Posted by jade k on July 1, 2010, at 23:11:03
In reply to Re: the system here, posted by Dr. Bob on July 1, 2010, at 17:29:00
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> > I'm really trying to help when I say this, I think many people no longer post and many new people don't come because of the seemingly loose regard for personal privacy here. Everytime I post, I have to think about where it may end up: Facebook, twitter, other active psych sites, even saved by another poster to be "leaked" onto the board again at an innapropriate time.
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> > ~Jade
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> This is a public forum. It can't get less private than that! There are both pros and cons, and having to think about what to post is one of the cons.
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> Bob
It DID get less private.And with all due respect, thats not what I said or meant. I get it that this is a public forum. And people came to ~this site~ to check out the boards, posts etc. I myself lurked for quite a while before I started posting.
Since I joined a couple plus years ago, we had a group of "subjects" (~250) come through for your "study", we were asked to interact with them (which we did) and to trust that "we" were not a part of it. Many of us had privacy concerns.
Recently you added Facebook, Twitter and others; someone posted on this board another site where you appeared personally quoting posts along with pb names and the site information... A little alarming *to me*
At least one poster had a random, lengthy, PB post appear on her Facebook page. I didn't see as much concern as I feel the situation warranted. Maybe some preventative investigation went on behind the scenes. I hope so.
I've repeatedly read posts at admin complaining of email and email address leaks, and perceived threats. Has any of this been followed up on? This is scary *to me*
What I said was:
Everytime I post, I have to think about *where it may end up*
This is your site Dr. Bob. I can leave any time I want if I don't like the current privacy policy(or lack thereof).
Its just not the busy place it was even two years ago. I hope you will welcome input from posters insights as to why the number of members may be declining.
Just concerned,
~Jade
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