Yet another reminder about the permanence of your digital comings and goings. Some of the reasons mentioned here are why I choose to blog under a pseudonym :)
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5 comments
May 6, 2013 at 12:43 pm
syrbal
I think his alarmism is slightly hyperbolic; almost on the level of how people likely first reacted to cameras taking pictures. The more people are on the internet and electronically “out there” the less each individual matters. Most folks online already, for instance, get ads based on word searches of their writing and such….and most ignore them almost unconsciously.
I’ve been online since 1994, I’ve blogged in one format or another since about 2003 and I am still virtually invisible. And I’m not particularly secretive, tactful, or discrete. I do avoid things like Facebook because I find most of what is there annoyingly trivial. Same for Twitter. But with so many little fishes in the stream, I’m not worried too much about either my literal tattoos, or my digital one!
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May 7, 2013 at 10:49 am
The Arbourist
@Syrbal
He does paint a negative picture doesn’t he? :> I guess I tend to fall on the more paranoid side when it comes to issues like this.
I’m glad nothing untoward has happened. I just worry about what happens sometimes when people decide to get viscous and really go after someone online because of their opinion or what they have done.
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May 7, 2013 at 10:51 am
syrbal
I do know folks who have had issues, been stalked and such; almost all such that I have known it was purely personal/crazy tho’ and not issue related. I am always accused of paranoia myself, but I honestly think the more crowded the net is with people, the less any individual stands out as a target.
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May 7, 2013 at 2:38 pm
Mera
Since we are on the subject…please…take the time and watch this:
Theist bully outed!
This scumbag went so far as to stalk women and harass them under different nyms – and has been revealed for the hypocrite that he is.
“The Cartesian Theist’ – a supposedly morally upright theist – harassed, stalked, threatened people with rape because he thought he would be ‘safe’ using pseudonyms.
Just goes to show that theists are not as morally pure as they claim to be!
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May 8, 2013 at 11:45 am
The Arbourist
@Mera
I watched it. Incredible what people do when they think they are anonymous. :/
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