Every time some weirdo pops up on ML saving photos to photobucket accountss and stabbing people in the neck I step a little more into the shadows. Unless I feel like I "know" someone really well on here or other boards I'm on I won't FB friend them.
The last thing I need is to piss someone off online and have them start using real life info against me (even though I have my FB account on lock down for internet people I AM friends with). I FB friended a good amount of people from TK and am still friends with and interact with a handful of them. Others from that board now don't have a hard time figuring out who I am. Even though they can't see my profile, they know my name and where I live and that's a bit too much info for my comfort, lest someone decides to be vengeful when I disagree with them about something.
I also don't share much because I don't want people IRL finding me here. I try not to bitch about people I know too much because you just never know, but I'm sure I've complained a few times about someone on here and it would be my luck that they would find it.
And one example for me is when my coworker complained to me about people being mean to her on TB. I didn't know her screen name or where she posted, only what the topic was roughly about. It didn't take long through a search to find her posts and then see her posting history. I know I'm a crate of hippos but I would be horrified if someone did this to me.
Post by bunnymendelbaum on Oct 31, 2014 8:00:25 GMT -5
My screen name is a very google able and is also a nickname IRL. Meh. I put it all out there I guess because I'm a total extrovert and have a (now mostly inactive) blog.
Sometimes I wonder if someone I know IRL lurks, but then I think if they are that lame and creepy maybe they deserve to read whatever mean thing I write about them. Ha!
If someone was vindictive (and I've had pictures stolen from me and trolls made of me on two separate message boards - one of them as a result of a post on ML),
You don't have to rehash if you don't want to-- but WHAT?? Why?