An apology to Richard

[odeon]

I will refer you to my post, above, regarding "most of us"

[ProfessorFarnsworth]

Heh, I know, but I'm just saying.

['Butterflies']

Most of us have hissy fits sooner or later.

I don't

That's why I wrote "most of us".

Funny thing is though. I'm prone to the occasional hissy fit in real life, but for some reason I just can't imagine getting too worked up on the interet.

[odeon]

But teh Interwebs are serious business.

['Butterflies']

But teh Interwebs are serious business.

The worst thing anybody can do on the net is say something you don't like. There's no way they can do anything that'll effect your life.

[ProfessorFarnsworth]

But teh Interwebs are serious business.

The worst thing anybody can do on the net is say something you don't like. There's no way they can do anything that'll effect your life.

You must be new to the internet. Believe me, people's entire lives can be destroyed by the internet and that's the second worse case scenario. The worst case scenario is that it can spill over into IRL if people are stupid/determined enough, and someone ends up getting abducted, raped and/or murdered, in some cases in that order, srsly. Of course I'm refering to pedos and stalkers as a prime example.

[Natalia Evans]

I have heard of people getting killed from someone online, people getting stalked online and cyber bullied, being outed in real life from online, losing your job over what you do online like posting something on facebook, and people have used information against their ex what they post online. That happened with my friend on WP, his ex was taking all his posts he make and use them against him in court to manipulate the judge. All serious business.

As DW a Mom says, what you post online isn't private and it's there for life unless the forum gets deleted.

Ways to protect yourself:

Never post your first and last name

Make your facebook profile private and don't allow any co workers on your friends list nor your boss

Never tell people in real life your user names you go by online

Always use a different email address than you do in real life

Use a email address to register on forums, not the one you use in real life when you apply for jobs

Use a different user name for each forums/websites you go to (this prevents people spying on you)

Use a different email address for each forum you register on (this prevents people spying on you)

Never tell people your other user names you use at other places



Yep these are tips I came up with but I don't follow them all. I only follow two of them and that is posting your first and last name and saying what your usernames are online. I never do that.

['Butterflies']

But teh Interwebs are serious business.

The worst thing anybody can do on the net is say something you don't like. There's no way they can do anything that'll effect your life.

You must be new to the internet. Believe me, people's entire lives can be destroyed by the internet and that's the second worse case scenario. The worst case scenario is that it can spill over into IRL if people are stupid/determined enough, and someone ends up getting abducted, raped and/or murdered, in some cases in that order, srsly. Of course I'm refering to pedos and stalkers as a prime example.

I am quite new to the internet. New to forums anyway.
Of course you're right. It can spill over into real life. Since I've started using the forum my family have totally warned me off meeting anybody, or even giving out my address. They're even a bit pissed off that I give out the town that I live in.
Bit of a shame really, because I had been thinking about trying internet dating, but I've been told not to even think about it. So, if I decide to try it I'm going to have to keep it a secret, which then makes it more dangerous

['Butterflies']

I have heard of people getting killed from someone online, people getting stalked online and cyber bullied, being outed in real life from online, losing your job over what you do online like posting something on facebook, and people have used information against their ex what they post online. That happened with my friend on WP, his ex was taking all his posts he make and use them against him in court to manipulate the judge. All serious business.

That's the one thing that worries me most. It would not be a good thing where I live. That's why it's a good thing nobody from this site knoows who I am in real life, and that nobody I know in real life(other than my cousin) is likely to read this site.
In a funny kind of way it's like two totally different worlds that I would never want to clash.

[ProfessorFarnsworth]

That's the one thing that worries me most. It would not be a good thing where I live. That's why it's a good thing nobody from this site knoows who I am in real life, and that nobody I know in real life(other than my cousin) is likely to read this site.
In a funny kind of way it's like two totally different worlds that I would never want to clash.

Welcome to the internet.

[ProfessorFarnsworth]

As DW a Mom says, what you post online isn't private and it's there for life unless the forum gets deleted.

You're very lucky if that happens.

Web archives can sometimes save copies of a dead forum. As the saying goes, the internet never forgets.

['Butterflies']

That's the one thing that worries me most. It would not be a good thing where I live. That's why it's a good thing nobody from this site knoows who I am in real life, and that nobody I know in real life(other than my cousin) is likely to read this site.
In a funny kind of way it's like two totally different worlds that I would never want to clash.

Welcome to the internet.

Thank you. Funnily enough I kind of thought I was the strange one thinking like that. I suppose when I think about it, most folks who use these type of forums probably think like that.

[richard]

Ways to protect yourself:

Never post your first and last name

Make your facebook profile private and don't allow any co workers on your friends list nor your boss

Never tell people in real life your user names you go by online

Always use a different email address than you do in real life

Use a email address to register on forums, not the one you use in real life when you apply for jobs

Use a different user name for each forums/websites you go to (this prevents people spying on you)

Use a different email address for each forum you register on (this prevents people spying on you)

Never tell people your other user names you use at other places

now im gonna be paraniod. ive broken almost all those rules

[Loupgarou]

Anonymity is an illusion when using this kind of technology. If you would not say it / do it / feel it IRL, best not to do it at all.

Even on the internet, we still have to live with our actions/consequences.

That is what I tell my son.

Loup

(Butterflies, my dad met my stepmum in online dating and they have been married for 6 years now. They are very happy. Just be very, very aware. )

[Frolic_Fun]

I do find that your more extreme personality traits become more apparent when you're online, along with being social. The lack of social cues online really is a factor.