Posted by noa on April 11, 2003, at 18:45:28
In reply to Re: message board jags » Tabitha, posted by leeran on April 11, 2003, at 11:23:50
This is an interesting thought:
Perhaps there should be PBD's (please be discreet) as well as PBC's.
Well, reading this thread made me curious, so I searched my name at google. None of my posts here appear, and I went through 14 pages of sites, at least.But I have not given anyone my screen name anyway. My paranoia is about the fact that not recently, but a while back, I did tell some friends about this site (not my name, tho). So every once in a while I get paranoid and wonder if any of them would come here and read and figure out who I am.
Or that someone who came here on their own would recognize me from things I say. I have tried to avoid specific info tht would place me geographically or professionally, etc. etc. but someone with a lot of time on their hands could probably make a guess. I know the likelihood of that is slim, and slimmer still that someone who happened to come here on their own would read enough of my posts to figure out who I am etc. etc.
But each time I disclose something that in and of itself doesn't reveal my identity, but could be recognized by someone who knows events and people in my life, I get a bit paranoid.
Discretion is the key word. I mean if you think about it, I am writing my personal stuff in a published document which will go on into perpetuity and is instantly accessible by just about everyone with access to a computer. Am I being discreet enough?
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