I find this both disrespectful and weird. Maybe they assume all pipe smokers are stalkers? I try not to think about it too long like many irrational human behaviors but I still wonder...
Why Don't People Indicate their Location on their Profile?
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Yeah! I like to contextualize members by their location. I learn stuff sometimes that is only tangentially related to pipe smoking.
After all, you needn’t broadcast your street address, just your country or state.
I think most members would find this practice informative.
Probably because @jpmcwjr has been slipping lately.
I can’t tell if this is serious or not... ?
But protecting yourself online is far from irrational. People are nuts.
But protecting yourself online is far from irrational. People are nuts.
The internet is the Wild Wild West. Anonymity is a good thing.
@puff_not_snuff who is the op does not have his location on the profile ?
Why are we always so determined to diminish the quality of our lives by indulging in our paranoia? We are all exposed constantly by technology. That is going to continue no matter what we do. If we do nothing but cave to it, the quality of our lives, and our isolation will kill us “softly”.
I find it disrespectful and weird that someone feels the need to police what information I have in my profile.
You sound like someone who doesn’t lock their front door.
Personally I don’t feel the quality of my life is diminished by preventing a bunch of internet randos from knowing where I live.
“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”
- Joseph Heller?
- Joseph Heller?
Privacy is impossible. It's irrelevant to me, show my location. Privacy is history................
honestly I talk about it enough and feel open enough about it. I don't feel like every random yahoo that looks at forums online to know it. Why make it so easy.
He also has moderator privileges now and can GPS track the location of each post
Location is helpful when a poster is bitching about costs, shipping, and such. Other than that, everyone has different levels of comfort with respect to the release of personal information. Why trust a bunch of people you don't know. I only know what a member wants me to know and I have no idea as to the veracity of such information unless I have met the individual face to face and spent a bit of time with them. Or, I could doan in depth search but, really, do I care enough to expend the time, moneys, and effort? Hardly!
It's the internet folks where the "reality" is, in reality, only what we want it to be. I can't blame or fault those who, to some, appear overly protective of personal information.
It's the internet folks where the "reality" is, in reality, only what we want it to be. I can't blame or fault those who, to some, appear overly protective of personal information.
Police? Relax. You just proved my point.
If any one thinks putting his location in this forum gives something away, they have a bit more to learn about the internet. (Obviously, if you put your real name and street address in, you make it easy for some nut to find you.)
Location is one thing in the Profile that's public info, and visible in one's handle.
And there are ample reasons to include it, and only paranoia to exclude it. Or just being contrarian!
Someone is policing you? Please PM me with the name.
Location is one thing in the Profile that's public info, and visible in one's handle.
And there are ample reasons to include it, and only paranoia to exclude it. Or just being contrarian!
A neighbor heavy and gossipy, yes, I better change the location...........It would be horrible................
Due to my line of work, before I retired I avoided any social media as I was involved in a lot of forensic work and the last thing I needed was a bunch of lawyers googling me.
I never got involved with Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin. I was on Faceboo, but dropped it last fall although there were a couple of sites I enjoyed.
Ironically the first person to friend me on Facebook was my high school girlfriend.
Confession, my real name is not Zack Miller. That’s my nom de plume. .
I never got involved with Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin. I was on Faceboo, but dropped it last fall although there were a couple of sites I enjoyed.
Ironically the first person to friend me on Facebook was my high school girlfriend.
Confession, my real name is not Zack Miller. That’s my nom de plume. .
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