E.B.
If I were in charge of the world, here's what I would do:
I would keep this site, Mamapedia, private, just as it's always been (or so we assumed). I would also run a Facebook page called Mamapedia. On that Facebook page, I'd let people ask questions, post cartoons, write blog posts, give parenting advice. But I'd NEVER "borrow" a question from this site and use it on Facebook. But I would tell people on the Facebook site that there's a great website where they can ask sensitive questions and get wonderful insights and advice from other parents. In other words, I'd use the Facebook site to encourage people to come to this site, with complete security and safety.
I really don't think the two should be mixed, except for informing people that the two exist. No more posting questions from here on Facebook. That just seems cheap, and it seems as though it would be very misleading to people who are asking real questions here.
If people want to ask questions on the Facebook page, let them. But this site should be for people who may not want their questions on Facebook, and they should have assurance that their questions will stay here.
Either that, or change the whole format. Just make this a place to post blogs, or opinions, or essays, or cartoons. Share the two as much as you like. It won't be about the "wisdom of moms", of course, and you'll lose everyone who is seriously trying to provide answers to parenting questions. Your sites (this one and the Facebook one which you have intertwined) will be filled with nonsense, with silly sayings ("I'll have a mocha venti vodka to go, please"). It will be a free place to write essays, for people who don't want to get their own blog spot, and it will lose everything that you've worked hard to establish here. Oh, there will be plenty of "my baby is 1 week old and I found her tap dancing on top of the fridge, is that normal?" and "my child cut her arm off with a saw. Do you think I should call a doctor or should I just see how she is in the morning?". You'll lose all the insightful, truthful, helpful, thought-provoking moms and dads who are really trying to help. Of course, we don't always agree on here, and that's ok. Most of the answers to real questions are offered in the best spirit. We're free to take advice, or to decline advice.
That's my two cents. I sincerely hope that this site will be private and that no questions will be "borrowed" to drive the Facebook site. The administrators of this site should be more respectful than that.