Cjoy isn't the first person to copy a thread. Lots of threads and text and links have been copied from all over the boards and lots of them get deleted.
It is a forum made up of many different forums and boards and sub-boards. Shit like this happens and will always happen.
Perhaps get butthurt about the folks who posted the personal information? Perhaps make rules about "if you know someone else here who is involved in the drama, don't post"? Perhaps make all boards private so no one can dare copy and paste?
By the time I saw CJoys thread, the other thread had all the information deleted out of it. I couldn't tell you who the wife was or the search terms. MOST of us never saw any personal information.
But I feel that people need to be accountable for themselves. Don't want your personal shit posted all over? Don't write it down. Don't want other boards copying information? Don't go searching for it and posting it! SO brought a lot of that upon themselves. They searched the terms, the posted their guesses, and now people are pissy that other boards know.
Yah, CJoy could have not copied it, but way more people were at fault than just Cjoy.
I have all the books I could need, and what more could I need than books? I shall only engage in commerce if books are the coin. -- Catherynne M. Valente
Hell I've had a mod mock questions I've asked on the GBCN Mod board, and even though that irritated me, I let it go and didn't berate anyone over it. I am LOL'ing at some of the comments the non-mods on SO are making: so very huffy and sanctimonious.
So what if cjoy C&P'ed before OR after it was posted??--there wasn't any super secret info posted in there anyway. If it's out there, it's out there until the proper authorities DD it.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
But I feel that people need to be accountable for themselves. Don't want your personal shit posted all over? Don't write it down. Don't want other boards copying information? Don't go searching for it and posting it! SO brought a lot of that upon themselves. They searched the terms, the posted their guesses, and now people are pissy that other boards know.
Yah, CJoy could have not copied it, but way more people were at fault than just Cjoy.
No one is saying that cjoy is the only person at fault.
But let's make sure one thing is clear: the wife in question NEVER posted publicly about the situation. She never took any of this to the board. So what's the rule when another poster is revealing very personal information about a regular?
I know the wife didn't, I'm just saying in general; if you don't want info out there, don't post it.
The wife couldn't help it, someone else did it for her. Others did it for her. I feel bad for her.
Honestly, I think if another poster feels the need to keep posting personal information about a regular; block their ass (from the site). It's the internet, they'll find somewhere else to go.
I think RV shouldn't have posted, I think the people who dug up the information are shitty, and I think CJoy shouldn't be getting as much shit for posting as she is. ANYONE could have copied and pasted that over here.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
I'm pretty sure several people who are upset actually saw what went down. I'm allowed to think it was out of line. You're allowed to think it was cool and hilarious. We will agree to disagree.
WHAT was out of line? cjoy didnt abuse any power. She's a regular on the other board. She saw the same post as EVERYONE else and didnt need a mod delete alert to notice it. I lurk there and I saw it, too. She didnt post any personal info. People c&p posts from other boards all the time and they're almost always ones that are flame-worthy or full of drama. Because that's what's interesting about them. And that's why people notice them.
Cjoy is a regular on the Starting Over board? I have no idea why, but I found this funny and laughed out loud.
Also I am irritated that ::waves hands around:: all of this is going on and there was nothing good in that thread. I have no clue who the OW is. All the good details were deleted.
WHAT was out of line? cjoy didnt abuse any power. She's a regular on the other board. She saw the same post as EVERYONE else and didnt need a mod delete alert to notice it. I lurk there and I saw it, too. She didnt post any personal info. People c&p posts from other boards all the time and they're almost always ones that are flame-worthy or full of drama. Because that's what's interesting about them. And that's why people notice them.
Cjoy is a regular on the Starting Over board? I have no idea why, but I found this funny and laughed out loud.
BWAHAHA! I meant that she's a regular on the other boards, not just ML haha!
I'm not allowed to discuss the CE&P thread now that it's been reported (and not deleted, but apparently reporting a thread means it's going to be deleted, so I'm just waiting for pixy to do it).
Now I am the one who can't roll my eyes hard enough.
CE&P and ML are the only two boards I really post on now that MM has become all pearl-clutchy about charity and makes me feel like I'm going to end up eating cat food at 65 because I don't max out my 401k and Roth IRA and don't have 3 years of an emergency fund.