While We Were Sleeping - Upgrade

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<p>I tried the f link just to see what would happen. I don’t remember whose post I used, it wasn’t my own, but it was something innocuous. And I quickly deleted the post.</p>

<p>If I clicked through the confirmation screen, I wound up with a facebook post of the comment, with an icon of a cartoon guy wearing a jacket and tie. No name, either real or CC usernames, appeared anywhere on the facebook post. If I followed the link from facebook back to here, it went to the right thread, but not the exact post (this seems like a bug).</p>

<p>I have that connect thingy turned off, but I could still post to facebook. I suspect that if that thing is on, every post you make will wind up on facebook, but I am not willing to test it.</p>

<p>Posts of yours that somebody else facebook-links to will not show up in your facebook feed, only the ones you link to (at least with the connector off). Is that sufficient privacy?</p>

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<p>So I just posted by clicking the button and it came up with the general CC avatar, the beginning of your post, nre (as I shared yours… don’t worry, only I can see it and I will be deleting it), and when you click on it it takes you to this page but not to the specific post. </p>

<p>This is how much of it shows on FB:
“While We Were Sleeping - Upgrade
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com
I tried the f link just to see what would happen. I don’t remember whose post I used, it wasn’t my own, but it was something innocuous.”</p>

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<p>Notrichenough, if you get all that figured out let me know, I use FF at home too and will replicate it. Then at least maybe some of my CC browsing won’t make me want to rip my hair out. At work I am stuck with IE… and then there is the mobile site…</p>

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<p>On my phone (android) CC won’t connect. Says “'community not supported on tapatalk”. Not sure what this means. Looked up tapatalk and it is app for managing forums on phone (I think) but I don’t have it installed so not sure why this impacts CC. Have tried to uninstall and re-install to no avail. Ideas?</p>

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<p>@HarvestMoon1 You and the community are most welcome. The CCStaff want to provide the community as much transparency as possible. </p>

<p>@HarvetMoon1, FlyMeToTheMoon, @notrichenough, and others: As for the design tweaks, I am personally meeting with our designer this week to discuss some of the feedback we’ve received. To provide a little peek behind the curtain, it is a best practice of ours to thoroughly test and qualify our designs in front of a user segment. I admit, sometimes we need to go back and tweak things. So we will review the design, discuss the feedback and see what will work best for the entire community and where it falls in the priority of development work.</p>

<p>We believe software development is an ongoing, never ending evolution. Over the next few weeks, months and years you will continue to see the site evolve and grow with new features and better functionality. We’ve got some great things in store for you all. You guys are the greatest community out there!</p>

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Go directly to Discussions and log in there. I don’t ever log out, but the main page always wants me to log in. I ignore it and go to Discussions, where I find I’m already logged in.</p>

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<p>@CountingDown ahhhh… youre so sweet. Thank you. I appreciate those warm thoughts and virtual hugs. You wouldn’t think 3" of snow and a little ice could shut down a major metropolitan, but it in fact did. I feel sorry for all the children that had to spend the night on a school bus on the highway overnight. That had to be scary for them. The wife’s employer secured her a hotel room, so she’ll be able to get some rest tonight and hopefully come home tomorrow afternoon (fingers crossed).</p>

<p>But hey, enough about me…let’s talk Facebook! </p>

<p>Facebook…many people love it, some hate it, some hate to love it and others love to hate it. We have taken a purely optional or self voluntary approach to Facebook functionality in CC. </p>

<p>*(I apologize in advance for the length of my post, but I want to detail it out for you.)</p>

<p>What does Facebook integration mean exactly?<br>
From the FAQ I wrote:
"Q: What does Facebook Integration mean exactly?
We also value your privacy immensely. Facebook integration is purely optional per user. Members who like to share content via social media will find that the Facebook integration allows them to share a thread on their personal Facebook wall to their “friends” as well as the ability to sign in quickly and easily. Members who do not like Facebook or social media do not have to use the Facebook integration and can ignore that feature. It’s 100% optional. And remember, no private or personal information is ever shared or will ever be shared."</p>

<p><a href=“CollegeConfidential Update FAQ - College Confidential Community - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/community-forum-issues/1609348-collegeconfidential-update-faq-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>As you can see, it is purely optional. No one has to use it. It’s there if you want to use it. </p>

<p>So that’s all well and good, but how does it work? Let’s talk nuts and bolts.<br>
Facebook integration allows CC members to quickly and easily sign into the CC account without having to remember another set of log in credentials. Many major sites across the 'net offer social sign-in functionality as a convenience to their users. We are offering the same service as a convenience to you as well. It is completely, 100% optional. </p>

<p>Will any of my personal information be requested or shared?
With any Facebook integration there is a certain level of information that has to be passed from Facebook to the requesting site verify a user. We detail what information is requested when we ask your permission. This trust relationship is highly guarded by CC. It has always been our policy that any data that you choose to share with CC is never exposed to the public and highly guarded as private. It is only optionally shared and used for you to use for enhanced features and functionality (building your profile, etc. as we build out that functionality). </p>

<p>Let me state again, no personal data will be exposed.</p>

<p>So what is the Facebook logo button at the bottom of a post?
This is actually a simple short-cut to something many of you possibly do already. Cut and paste links to share with your friends on your Facebook wall.<br>
If you’re signed into Facebook in your browser, regardless if you use the Facebook sign-in feature to access CC, you can take advantage of the Facebook sharing feature found at the bottom of each thread. This feature will allow you a short-cut that basically cuts and pastes the thread URL that you selected and shares it on your Facebook wall to your designated Facebook friends. This will provide you an easy way to share the helpful information you found in the thread with your friends. They can quickly access the thread by a click of a link and / or participate in the discussion. No personal information is shared. Clicking on the FB logo on the first post in the thread, second post, 100th post or last post in a thread, only shares the primary URL of the thread to your Facebook wall to your Facebook designated friends.</p>

<p>I hope that makes things more clear. I’ll add the more exhaustive detail of the Facebook integration to the FAQ page.</p>

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<p>Stevensmama, just had a similar issue. I usually stay logged in- and was. Clicked Discussions, then Latest Posts, was reading a post and wanted to comment, only to find I had been logged out. Maybe it’s a freak thing, but it was also something I dealt on many sites, with when my other browser /IE was becoming unstable, the reason I switched to Chrome. Please let this be something tame.</p>

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<p>Oh, yay, Doug, there are now page numbers at the bottom of Latest and Parents forums. So we can jump, instead of “more comments,” which made us go page by page. </p>

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<p>Still having to go page by page on my phone. :(</p>

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<p>@scmom12 The CCTalk Mobile app is still being optimized to work with the new site. We’re working feverishly o it. Until then, please use the new mobile site by navigating to CCTalk on your mobile browser.</p>

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<p>@GA2012MOM that has been noted and our developers and user experience designers are looking at improving this. </p>

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<p>@lookingforward see…we are working hard to address many of the issues you all have made. ;)</p>

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<p>@stevensmama we have the Remember Me functionality developed and are doing some additional testing before it is released. Once it is, you will be able to check Remember Me and it will keep you logged in for a prolonged period of time.</p>

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<p>@eastcoascrazy the “Edited By” feature has been discussed and is being addressed. We have cleaned up and eliminated many of the “Edited by” that were all over the page. We also will be offering a longer grace period to edit a post after it is posted before it is noted as “edited” as well as we will be de-emphasizing it with a more muted color (like a light gray color).</p>

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<p>@eastcoascrazy as far as the workflow regarding logging in, would a Remember Me feature that would allow you to stay logged in help you with your workflow complaint?</p>

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<p>@emraldkity4 I believe you and I share a certain music artist obsession. LOL</p>

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<p>@MomofWildChild thank you, that’s sweet. I appreciate y’alls understanding and patience. Many of you have already noticed some tweaks happening and more will everyday. Some behind the scenes and others more visible. We have a dedicated CC team that focuses on the ongoing development of the site and the features and functionality within. </p>

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<p>@SamuraiLandshark thanks for that feedback. I’ve made some notes and will make sure it is discussed during the design review meetings. Thank you for your patience and understanding. </p>

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<p>Thank you much, @doughill. </p>