I'm aware that many of you are in full AAWA-bashing mode at the moment, but if any of you have a mind to be helpful I have a quick question.
I am trying to get to the bottom of the concerns being currently voiced about our facebook group, without being fully versed or experienced in facebook myself.
It has been brought to my attention that membership of our facebook group does not show up on the newsfeed of our members. Therefore, if anyone is a member of our group, even against their will, there is no way for a non-member (i.e. a Witness friend) to see that they are.
Of course, facebook pages are different - these show up on your facebook newsfeed, but nobody was force-added to AAWA's facebook page. In fact, you can't be "added" to it at all, you can only "like" it - and it is impossible to force someone to "like" something without their knowledge.
So my question is, if there are any calm heads prevailing on this thread who actually know how facebook works - can you prove that you can be a member of our group, mistakenly or otherwise, and for this to be visible to non-member friends?
For those who want to investigate in response to my question, our facebook group is called... "Association of Anti-Watchtower Activists (AAWA)"
I await your response.
Cedars
Ignoring the arrogant little jabs about people being "hot-headed" and "in bashing mode", it has been "brought to your attention" (multiple times) that the bolded statement above is incorrect.
As Jgnat posted just before you, there is a Facebook "page" which only has 257 "likes" which people cannot be auto-added to.
There is also the "secret group" (which Juan Viejo said they decided to make open, thereby increasing the likelihood of outing, and now you appear to have made secret again) here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/jwactivists/
This is the group I was force-added to. This is the group where your coordinator admitted that AAWA had force-added 1,000 people.
This is the group that outed Rebel8 and others. The title of this group showed up on MY timeline when I was force-added (I had non-ex-JW friends check and confirm it for me before leaving the group).
When I click on the link above, it tells me "Secret Group: You are unable to see the contents of this group because you are not a member." But I can still see the title of the group and this blurb about it:
" The Association of Anti-Watchtower Activists (AAWA) is an organization dedicated to raising awareness of the damaging in fluence of the Watch Tower Society through respectful and well-informed activism. AAWA is also committed to offering help and support to those who are mentally and emotionally afflicted by the Society’s teachings and practices in whatever ways it can.
AAWA's Mission Statement:
http://jwactivists.org/who-are-we/"
That is more than enough to damage a fader. Not to mention, nobody should be force-added to a page without their consent, whether they're an open apostate or not. It still doesn't mean that they agree with your group's mission or want to be a part of it. It doesn't mean that they should be counted as one of your members when a huge chunk of them still have no idea they were even added.
Anyway, you're still deflecting. You're ignoring the overwhelming point that AAWA force-added people without their consent, and that not only must stop immediately and in the future, but must be retroactively undone as far as possible. You continue to refuse to respond to the solution most people seem to agree on: shut down the page and start over. The right way. Inviting people instead of force-adding them and assuming they want to stay unless they leave.
As far as "language", do you have a problem with Outlaw saying s***? Or are you only nitpicking on people who hold you responsible for AAWA's actions?
