The PC Warrior wrote on Jul 8, 2010, 17:20:
actually you can just cross reference known email addresses or avatar names to usually come up with something. someone did the exact same thing to a blizzard employee, finding out everything from where he want to high school to his sexual preferences. i just dont care to go to those lengths to make a point when its obvious that a simple google search turns up addresses, let alone concerted effort by some creep. thats just one possible situation even, there are literally dozens of reasons why this is bad. can you give me one why its good?
I have no reason to say it is good. I think it is a lame attempt to be "Facebook-like" as Verno and others have pointed out. I'm not saying it's a good idea - rather I'm just illustrating why I personally don't see it as a big deal. If others do, I respect that. I just disagree.
So, now based on this and our previous dealings, do you feel the urge to track me down? Of course not - I try to operate by a code online and off that gives no reason to a rational, right-minded individual to do so. There are crazies out there, sure. But should all of the people in the phone book be worried as well? Los Angeles has millions of people listed in the city and county phone book, and we all know the cross section of crazies in LA is higher than just about anywhere else. (Kidding... sort of...) In fact these people already have their city and address listed as well. I'm thinking that most of them aren't worrying about it too much.
The scene from Steve Martin's "The Jerk" where the crazy gun nut picks Navin R Johnson at random to kill comes to mind, but it makes me chuckle, not be afraid.
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