New rule, please?

Mr. Deus · Trick Member Joined: 27 Dec 2002 Location: smooveville

The last few months, I've become annoyed with a particular user on these forums. I've tried to ignore it as best I could, but the problem persists. You see, I shared some information with this member a few months ago (particularly illegal/incriminating information), and s/he posts it without my consent on these boards, often for no greater purpose than to discredit me in debate or simply to annoy.

I'm fully aware that information obtained legally can be shared legally, but that doesn't necessarily have to extend to board policy. But posting anything on a public forum, as I've only recently become aware of, is tantamount to leaving a diary out in the open for all to read, and could result in potentially disastrous results.

To wit, I'm requestion an extension of privacy. One that will restrict users from sharing incriminating information of other posters. If they want to detail their latest experiences, that's their business, but no posting of what other people do here.

If any moderator with the power to institute this new rule would like to know the specific offenses, just ask me, and I'll send it via PM.

Mr. Deus · Trick Member Joined: 27 Dec 2002 Location: smooveville

C'mon, don't bugger me off. Gimme an answer.

*kick*

Phrekwenci · Administrator Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Location: New York, NY

Cutriss · Staff Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

I wasn't going to post my thoughts on it, just because of the whole 20-foot-pole thing. But I've figured out how I want to say this, so I'm gonna throw it out there:

What you want us to do is to establish a rule saying that people are not allowed to exploit Pandora once you let her out of the box.
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IguanaGrrl · Staff Member Joined: 17 Jan 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA

I was ready to toss it off immediately too, guys, but what about REAL personal information?

What happens if person a and person b are close enough friends to share phone numbers, they get into a fight and person b posts the number for person a? I know the obvious response would be toss the thread immediately, but what do we do with person b?
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Phrekwenci · Administrator Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Location: New York, NY

Not sure. Again, personal information is personal and you are responsible to give that sort of information out on a need-to-know basis. When things go sour, I don't think it's our responsiblity to clean anything up in that case from our end. I think the police would be a better organization for such a matter, not us.

Wasn't there a time where someone was posting on the forums that they worked at an arcade, and someone else posted that the arcade worker was getting tokens for everyone without the arcade owners knowledge. And then someone else said the owner reads the thread sometimes and he could get fired if he read that.

I believe we did nothing about that because it's personal information on a need-to-know basis. The worker didn't need to tell people what he was doing, but by doing so he ended up telling the wrong people. That's his own fault, not ours. Plus, couldn't we be legally responsible if we did change information if such an event escalates?
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Spike · Administrator Joined: 17 Jan 2002 Location: Denver

Let's say Deus gave out his social security number. That would be pretty stupid, but let's say he did.

He gave it to a friend he trusts. We'll call him BoD (may he rest in peace). So Deus gives BoD his SSN and then they have a fight. BoD posts it and tells everyone to steal his personal info. We delete the thread.

Then we could tell BoD that if he does it again, it is harrassment and he will be warned. If he posts the information offsite then we can't do anything about it, but if he decides to post any other personal information of that nature on DDR Freak, then he will be warned repeatedly until it stops or he is banned.

But if Deus told BoD that he smoked his own feces and BoD broadcasts it everywhere...well too bad then.
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evn · Staff Member Joined: 23 Jan 2002 Location: Calgary AB

I'm opposed to rules that prevent people from saying true things that they have learned legally: I don't think they have any place in a free society.

Because DDR Freak is a private forum I think it would be fair to make a list of private things that person A cannot post about person B. That list might include:

Address, phone number, and school location
Social Security/Social Insurance and other government identification numbers
Credit card numbers

The sort of information a pedophile or identity theif would be interested in. I would not want to concern myself with person A telling the world about person B's criminal exploits, love affairs, prejudices, etc. If you don't want people to know about your private life then it's your job to keep that under wraps. If you had a fall-out with your girlfriend and she told the world you have one ball and a tiny penis - maybe you shouldn't have made her so angry.

I would have this sort of rule only enforced if person B complains - we don't want to spend all our time monitoring for this sort of thing.
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Mr. Deus · Trick Member Joined: 27 Dec 2002 Location: smooveville

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Edible Bondage Tape · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Location: Kerri

if it really annoyed you did you ever think of just ASKING me to stop
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Desoulman · Trick Member Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Location: Vermont :(

While I have no idea what the details of this problem is, Emp has a point. Any administration will tell you that if you have a problem with someone, to talk with them about it. Now, granted, many administrations are lazy and will keep making excuses and tell you to do more things on your own so they don't have to do anything. But yes, always try talking with the other person first. This does actually solve the majority of problems between 2 people.
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