No, that I understand, just didn't know if I signed in with it, if my real name would show up. :-). But I'm guessing it doesn't, based on what I saw farther down the post. Thanks.

RE: "Facebook has been in the news numerous times for very serious privacy transgressions"
Right, None of these come into play here though. Your Gulch username, password, content, comments, etc. all remain completely under your control. The Gulch does not get your facebook information and facebook does not get your Gulch information. The two accounts only get kind-of connected for the purpose of quickly loggin in. That's it. No other info is exchanged. Period.

Promise. :)

Absolutely not. We will never post anything to your facebook account. You are in complete control of what you post where. The facebook login option is meant to serve as a quick way to sign in to the Gulch. You maintain complete control over all of your content, comments, etc.

This is actually not at all the case David. There is no common username and password. It's only a simple login mechanism and nothing more. Again, it's only there for convenience and is entirely optional.

sometimes on websites, it will automatically attach to my FB account and then share with FB that I am looking at a various site on the timeline. I find that offensive and obnoxious. Could it be that that is eventually where you are headed with this site?

I understand their sentiment, which is why I have not signed in through FB or twitter. I feel torn about this. On the one hand, I want to help spread the word about the movies. On the other hand, coming into the Gulch should not be this personal "appeal" I make to my "friends" on FB. I don't want to add 100 of my favorite lurkers to this site. I want to meet interesting, like minded people in here who are willing to discuss the most important topics of the day, the philosphy of Ayn Rand, these movies, and the very real actions these like minded people have taken or are ready to take or who want to take. I see these actions as sensitive, difficult and hard to explain/express in a FB forum. upshot: I do not see a common denominator in signing on with FB. twitter I do. That said, I am OK with the newsletter on FB. it is one more way of finding the gulch for those who are already looking?

RE: "If this ends up turning into a liberal invasion of the gulch."
How might that happen exactly? The Gulch is already open to the public. I feel like I might be missing something here. Please elaborate.

RE: "what Facebook has a right to suck out of the Gulch"
I'm not sure what you mean. Can you expand on that David?

Would you mind elaborating luck? We're very interested to hear your opinion.

You're not obligated to use it Non_Mooch. It's entirely optional.

Not good.

I know I'm old, but I hate that facebook has it's.... face... in everything... like the world can't exist without it. If this ends up turning into a liberal invasion of the gulch... it won't be good. :( I really feel like everybody in here has found there way here by sheer gulch mind set gravitation. I get that you're trying to attract more people to Atlas, I can appreciate that effort, but with the way things are "out there" and their "by any means necessary" mentality I would hate to have it ruined by intolerant, lefty, thugs, who can't let people alone. Just throwing my opinion out there...

So no cross pollination, per se? I like this venue for the ability to keep my name private, because of where my husband works.

For now, yes. Instead of having to type in your Gulch credentials, you can just click on one of the alternate buttons and get right in.

We may eventually put in an option for you to post directly to facebook/twitter from the Gulch but for now, it's for signing in only.

I'm a facebook and twitter tard (or tarT..whichever)... What's the point of this? Just less signing in??