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Re: Would you warn someone that they were easily identifiable?
By: Hmmm Date: May 23, 2018, 8:23 pm
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Yes and yes. I know when I started on the old board I changed
up some specifics about my family because I had some questions
on how to deal with some extended family issues and work
questions and I didn't want them to end up reading the forum and
recognizing the topic. So for me the concern is actually the
other way that someone IRL could end up identifying me here.
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Re: Would you warn someone that they were easily identifiable?
By: Lizzard Date: May 23, 2018, 8:36 pm
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Yes to both questions.
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Re: Would you warn someone that they were easily identifiable?
By: Judecat Date: May 23, 2018, 9:14 pm
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My answer is yes to both questions.
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Re: Would you warn someone that they were easily identifiable?
By: cleargleam Date: May 24, 2018, 1:23 am
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Probably, and yes.
I might or might not check, and I wouldn’t say anything if I
hadn’t checked. If I confirmed Mt suspicion that I could connect
an identity to a poster, I would probably let them know. There
are a few whom I would not, because I feel distinctly other than
charitable towards them and might not go to that effort.
I can fairly certainly say I wouldn’t say anything publicly.
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Re: Would you warn someone that they were easily identifiable?
By: Free Range Hippy Chick Date: May 24, 2018, 2:21 am
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Yes and yes. In fact, I did, and it had nothing to do with
'looking'. Somebody on a creative writing forum I used shared a
document - I think it was a template for a writing contest front
sheet, or something like that. We all used it, but when I came
back to it, it did that irritating Windows thing of refusing to
open for editing. Eventually I got it open and went to look at
the properties to check the permissions, and there was his full
- unusual and extremely identifiable - name.
I deleted it from my copy quick smart, and PMed him to tell him.
And then I treated it like an inadvertent etiquette fail,
actually - pretended it had never happened.
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Re: Would you warn someone that they were easily identifiable?
By: Belle Date: May 24, 2018, 11:01 am
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Yes and yes. I sometimes slightly change aspects of my posts
(that are unrelated to the point of the post) for privacy
reasons. If I've accidentally revealed info or a link that would
make me potentially identifiable, a heads up would always be
appreciated.
[quote author=Lady Brimstone link=topic=263.msg3313#msg3313
date=1527114714]
[quote author=puppylove link=topic=263.msg3307#msg3307
date=1527113683]
She didn't say she would, just that it would be easy for someone
to do. Not everyone has scruples and apparently a fair number of
people have a lot of time on their hands.
[/quote]
But, that's true in general. The question is how would she know
if she hadn't looked herself? She would have had to have looked
herself to know it, unless someone else told her, which would be
a whole other situation.
[/quote]
I wouldn't need to look somebody up to know whether they've
revealed enough info to potentially out him or herself, I would
just need to know that they've revealed enough info to make it
possible. Sometimes I forget what details about my life that I
include in posts, particularly older posts, so it's possible to
accidentally reveal too much info.
For example, there were two posters on the previous site who
clearly lived within 10-20 minutes of me (in a not particularly
population dense area). They never posted enough detail to
indicate who they were, but if they had posted a unique story or
event that was googleable, I'm sure I could have found out who
they were by virtue of knowing (from their years of posting)
that they lived very close to me.
Would I look them up? No. But it might be nice to warn them,
"Hey, just so you know, that story you just posted, combined
with info from years ago about where you live, makes you pretty
easy to look up online. If you're concerned about your privacy,
you may want to make some edits."
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Re: Would you warn someone that they were easily identifiable?
By: guest426 Date: May 24, 2018, 12:25 pm
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Honestly, I think my answer depends a lot on the circumstances
and the behavior of the person to be warned/not warned.
I'm a big fan of the idea that people should reap what they sew.
If the person whose identifying information was easily found
was acting like a jackass, then I wouldn't go out of my way to
warn them. If, however, they were being reasonable (even if
their opinions on a topic were different from mine), then I
probably would warn them.
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Re: Would you warn someone that they were easily identifiable?
By: TootsNYC Date: May 25, 2018, 5:11 pm
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[quote author=Free Range Hippy Chick
link=topic=263.msg3368#msg3368 date=1527146461]
I deleted it from my copy quick smart, and PMed him to tell him.
And then I treated it like an inadvertent etiquette fail,
actually - pretended it had never happened.
[/quote]
Like a fart. :D
And, you acted just the way you would if you'd eavesdropped
either deliberately or accidentally.
I'm probably findable, but I don't sweat it. However, if I
posted something that made it way too easy, like their address
is visible in the photo, or something, then I'd vote for telling
people right away.
Much the way you'd alert someone that their zipper was down,
or their tag was up, or toilet paper was stuck to their shoe.
I have had people do it for me.
(the best, though, was the time someone on a forum scolded me
for an opinion because since my husband owned a car dealership,
I shouldn't think that way. I was like, "whut?" That was really
rude, because outing someone is rude, but also--my husband
doesn't own a car dealership. Like, at all.)
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Re: Would you warn someone that they were easily identifiable?
By: GardenGal Date: May 26, 2018, 2:09 pm
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I'd want to know but, as Twik said, it isn't easy to hide your
tracks on the internet. Which is why you shouldn't post
anything anywhere that you would want to stay private.
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Re: Would you warn someone that they were easily identifiable?
By: JacklynHyde Date: May 27, 2018, 11:16 am
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As someone who works pretty hard to compartmentalize the
different aspects of my life (my Twitter and FB streams will
rarely cross), I would want to know if something I had posted
might put my privacy at risk.
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