topic Re: Personal Information in Community Chat

Personal Information

fortune — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:42:42 GMT

Since we don't know who visits our boards, it's a good idea to not put personal info in your posts. Examples: what company your family owns, the name and location of your property (land, etc.), your own name, your wealth and possessions, etc. With very little effort, someone can track you down. Maybe our moderators can list some examples of stuff we shouldn't reveal!

Re: Personal Information

deepwaterdotter — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:45:32 GMT

I wish I had some wealth.

Re: Personal Information

Karnerblue — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:46:54 GMT

I should think everyone would know better than to do that.

Re: Personal Information

brewhaha — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:47:53 GMT

Maybe more people would track me down if they knew I was 5'8", stunningly beautiful & easy.

Re: Personal Information

brii — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:48:57 GMT

I can't believe what people reveal on these boards. Especially if they have been posting here a long time, it's not hard to come up with a lot of personal information

Re: Personal Information

Preds — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:48:57 GMT

@deepwaterdotter, I'll give my personal info to someone that wants to give me their wealth. I do try to be helpful. LOL

Re: Personal Information

Snowpuppy — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:49:09 GMT

@deepwaterdotter wrote:
I wish I had some wealth.

Can u post your bank information so we can verify that? 😅

Re: Personal Information

Preds — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:50:10 GMT

@brewhaha wrote:
Maybe more people would track me down if they knew I was 5'8", stunningly beautiful & easy.

Might want to try another board for that @brewhaha!

Re: Personal Information

hoosieroriginal — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:50:19 GMT

I haven't seen anyone post anything like that. I think our posters are smarter than that.

Re: Personal Information

fortune — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:58:43 GMT

double post, sorry

Re: Personal Information

deepwaterdotter — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:51:59 GMT

@Snowpuppy wrote:
@deepwaterdotter wrote:
I wish I had some wealth.
Can u post your bank information so we can verify that? 😅

CeramicPig.com

Re: Personal Information

Preds — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:52:06 GMT

@brii wrote:
I can't believe what people reveal on these boards. Especially if they have been posting here a long time, it's not hard to come up with a lot of personal information

What can I say? I'm a big mouth!

Re: Personal Information

fortune — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:56:51 GMT

Sorry, double post!

Re: Personal Information

chickenbutt — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:54:00 GMT

hoosieroriginal wrote:
I haven't seen anyone post anything like that. I think our posters are smarter than that.

Yes. My first thought was 'doesn't everybody know that?'. But then I had to remember that this board tends to attract a lot of people who are brand new on the internet.

All that said, however, I've also learned that you just can't tell people here anything about internet security or internet etiquette because nine times out of ten you will just get the finger and they go on doing that they're doing.

Re: Personal Information

fortune — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:53:41 GMT

@hoosieroriginal wrote:
I haven't seen anyone post anything like that. I think our posters are smarter than that.

I can think of two already--in the last several weeks.

Re: Personal Information

brewhaha — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:54:37 GMT

@Preds wrote:
@brewhaha wrote:
Maybe more people would track me down if they knew I was 5'8", stunningly beautiful & easy.
Might want to try another board for that @brewhaha!

Is that what I'm doing wrong? If only I had some brains.

Re: Personal Information

KingstonsMom — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:55:05 GMT

@brewhaha wrote:
Maybe more people would track me down if they knew I was 5'8", stunningly beautiful & easy.

@brewhaha

As usual!

Re: Personal Information

CelticCrafter — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:56:49 GMT

@brewhaha wrote:
@Preds wrote:
@brewhaha wrote:
Maybe more people would track me down if they knew I was 5'8", stunningly beautiful & easy.
Might want to try another board for that @brewhaha!

Is that what I'm doing wrong? If only I had some brains.

@brewhaha you have to ask the Wizard for them

Re: Personal Information

ChynnaBlue — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 21:00:51 GMT

@hoosieroriginal wrote:
I haven't seen anyone post anything like that. I think our posters are smarter than that.

I've seen it. I even reported one post to the mods to delete because it contained someone's complete name and address. The poster appeared to think that she/he was talking directly to one of the vendors, not posting on a public forum, if I recall correctly.

Not everyone is computer or internet savvy.

Re: Personal Information

Moonchilde — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 21:02:35 GMT

@hoosieroriginal wrote:
I haven't seen anyone post anything like that. I think our posters are smarter than that.

People post real names, order #s, phone #s and I have seen addresses, but not in CC so much. Just like on Amazon, people think the forum is their direct connection to CS and that the forum is monitored & responded to by CS 24/7. Amazon customers do the same thing.

Believe it - not everyone who posts here uses common sense.