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[Ferretfancy]

I've avoided Facebook, Twitter and the rest, preferring just to use my computer and iPhone for fairly basic applications. I suppose I feel that the availability of new technology does not mean that we have to sign up to everything. It reminds me of the people you sometimes see on holiday with their eyes permanently glued to a viewfinder who lose their ability to observe the world. By the same token the Internet is not the world.

[mangerton]

I'm hoping that seasoned FaceBookers may help out on this, as it seems to be a mystery, the ability to post yet not appear to others, only yourself. I did wonder whether it was just best to start completely afresh, create hotmail or yahoo email address in a new name or is it a case of cookies not being enabled? Hopefully someone will answer although I am a bit disappointed with the R3 page (lack of comment, lack of discussion) However, catavina (yes, it is she with a new name) suggested all the moaners about Breakfast clear off and go to the discussion page (which is totally dormant!)

The American singer in question apparently facebooked all her fans, hence the influx of gush. She plays the Albert Hall tonight.

I signed up to facebook some time ago - with my real name, not the nom de plume I use here. There is certainly no censoring, nor any pre-modding of posts. Once you have signed up, you are able to post straight away.

I have seen a few of cavatina's posts under her new name - I suppose it could be her real name. The more of them I read, the more I convinced I become that she is an agent provocateuse for Roger Wright!

[Panjandrum]

I'm hoping that seasoned FaceBookers may help out on this, as it seems to be a mystery, the ability to post yet not appear to others, only yourself. I did wonder whether it was just best to start completely afresh, create hotmail or yahoo email address in a new name or is it a case of cookies not being enabled? Hopefully someone will answer although I am a bit disappointed with the R3 page (lack of comment, lack of discussion) However, catavina (yes, it is she with a new name) suggested all the moaners about Breakfast clear off and go to the discussion page (which is totally dormant!)

At the risk of stating the blindingly obvious have you ensured that you are logged on (i.e. rather than just visiting the page) to Facebook? Moreover, you need to click on the "Like Radio 3" link on the Radio 3 "wall" before it allows you to leave a comment. If you don't actively "like" a page, you ar not allowed to leave a comment. So one is faced with the absurduty of commenting negatively about something while "liking" it at the same time!

Failing that, it may be a case of your security settings being too high: you could try adding Facebook to your trusted sites, and relax the security.

As I have said elsewhere, we need more of us to take the good fight to the forces of darkness - er, sorry, I mean Cavatina and Rog!

[Tony Halstead]

No need for a 'sad face'!
THE ANVIL, BASINGSTOKE has one of the finest acoustics for classical music in the South UK!

[tony yyy]

At the risk of stating the blindingly obvious have you ensured that you are logged on (i.e. rather than just visiting the page) to Facebook? Moreover, you need to click on the "Like Radio 3" link on the Radio 3 "wall" before it allows you to leave a comment. If you don't actively "like" a page, you ar not allowed to leave a comment. So one is faced with the absurduty of commenting negatively about something while "liking" it at the same time!

I think I've tried all that. I can post but the results only seem to be visible to me and only when I'm logged in. Perhaps it realises I'm too old for the new Radio 3.

[BetweenTheStaves]

... Perhaps it realises I'm too old for the new Radio 3.

Or your standards, like the rest of us, are too high?

[BetweenTheStaves]

.....Moreover, you need to click on the "Like Radio 3" link on the Radio 3 "wall" before it allows you to leave a comment. If you don't actively "like" a page, you ar not allowed to leave a comment......

You are a STAR!! That's it...cracked. I can now post on the Radio 3 wall.

EDIT: Spoke too soon. Now unable to leave any comments. Created a new identity and that too fails..even after clicking 'Like'

[Panjandrum]

Amazing how little control the BBC seems to exert over the monitoring of its Facebook page. Not only are there regular outbursts of spam which go unremoved for long periods, but "contributors" hurl abuse at each other in terms which would make a squaddie blush. However, the BBC, no doubt in the spirit of freedom of speech, for which it is famous, lets it all go. Not a very edifying spectacls.

[amateur51]

Amazing how little control the BBC seems to exert over the monitoring of its Facebook page. Not only are there regular outbursts of spam which go unremoved for long periods, but "contributors" hurl abuse at each other in terms which would make a squaddie blush. However, the BBC, no doubt in the spirit of freedom of speech, for which it is famous, lets it all go. Not a very edifying spectacls.

We're fortunate that you're prepared to endure this odious spectacle for us, Panyan