# On posting personal information of other users. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 19, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238 "2005-03-19T00:08:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/21 "2005-03-19T01:32:40Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Because I could swear I saw this same dancing around an issue when he “testified” before Congress re steroid use. What ya saw there was pathetically shrunken testimony. ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/22 "2005-03-19T01:37:48Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > In this instance? > They can’t find my personal info. > So there is no instance. It took about 20 minutes. That’s without using any info you might have let slip in your post history. Someone that actually paid attention to you would probably be able to do it faster as they’d know more and wouldn’t be going into it cold… even if not, they’d have more dedication. Either that or you’ve set up an elaborate shell persona using other people’s existing websites and profiles. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/23 "2005-03-19T01:39:09Z")
> [@1010011010](#): > > “A user posts the real name and home address of another user, without permission and against their wishes, in violation of privacy policy. What should happen to this user?” If they post the information on another site (not on the SDMB) then not a damn thing should happen to them. Let the other site deal with any breach as per their own policy. Or did you wish to restrict your query so that it relates only to a revelation of personal info **on the Straight Dope Message Board itself**? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/24 "2005-03-19T01:41:46Z")
> [@1010011010](#): > > It took about 20 minutes. That’s without using any info you might have let slip in your post history. Someone that actually paid attention to you would probably be able to do it faster as they’d know more and wouldn’t be going into it cold… even if not, they’d have more dedication. > > Either that or you’ve set up an elaborate shell persona using other people’s existing websites and profiles. You have my permission to post it. Be aware you’d best be right. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/25 "2005-03-19T01:45:32Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > I post what I feel. > > You don’t like it? > > Don’t read my posts. > > FYI…I just renewed…don’t ya love it? **Reeder** , stop being such an asshole. Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/26 "2005-03-19T01:47:50Z")
> [@1010011010](#): > > “A user posts the real name and home address of another user, without permission and against their wishes, in violation of privacy policy. What should happen to this user?” Depends. If it happens somewhere other than the SDMB, we generally tell the parties involved to keep it off the SDMB. People try to bring all kinds of fights from LJ, other message boards, real life, etc. onto the SDMB, and we tell them, every time, to go back to LJ or chat or wherever it started to work it out. When someone posts the RL name/address of someone else on the SDMB, generally we edit out the post (or link) and warn the poster. There have been several instances of people posting names and addresses of people they’re pissed off at. The last one that I recall was some school official who told a girl that she had to wear a drapery thingy instead of a tuxedo for her senior picture in the yearbook. Someone posted his (the official’s) name and contact info. I can’t remember whether it was his address or phone number or what. Anyway, I removed it and warned the poster. THIS IS OUR STANDARD RESPONSE. We don’t ban or suspend people for doing that sort of thing, unless they make a habit of it. I’m sure that’s not the answer you’re looking for, but it’s the way we’ve done things for years, and I don’t think that anyone’s been complaining about it until this last instance. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/27 "2005-03-19T01:48:47Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > **Reeder** , stop being such an asshole. Jesus. So I should shut up because someone wants me to? I want you to shut up. Does it work? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/28 "2005-03-19T01:48:59Z")
Hey **Reeder** , what say we have a chat in this thread about pedophilia, and the steps that are appropriate to take when pedophiles are discovered prowling around message boards. What are your thoughts on that subject? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/29 "2005-03-19T01:50:19Z")
Missed a simupost with Lynn by that \_ much. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/30 "2005-03-19T01:52:19Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > Hey **Reeder** , what say we have a chat in this thread about pedophilia, and the steps that are appropriate to take when pedophiles are discovered prowling around message boards. What are your thoughts on that subject? They should be outed and taken out and shot. Next question? ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/31 "2005-03-19T01:56:50Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Well my friend…Were the poster who was named a pedophile…and predator of children. > > I’d be glad…wouldn’t you? > > Or do you like child predators? Reeder, when are you going to stop acting like a complete jackass? Normal people grow out of that “debate” tactic at a much younger age. ---
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/32 "2005-03-19T01:58:59Z")
Outed by whom? TD? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/33 "2005-03-19T02:01:49Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > They should be outed and taken out and shot. Interesting. I myself am not quite so extreme in my views. However, I do believe that convicted pedophiles prowling message boards ought to be exposed, at the very least. And I think that by engaging in such behavior they have forfeited any claim of privacy. At that point, I think they deserve the message board equivalent of having their foreheads tattooed with a list of their crimes. That would include alerting everyone within earshot on any message board where the creep was posting. ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/34 "2005-03-19T02:03:34Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Where did the user get the information? All we know is that the user posted the previously-unshared-with-the-open-community information for all to see and the victim objected. We don’t know how they got it or what specific issues led to its posting. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/35 "2005-03-19T02:05:09Z")
Was the person so exposed a convicted child molestor who was trolling message boards for victims? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/36 "2005-03-19T02:07:18Z")
> [@1010011010](#): > > All we know is that the user posted the previously-unshared-with-the-open-community information for all to see and the victim objected. We don’t know how they got it or what specific issues led to its posting. See!! This was all about Tuba. Asshole. Still waiting for you to post my info. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/37 "2005-03-19T02:15:40Z")
Gee **1010011010** , this thread just doesn’t seem to be going your way. Why don’t you mosey over to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=307687)? Maybe you’ll see what **Reeder** and I are on about. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/38 "2005-03-19T02:21:57Z")
> [@1010011010](#): > > All we know is that the user posted the previously-unshared-with-the-open-community information for all to see and the victim objected. We don’t know how they got it or what specific issues led to its posting. Posted it where? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/39 "2005-03-19T02:24:42Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > Gee **1010011010** , this thread just doesn’t seem to be going your way. > > Why don’t you mosey over to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=307687)? Maybe you’ll see what **Reeder** and I are on about. You don’t understand. Privacy on this board is more important to whatever numbers and Guin. Screw them. They don’t care about the children. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238/40 "2005-03-19T02:34:56Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > So I should shut up because someone wants me to? No, dude, you should shut up because _EVERYONE_ wants you to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-posting-personal-information-of-other-users/295238.md?page=3)