Complain to OH (Privacy issues)

MultiMom
on 1/21/10 9:10 pm - NH

My email to OH concerning privacy issues......Send to [email protected]. This is only my comment to them, feel free to use it or send your own. This is really an issue!!

I am very concerned about the new option to share posts and information with the links to Facebook, MySpace and all the other links posted to each of the messages. This site has been so helpful to me and many others. I am at the point in my process that I am here to help others and will not continue sharing my 'story' with the further lack of privacy that is being promoted by these links. Please consider this problem and know that it will make this forum so much less effective to the intent of peer to peer help. Please remove the linking!

High 250/Consult Weight 245/Surgery 205/Now 109
Height 5'4.5" BMI 18.4
In maintenance since June 2009

terrijp
on 1/21/10 10:29 pm

Lap Band on 11/30/07

I sent a message to Eric Klein, the founder. (You can find his profile under "About Us.")

Terri

LBL/BL 12/11/09; BL Revision, Quad Bleph 07/16/10. Larry H. Lickstein, M.D., F.A.C.S.

It's not how fast you go, but that you're moving in the right direction!

iammelissa
on 1/22/10 1:36 am - federal way, WA

VSG on 06/25/08

I would, as would many others I'm sure, be interested in hearing what the reply is.

playwithzoe
on 1/22/10 2:03 am, edited 1/22/10 9:23 am

VSG on 11/13/08

It's not that our pics or posts/pics are less safe from copying than before, they are not and I never thought they were other than via the privacy settings OH provides. It's really not about that. What bothers me is that now it is easier to spread stuff from this site virally and in fact it is now being encouraged. The point of these links is to drive traffic from these other social networking sites to OH to increase the traffic here so they can sell their ads at a higher premium.

Until now OH was a site looked for and used by people struggling with obesity. Now with links so conveniently placed to encourage cross posting to other sites it will will drive more people here outside our our community out of curiosity and some may find our posts and pictures amusing in a mean-spirited way. I felt more safe in that the for the most part the people who came here, came here with like issues/concerns/struggles. These links now encourage the sharing of our community with other more board social networking communities. I just don't see how these links serve the OH community in any way.

46 yr old female; 5'6"; 11/13/08 VSG Dr. Jossart LapSF, SF, CA
SW 213, GW 150, CW 140, dream GW 130 and/or 20% body fat or less
12/22/09 mini face lift; Dr. Hove, Monarch Med Spa, KoP, PA
01/09/10 Reconstructive Surgery Dr. Sauceda, Monterrey, Mexico
U & L eye lid lifts, mini tt w/o muscle tightening, Brazilian buttock lift by fat grafting, Benelli BL & BA

Jody ***
on 1/22/10 4:05 am - Brighton, MI

RNY on 10/21/08 with

I have pictures of before ande after my TT and am reluctant to share them. I would rather cut/paste them into a thread for everyone to see, but I'm not going to do that now. I have them on my profile passworded (I've changed it too)...

I've made my profile for "friends only" - its too bad we now have to hide what we do here because whoever decided that we no longer deserved our privacy, has made our journeys public now to the google world.

There are many of us on this site that choose to keep our WLS journey to share with others that have been where we are, and not announce it to the world.

recently I've had friend requests from people I have no idea who they are - I'm wondering if it is because of this??? Someone even commented on one of my pics that I have NO clue who it is.

HW-218/SW-208/CW-126/ Lowest Weight-121/Goal-125 - hit 8/23/09/Height-5'3"

Regain 30 lbs from 2012 to 2016 - got back on track and lost it. Took 8 months.
90+/- pounds lost BMI - 24 or so
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
Join us on the Lightweights Board!

MultiMom
on 1/22/10 4:09 am - NH

RNY on 10/27/08

HEY!! U+I have been wondering how you are doing and was going to call you later!! How are you?? PM me your password, I wanna see.....

Martha

High 250/Consult Weight 245/Surgery 205/Now 109
Height 5'4.5" BMI 18.4
In maintenance since June 2009

caroline2622
on 1/22/10 8:26 am - Woodbridge , VA

VSG on 09/30/08 with

Totally see where you are coming from.

But OH is a public forum and ther fore not protected. Do we really know who we are chatting/commenting to? I will gladly help anyone but I do not post my business online.

lost 140 lbs

Extended TT 12/072009 Plastic Surgeon Mitchell Krieger

Jody ***
on 1/22/10 8:30 am - Brighton, MI

RNY on 10/21/08 with

Yes, you're right. OH IS a public forum and no privacy should be expected. I guess its just a little disconcerting that its SO easy now for someone to broadcast out to the world about my reconstructive surgery.... but i suppose if they wanted to do it before, they could have anyway...

HW-218/SW-208/CW-126/ Lowest Weight-121/Goal-125 - hit 8/23/09/Height-5'3"

Regain 30 lbs from 2012 to 2016 - got back on track and lost it. Took 8 months.
90+/- pounds lost BMI - 24 or so
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
Join us on the Lightweights Board!

caroline2622
on 1/22/10 8:40 am - Woodbridge , VA

VSG on 09/30/08 with

I hear you Unfortunately a few months ago some posted pics and someone passed them around during a posting. Sad that people do not respect each other posts.

WLS patients are unique as we understand eachother pain and short comings. We do pretty well considering .. no matter where you go there is a duffus in rocking the boat once in a while on here

lost 140 lbs

Extended TT 12/072009 Plastic Surgeon Mitchell Krieger

Laura in Texas
on 1/22/10 5:39 am

RNY on 09/17/08

I e-mailed them, too. I'm very upset and angry about this. I like to share my story to try to help others going through the process, but don't want my business plastered all over facebook unless I want it there. My profile is now private and am considering deleting "friends" unless I really know them, either in real life or from chatting here. Ugh!!

Laura

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

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