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Has anyone tried doing any prayer or perpetual CathInfo related discussions via Skype or Google hangouts, etc.? I don't like either of those brands as I hear they have shoddy privacy policies, but I was just wondering about our technical capacities and about expanding the conversation using the tools we have so we can solve these crisises quicker and obtain more graces.

Perpetual CathInfo TinyChat? Anyone know any good programs they'd recommend for this purpose?

Not video, but Google Plus yes. Just a few of us who share interests, or want to chat about non-CI, off-topic things ("here's a pic of my youngest!" or "look at this recipe!"), but honestly Google Plus is quite harder than I expected.

And Facebook is out because too many Freemason accounts whose purposes are questionable (or, if impersonating priests, just plan evil! De fide!). And you have to friend your fellow parishioners and that can cause trouble in the Church (or the church), esp when some are very politically-oriented, or vulgar, or fruity, etc. I've been fooled by fake accounts, as well; it gives me the heebie jeebies to think of who had access to my real life pictures and information.

I'd still like the Google Plus thing to work, since I don't think Google Plus will ever get off the ground really, and there are good privacy settings if you dig deep enough (Google doesn't appear to want private conversations or sharing, though, so it's difficult). But theoretically, if you decide you don't want someone to see your baby's pictures, you can remove that someone from that circle without hurt feelings, and still remain in contact.

The idea is nice because sometimes you need a pick-me-up, or a "look at my new flowers!" without having to worry about dogmas and always saying the right thing. And especially with like-minded people who seriously care about you and yours, and you can let down your proverbial hair a bit more (unlike on Google-botted forums, where posts remain forever even if you were just having a bad day). And there would be some self-censorship; no mods needed. Ideally.

Is there another platform (not just video; no offense, Pelly)? Google is just too hard and confusing. Maybe Matthew could open up a silly, non-vote section just for posting everyday things without judgement? But would he want to gunk up CI with pictures of our gardens or our paintings or Pinterest links? (And could he keep bots off the section so the posts wouldn't be permanent and archived for the world to see?)  I'm not seeing it. I think we "friends" here could have another server to "gunk up" with fun things or play games or whatnot (video chat too, though I couldn't partake). But so far, my G+ "test" hasn't been overly successful. Maybe it will pick up! It's got the video stuff built-in, after all.

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I agree with ggreg that there's more than enough around already to distract me from the things I should be doing.

I also shudder when someone suggests moving one of my yahoo groups to a newer platform like facebook or google. No thanks.

fwiw, SCG, the Cathinfo men's and women's subforums are not viewable by the internet at large.