02-15-2010, 12:53 AM
(02-13-2010, 08:56 AM)Middle Finger Wrote: Just so you know, the use and abuse (displayed directly or not) of personal real life info is a main inhibitor to people joining a site like this.
In my opinion, the main concern with all of that (for some of us), is when a person in Mock might LINK our Mock username to our real identifying information out in the real world.
Let's take an example.
If we had a user named Bozo and someone here posted a link to his online twaddle shop without his permission, I don't see how that could be 'harmful' to him in any way. However, if someone created a post saying (in effect) 'Bozo's real name is Harry Fishnuts and he runs Fishnuts Twaddleshop!' - yes, that COULD be damaging to him.
Imagine, for instance, that someone heard about Harry's Twaddle and decided to do an internet search for his shop. Among all of the links they see about Harry's Twaddleshop, they see an odd link saying that 'Bozo' really is Harry from Harry's Twaddleshop. Not only that, in the same post (should they care to read it), they see that Harry is being accused of engaging in oral sex with his deceased grandmother and stealing candy from children. They decide to read further and see 'Harry' posting back in a manner most foul, which shocks the potential customer and loses him business.
If, on the other hand, Harry is bold enough to post the information in the forum himself, that's his problem. Of course, if the information is posted in a PRIVATE section of the forum, Harry has nothing to fear except the intense mocking of his twaddle by other members (which is as it should be in my opinion).