Keep Private Groups and Comments PRIVATE

DNjoys wrote: »

I too am using the web as I don't use my phone for Internet, if that makes a difference. I was horrified at what I saw exposed when clicking on "replies" in people's Activity Profiles that were excerpts (if not the entire post) of posts made on PRIVATE teams over the past several days. The idea that ANYONE can see and read posts that were made on a private team where those expressing themselves believed only members of that team could see them is a total breach of trust. I've already resigned as team leader and plan to leave MFP permanently by the end of the year as my commitments come to a close.

If you truly are unaware of this happening and would view it as an issue to be fixed, that changes everything. I have gone to Activity Profiles of top leaders and read things that no one should have access to - info from private planning teams where they were discussing a member they were having issues with, and other issues with their team. I looked at a person who I am not friends with and am not on the same private team and the portions of their private team posts that were visible told me her weight, when she was away from home, where she was traveling, and other personal details that she thought she was only sharing with her private team.

So, in spite of it making it harder for members to find me to friend me (and as a team leader who does much of the member communications with my team that is crucial), I made my Activity Profile non-public thinking that should control my info. Nope. In sharing this issue with my team, one member announced they didn't see any need to hide their Activity Profile and then proceeded to tag members (including me) sharing a summary of something personal that had been shared with the team along with her response. I went to her Activity Profile and noticed that our full user name along with our issue was now exposed for anyone to read. I have gone to several accounts of people I'm not friends with and can see portions of private posts, and have had other members say they also can see those.

As a team leader, we have a private planning team where leaders can discuss things in private. Included in that is sharing info about members that is for leader's eyes only. Like when they message us explaining how they are ill, someone in their family dying or planning a vacation and need to be excused so they are not marked inactive - things they don't want to share with the team. That's where leaders share the info with each other and in doing that we have that info being put in our Activity Profile. And I've been seeing things I was never meant to see of both friends and non-friends who are on private teams I am not on. Because I was not friends with the folks I randomly selected to view, I can't go back and get screenshots to show you as I don't remember who they were, so it will take a little time and effort for me to put that together. But it IS happening!

@durden , appreciate your looking into this. It really is a deal breaker for me. I feel betrayed and violated to see posts from private teams on Activity Profiles - my own, my friends, and most especially non-friends.

ONCE AGAIN - thank you for jumping on this so quickly. I find sending messages to MFP and their 'experts' is cumbersome and most of the time the messages seem to go unaddressed/unanswered (unless I'm not sure where to look for answers).