HSMom2One Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I have a blog that is mostly for homeschooling purposes, but also includes some other issues important to me in life. Although I use my first name here and I have it on my blog in a place or two, I have purposely not used my full name in the blog, and I don't have a link to my blog from my FB account. There is no other user ID or e-mail listed that could link the two accounts together at all. So how is it that FB has been referring visitors to my blog website? I am not aware of any connection between the two websites that would be publicly visible to anyone. I've seen this happen a number of times in the past few months and have found it to be very, very strange. FB is starting to bother me more and more. I'm concerned about too much privacy being made available. Sometimes I think about how it sets us up to be tracked all to easily. I don't know about you, but I find this creepy. Is anyone else feeling this way, or am I just paranoid? :D Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Someone may have posted a link to one of your blog posts on their wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 It might be that someone shared a link to your blog on Facebook. This has happened to me (I know it because someone here told me she was going to share it - it was my organization link below). It might be no one you know personally, just a random reader who found a post particularly helpful or insightful and wanted to share it with FB friends or maybe a homeschooling FB group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I don't know enough about FB to say how it happened, but I did read an article a few days ago about FB now putting cookies on your browser that follow you even after you leave FB. The fix for now is to use FB on a browser you don't normally use- like safari..and then when you are done with fb, close it and open a new browser, like Firefox and use that. I haven't done so yet, but I am thinking about it. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/facebook-caught-inadvertently-tracking-you-once-you-log-off/ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2393750,00.asp Other thought:Do you have a FB page for your blog? that would connect you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I don't know enough about FB to say how it happened, but I did read an article a few days ago about FB now putting cookies on your browser that follow you even after you leave FB. The fix for now is to use FB on a browser you don't normally use- like safari..and then when you are done with fb, close it and open a new browser, like Firefox and use that. I haven't done so yet, but I am thinking about it. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/facebook-caught-inadvertently-tracking-you-once-you-log-off/ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2393750,00.asp Other thought:Do you have a FB page for your blog? that would connect you. I love this idea of using seperate browsers! Google totally creeps me out. If I am signed in to my google homepage, then every page on the internet greets me by name. Scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azmomx3 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I don't know enough about FB to say how it happened, but I did read an article a few days ago about FB now putting cookies on your browser that follow you even after you leave FB. The fix for now is to use FB on a browser you don't normally use- like safari..and then when you are done with fb, close it and open a new browser, like Firefox and use that. I haven't done so yet, but I am thinking about it. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/facebook-caught-inadvertently-tracking-you-once-you-log-off/ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2393750,00.asp Other thought:Do you have a FB page for your blog? that would connect you. Great info! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 Someone may have posted a link to one of your blog posts on their wall. It might be that someone shared a link to your blog on Facebook. This has happened to me (I know it because someone here told me she was going to share it - it was my organization link below). It might be no one you know personally, just a random reader who found a post particularly helpful or insightful and wanted to share it with FB friends or maybe a homeschooling FB group. This is true and I'm surprised I hadn't considered that possibility. It would be nice if blog owners could trace the referral back to the posted link, just to see what the purpose was...but I guess that would be asking too much wouldn't it? Oh well... Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 I don't know enough about FB to say how it happened, but I did read an article a few days ago about FB now putting cookies on your browser that follow you even after you leave FB. The fix for now is to use FB on a browser you don't normally use- like safari..and then when you are done with fb, close it and open a new browser, like Firefox and use that. I haven't done so yet, but I am thinking about it. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/facebook-caught-inadvertently-tracking-you-once-you-log-off/ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2393750,00.asp Other thought:Do you have a FB page for your blog? that would connect you. That's an awesome idea. And to get started with this practice it seems that clearing all cookies from the regular browser would be a smart idea. Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momma2three Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 This is true and I'm surprised I hadn't considered that possibility. It would be nice if blog owners could trace the referral back to the posted link, just to see what the purpose was...but I guess that would be asking too much wouldn't it? Oh well... Blessings, Lucinda It would be, but if they have their wall posts locked, then you won't be able to read it unless you're friends with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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