Internet Forums & Stalking....
Feb 5th 2015 | 6:48 am
#17
Thread Starter
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From: Ontario
Re: Internet Forums & Stalking....
I would guess if you were to be stalked, that would be the main starting point for it. Having a falling out and being so incensed that you forget that the internet and that most of the comments on it are not real life.
Feb 5th 2015 | 6:52 am
#19
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From: White Rock BC
Re: Internet Forums & Stalking....
It is not the slightest bit difficult to find out who I am IRL and where I live.
PS. I don't keep any cash there.
PS. I don't keep any cash there.
Feb 5th 2015 | 6:54 am
#21
Professional Cat herder
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: TORONTO- yay!!!
Re: Internet Forums & Stalking....
I take great care to conceal my identity on here
Feb 5th 2015 | 6:57 am
#24
Assimilated Pauper
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 40,070
From: Ontario
Re: Internet Forums & Stalking....
It would have been a political argument. Generally, if you stay away from Israel/Palestine, people can leave those on the board. Canadian politics is particularly anodyne, people doze off before they're done agreeing what a shit Harper is.
Feb 5th 2015 | 7:09 am
#25
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Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Fredericton, New Brunswick CA
Re: Internet Forums & Stalking....
Didn't Bazzz get stalked and disappeared sharpish like ?
Feb 5th 2015 | 7:17 am
#26
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From: White Rock BC
Re: Internet Forums & Stalking....
Not really. Because of what I do my name and address is public information anyway. I suppose I do refrain from telling some people exactly what I think of them so there is some self-censorship that I might not apply if I was anonymous.
Feb 5th 2015 | 7:30 am
#28
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Re: Internet Forums & Stalking....
On the evening of that September 11th, I had planned to meet a bunch of posters from the internet and then to crash at the home of a poster called JerseyGirl. The meetup was to be in Lower Manhattan and was postponed because a plane fell on it. When it was rescheduled JerseyGirl was elsewhere and missed it.
That was a shame because JerseyGirl turned out to be an utter nutcase. She fell out with another poster, a university professor, found out his real address (he posted using his actual name) and began enrolling him in political organisations and ordering goods and services in his name. She then moved on to doing the same to his wife and eventually turned up at the university.
After meeting hundreds of people from the internet I would have liked to have met at least one stereotypical lunatic (I think the Montana Miltiaman was an atypical lunatic).
That was a shame because JerseyGirl turned out to be an utter nutcase. She fell out with another poster, a university professor, found out his real address (he posted using his actual name) and began enrolling him in political organisations and ordering goods and services in his name. She then moved on to doing the same to his wife and eventually turned up at the university.
After meeting hundreds of people from the internet I would have liked to have met at least one stereotypical lunatic (I think the Montana Miltiaman was an atypical lunatic).
I've never been to Colt's Neck.Jerseygirl is a very popular internet handle.
Feb 5th 2015 | 7:30 am
#29
Proudly Scarberian
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 2,196
From: Scarberia
Re: Internet Forums & Stalking....
I've seen some fairly whacko stalking on other bulletin boards, the bulk of which was north-American centric (OK, USA) but there seems to be an outbreak of nutcracker back in blighty too.
Feb 5th 2015 | 7:32 am
#30
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 6,908
From: Oakville, ON
Re: Internet Forums & Stalking....
I know who Souvy is and understand that he publishes a lot of material under his real name. I don't operate in quite the same circles, but my contact details do appear on the end of a bunch of media releases and corporate bulletins. It would take probably not a lot of effort to go from knowing where I work to finding where I live - my user name on here makes the general area, at least, reasonably obvious!
Earlier in my career, when I worked for a public relations agency and was the point of contact for a couple of (for the tech industry) fairly high-profile organizations, I would fill the top page of a Google search of my name. Now that Google's algorithms are a bit more sophisticated, and my employer is in such an esoteric field that I don't talk to media people, even trade press folks, nearly so often, I've fallen off the top of the list in favour of some oceanography prof who shares the same name and publishes prolifically. That's a good thing, in my book.
Earlier in my career, when I worked for a public relations agency and was the point of contact for a couple of (for the tech industry) fairly high-profile organizations, I would fill the top page of a Google search of my name. Now that Google's algorithms are a bit more sophisticated, and my employer is in such an esoteric field that I don't talk to media people, even trade press folks, nearly so often, I've fallen off the top of the list in favour of some oceanography prof who shares the same name and publishes prolifically. That's a good thing, in my book.
