All information shared in the forums is fed into the site’s main feed and picked up by search engines, even if the group is marked private or hidden. Wire posts in private and hidden groups are private.
Please keep this in mind when posting work, discussion items and other content. The software we are using is in beta, and we will advocate for better privacy integration in future releases.
We tried installing a plugin last night to give us more control over privacy settings for private and hidden group forums, but that plugin was a no-go. *frowns*
We just want to make sure everyone in the community is aware of the situation so nobody is surprised later on. We have added similar language to our Help and About pages as well, located in the site’s navigation bar.
Thanks, and poem on!
There is a contradiction in the intro to the 301 first saying that your work will not be potentially picked up by search engines, then that it will.
Not clear why 301’s have to join 201’s…
Deb Scott replied:
November 20th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Thanks, Songbird, we’ll fix the language. (They will be potentially picked up.)
Since we are asking people to workshop before they critique, and to workshop more than they critique, we thought people would need a bigger field of work to pick from. We also think cross-pollination is a great learning tool for people. Does that help?
Thank you for your close reading! And questions!
songbird, work posted on the wire won’t be picked up by search engines, but work in the forums is. Although I think Andre changed that. We’ll ask him and see what he says. Thanks for bringing this issue up.