Facebook and "coming out"

[Uncayimmy]

It took me about 3 minutes to find Yimmy's home address off the information posted. There's no way in hell I'm posting a how to, but it's not tough - it's all publicly available. Google maps has him, and I posted a decent description of the back yard.

I think your actions explain your fears. What kind of weirdo wants to look at an aerial view of a stranger's house, much less publicly make sure that person knew they looked? It's not like nobody has ever heard of Google Earth.

As for you "how" you figured out my address, I listed my business website, which has the address right there on the home page. I work from home, which is no secret. If it took you three minutes, you worked too hard.

It's really why I don't give this stuff out. I have no particular desire to meet crazy people in real life, and I have no desire to be so utterly harmless and inoffensive that a crazy person would never be bothered by me (and how would I know what bothers them anyway? They're crazy).

Over the last 20 years I've seen a strong correlation to the tone people take on-line and their depths to which they will go to hide their identity. Those who let themselves be readily identifiable generally seem to conduct themselves in a more civil manner. There are exceptions, of course, but in general those who make themselves readily identifiable tend to remember that there are "real" people on the other side. It's not a "game" with "real life" and Internet life.

You didn't answer my question from earlier. Do you engage people in person in the same manner you do on-line?

 

[GreyICE]

I think your actions explain your fears. What kind of weirdo wants to look at an aerial view of a stranger's house, much less publicly make sure that person knew they looked? It's not like nobody has ever heard of Google Earth.

As for you "how" you figured out my address, I listed my business website, which has the address right there on the home page. I work from home, which is no secret. If it took you three minutes, you worked too hard.

Given we've had a minimum of two incidents where people on this forum have been threatened in relation to their real life and place of work...

Are you serious? You argue with VFF all the time. How stable is she? How stable is anyone in the truther forum? How stable are a number of people who post on this board?

If it wasn't a violation of forum rules, I could link to a dozen people who are screaming nuts. Hell, look at the Susan Constant posts that hit with regularity, or any one of a number of crazy, crazy posts.

You trust your life to the concept that these people won't be crazy at you? I value mine a tad more than that.

Over the last 20 years I've seen a strong correlation to the tone people take on-line and their depths to which they will go to hide their identity. Those who let themselves be readily identifiable generally seem to conduct themselves in a more civil manner. There are exceptions, of course, but in general those who make themselves readily identifiable tend to remember that there are "real" people on the other side. It's not a "game" with "real life" and Internet life.

What tone would you suppose your posts have? Because if you're the crowning example of civility and politeness... uh... (or was that one of these exceptions?)

As for me, I just prefer not to risk my life and security on the concept that all the really crazy people on the internet just won't pick me.

You didn't answer my question from earlier. Do you engage people in person in the same manner you do on-line?

Really depends on the person. If your personality was similar to the one you have online, well, no. I can't swear, make fun of you, or comment on your various personality 'quirks' on this forum.

 

[Spung]

Facebook recently has added an handy dandy option to block/make available individual items (links, status updates) from/to particular individuals or filtered lists. Near the comment box, say, there's a little lock icon, which is your new best friend.