Image test
By Birding-Aus, on May 10th, 2015
Hi everyone Sorry to clutter up your inbox but I am testing the ability of Birding-Aus to accept images. This is a poor quality shot of a Brown Thornbill taken along the path at Anglesea Foreshore Reserve – about 240Kb. I intend to cap the size of images so we don’t create bandwidth or mailbox storage problems. If people want to post a higher-resolution image they can do that on our Facebook page. The main mailing list is better for posting trip lists, small sized images for discussion and other topics that might have value being archived. That’s the essential difference between the mailing list and our Facebook presence – all messages to the mailing list go into a searchable archive. We have records going back about 15 years. Regards Russell Birding-Aus Owner ————– next part ————– A non-text attachment was scrubbed… Name: thornbill.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 243513 bytes Desc: not available URL:
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OK all, can we drop this thread now, just seems rather trivial and off-topic. On 11 May 2015 at 22:00, Carl Clifford < carlsclifford@gmail.com> wrote: — ******************************** Ian (Tom) Tarrant Hawthorn East 3123 Victoria http://www.aviceda.org ********************************
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Don’t ever feel compelled to befriend anyone on Facebook. Sorry – it’s not called “befriending” any more – but I can’t bring myself to use “friend” as a verb …. Anyway, you only “FRIEND” (ouch) the people you want to communicate with. My Facebook Friends are family, friends, and birders, but are generally limited to people i actually know. I’ve received friend requests from lots of work colleagues, but I ignore them. Groups work a bit differently because you can see the posts and discussions of people who are NOT your friends. Storm’s advice is good about adding personal information. Facebook will ASK for loads of personal (and private) information. Don’t give it to them! You don’t have to use a profile picture, and if you do, it can be a photo of your favourite bird. Lots of people use their pets for their profile pic. Mine is me – but other info, like my date of birth, is made up. That just protects the sort of information that might otherwise be used for identity hijacking. Not that I can understand why anyone else would want to be me …. Russell Woodford Geelong Birding-Aus Owner On 11 May 2015 at 20:13, John Leonard < calyptorhynchus@gmail.com> wrote:
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Someone would have to be pretty good to identify me from my FB photo, me being plastered with so much coloured powder. That is the problem with Holi days. Carl Clifford
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Ok, thanks, Mr Grumpy had a look at the BA Facebook page and quite likes it. He may post something himself sometime towards 2020. John Leonard
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here is the link https://www.facebook.com/groups/35835604880/?fref=ts On 11 May 2015 at 16:54, calyptorhynchus . < calyptorhynchus@gmail.com> wrote:
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All right, all right, this dinosaur is bestirring himself. If I went to facebook and created an account how would I find the Birding-aus page? On 11 May 2015 at 16:50, Tony Russell < pratincole08@gmail.com> wrote: — John Leonard Canberra Australia http://www.jleonard.net I want to be with the 9,999 other things.
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If anyone saw my picture on Facebook it would scare them off wanting to be my friend!! —–Original Message—– Peter Shute Sent: Monday, 11 May 2015 12:16 PM Cc: birding-aus@birding-aus.org It can also help to not put a photo of yourself on your Facebook profile. Then people don’t have any way of confirming if they’ve got the right person, unless you have a very uncommon name. Peter Shute
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It can also help to not put a photo of yourself on your Facebook profile. Then people don’t have any way of confirming if they’ve got the right person, unless you have a very uncommon name. Peter Shute
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Unfortunately, you often discover that after you befriend them. I recently blocked one guy, who was a friend of a friend, because of his constant racist rants. Carl Clifford
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I ignore the great majority of friend requests, they can often be from weirdos. —–Original Message—– Fiona Anderson Sent: Monday, 11 May 2015 9:00 AM Cc: birding-aus@birding-aus.org Agreed. That is what I do. Fiona Sent from my iPad wrote: them you are on Facebook. If, by chance they find you on FB, just ignore the friend request. I have done it plenty of times. wrote: pages banal.
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No you don’t. You can either use the screen name you use here or you can hide your profile do others can’t search for it. Just because it says you have to use your real name, doesn’t mean you have to. Use what is safe and works for you. Storm On Sunday, 10 May 2015, calyptorhynchus . < calyptorhynchus@gmail.com> wrote:
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Agreed. That is what I do. Fiona Sent from my iPad
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Why would you have to friend all the people you work with? Just don’t tell them you are on Facebook. If, by chance they find you on FB, just ignore the friend request. I have done it plenty of times. Carl Clifford
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Maybe not if you invented an alter-ego John….
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Do what I do. Tell all my friends that my Facebook page just for boring birding stuff, and that I only joined because of the birding groups. They’re never disappointed when I ignore them. On 10/05/2015, at 6:58 PM, “calyptorhynchus .” < calyptorhynchus@gmail.com> wrote:
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If I joined Facebook I would have to ‘friend’ all the people I work with, whose lives seem to revolve around Facebook, and very little else. John Leonard On 10 May 2015 at 17:55, Carl Clifford < carlsclifford@gmail.com> wrote: — John Leonard Canberra Australia http://www.jleonard.net I want to be with the 9,999 other things.
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The BA list is pretty banal at times as well. Facebook is only as banal as you let it be, and I would not call the Australian birding pages banal. Carl Clifford
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Hi John, It can also be quite useful. I had to join to be able to put entries onto the BirdLife Melbourne page, and some things are useful. Others less so! Regards, Sonja
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Facebook is only as banal as what people put on it, which is to say that it’s incredibly banal, apart from the Birding-Aus group! Bill On 10/05/2015, at 5:30 PM, John Leonard < calyptorhynchus@gmail.com> wrote:
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Many of refuse to use Facebook, as it is the epitome of banality. John Leonard
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Wouldn’t it be much easier for all, if people used the BA Facebook page to post images? Carl Clifford
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Yes, that’s what the early tests were doing. Unfortunately it requires a password to open them, and that’s a nuisance even if you happen to know your password. Peter Shute Sent from my iPad
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Ah! So, it’s not actually posting images to the list, so much as posting a link on the list that takes you to an image page. John Tongue Devonport, Tas. On 10/05/2015, at 10:13 AM, TerryG < terryg@internode.on.net> wrote:
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Thanks Terry: so it was. I hadn’t gone further initially as the banner on the login page muttered about “private archive” so I assumed that was secret administrator stuff rather than “Members only”. Martin Martin Butterfield http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/ On 10 May 2015 at 10:13, TerryG < terryg@internode.on.net> wrote:
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Hi, Have a look at this line in the email below! The image is there after login. URL: On 10/05/2015 6:55 AM, John Tongue wrote:
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Sorry Russ. No image. Carl Clifford
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Wonderful – it works! Regards Shirley Cook —– Original Message —– Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 1:32 AM
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No image here, sorry! John Tongue Devonport, Tas. On 10/05/2015, at 1:32 AM, Russell Woodford < rdwoodford@gmail.com> wrote:
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