Monday, March 14, 2011

On Facebook Groups and Public Domain Open Source

A Facebook group may be PUBLIC, in which case anyone may see the posts, PRIVATE, in which case the public can see the membership and group statement, and request to join, but cannot see the contents unless they join OR a group may be SECRET which simply means that it will not even show up in the search engines... BE AWARE, that anyone with ADMIN status has the power to de-admin all other admins and take over the group, or delete it. There is no SUPER-Admin/founder/owner. This is GOOD in the sense that groups may be self-perpetuation, like our constitutional democracy (in theory.) It is necessary to have several admins simply to police posts, and approve requests to join. I am an admin of the highest integrity and have never done anything destructive or malicious to any system or application simply because it would be an indelible blotch on my escutcheon. Also, an admin or moderator is in a position of power and so they should remain aloof, impartial and allow a level playing field for all members. I have no shortage of groups and Internet duties, so only avail yourself of my services if you need me. 

An old Hasidic saying something about "burial shrouds have no pockets" which of course means we take nothing with us except perhaps the audit trail of our words and actions... so there is something to be said for placing one's learning in public domain. The world would be impoverished if people like Maimonides had been miserly and secretive.

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