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RE: Hiddenness and Arrogance - 6/12/2008 2:57:41 PM
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bluestone
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Another reason:
Fear of being stalked by a harassing user from one forum to another. I had this happen elsewhere. Less information given, less chance of someone putting two and two together.
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RE: Hiddenness and Arrogance - 6/13/2008 10:21:39 AM
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upNORTder
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Personally, I think that if you reveal too much, then you are judged on worldly terms. If someone really needs to judge, then base it on the words written in a post, not some preconcieved notion that you get after reading someones personal info. Do you really need to know if a poster is male,female, old, young, tall, short etc? What about black or white?
What will it change about your opinion of someones post? Are people just looking for an excuse to not like someone?
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RE: Hiddenness and Arrogance - 6/13/2008 11:36:46 AM
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My feelings exactly! Kinda like "Do you feel lucky, punk?" or "Go ahead, make my day!"
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After having been stalked and harrassed by someone that didn't like my theology, I chose to keep my information private.
I am public about my info to a slighty risky point.
However, it helps that I am clear that my politics include a strong belief in the second amendment, and defense of house and home is not an abridgement of my theology.
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RE: Hiddenness and Arrogance - 6/13/2008 11:50:55 AM
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ORIGINAL: upNORTder
Personally, I think that if you reveal too much, then you are judged on worldly terms. If someone really needs to judge, then base it on the words written in a post, not some preconcieved notion that you get after reading someones personal info. Do you really need to know if a poster is male,female, old, young, tall, short etc? What about black or white?
What will it change about your opinion of someones post? Are people just looking for an excuse to not like someone?
But that's the point. Based on the just the post some people must be arrogant jerks. If there's some info in their profile at least you can look and see if there's the possibility that you're reading them wrong or something.
Frankly, I'd much rather have someone look at my profile and try to see where I'm coming from than judge me on one post. That's why I have some info in there.
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RE: Hiddenness and Arrogance - 6/13/2008 11:56:21 AM
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doinkdom
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I just want some people to know I'm a girl 
If I had a nickel for every time someone thought I was a fella 
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RE: Hiddenness and Arrogance - 6/13/2008 1:51:11 PM
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bluestone
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Another thing:
People can put anything in those information blocks, and none of it is true.
That way the person on mental disability become a lawyer, the lawyer becomes a scientist, etc.
The dead beat dad who has dumped his wife and kids for a new wife and kids can become a defender of morality and "putting women in their place"
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RE: Hiddenness and Arrogance - 6/13/2008 1:57:13 PM
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doinkdom
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oooh, yeah...never really thought about that
hmmm
now who would I like to be today 
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RE: Hiddenness and Arrogance - 6/13/2008 2:10:49 PM
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bluestone
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This is one reason I rarely post in singles, or many of the personal threads. I just don't think most people are honest about their lives.
You can tell me you live in a Mansion in Miami, when in fact you are posting on your laptop from your outhouse in Peru.
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If I received an email I'd not know who it was. I seriously just don't want to deal with that. 
and I don't care that you are some Nigerian princess who just needs a few thousand dollars to reclaim whatever it is you need to claim. And I'm sorry if you can't make your house payment but I can't help you. 
