon by most people anyway) that you just dont talk about BL on peoples public walls. With my friends, and with most people really, I am open and proud of the work we do here, but theres just too many other factors with FB.
 
Yeah i don't have much interest to discuss BL stuff on facebook. BL is here to talk about BL stuff - facebook is where i like to talk and share other stuff. I don't mix them at all.
 
I have plenty of BLers on FB. I like getting to know them in a more intimate internet way.
I have never had any issues. I don't discuss BL there either. Even when there was the BL calendar promotion.

I have had to delete a few really raunchy things over the years but I don't feel that anyone has ever jeopardized my career on FB.
I could easily do that myself ;)
 
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