Never use your real name online. It adds nothing. What you say should be the focus - not who said it. Few have credibility just on their name anyway. But most importantly, it opens you up to exploitation or retribution and so on...
Next, who did you think you were dealing with? You knew you were dealing with someone accused of child exploitation and murder.... !! Why would you expose your identity like that...?
Google images and photo tagging by every 'random' selfie bitches is the real I.D. issue. Every party or event they want us to line up and get a photo every two minutes, "for my insta!, what's your name cutie!!!!" Ben. "Ben what, I've got to tag you! This is so much fun!!!" Ben. Ben Dover. "Nice to meet you Ben!" Fucking millenials...
I've spent much of the past 20 years working overseas (outside the US), and I learned early on, it doesn't pay to use your real name online. I've seen people lose their jobs and/or open themselves up to verbal attack in person for expressing opinions online on hot button topics. ----- Anonymity online encourages trolls to troll, sure ---- but the bottomline is --- what speaks online is what you say, not who you are. Joe Smoe has as much credibility as Walter Cronkite - because it all depends on what evidence or logic they use to back up their statements. Not the credentials.
That seems to be going away, though, as people shift to video and putting their faces up front as a talking head.
Luckily, my real name is so common, it takes a dedicated search to track me down if I use it, and I move around so much, by the time you do, I'm likely gone...
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iggysba ago
Never use your real name online. It adds nothing. What you say should be the focus - not who said it. Few have credibility just on their name anyway. But most importantly, it opens you up to exploitation or retribution and so on...
Next, who did you think you were dealing with? You knew you were dealing with someone accused of child exploitation and murder.... !! Why would you expose your identity like that...?
GoogleHatesVoat ago
Google images and photo tagging by every 'random' selfie bitches is the real I.D. issue. Every party or event they want us to line up and get a photo every two minutes, "for my insta!, what's your name cutie!!!!" Ben. "Ben what, I've got to tag you! This is so much fun!!!" Ben. Ben Dover. "Nice to meet you Ben!" Fucking millenials...
iggysba ago
I've spent much of the past 20 years working overseas (outside the US), and I learned early on, it doesn't pay to use your real name online. I've seen people lose their jobs and/or open themselves up to verbal attack in person for expressing opinions online on hot button topics. ----- Anonymity online encourages trolls to troll, sure ---- but the bottomline is --- what speaks online is what you say, not who you are. Joe Smoe has as much credibility as Walter Cronkite - because it all depends on what evidence or logic they use to back up their statements. Not the credentials.
That seems to be going away, though, as people shift to video and putting their faces up front as a talking head.
KeksMex ago
Plot twist : Your real name is iggysba.
iggysba ago
Luckily, my real name is so common, it takes a dedicated search to track me down if I use it, and I move around so much, by the time you do, I'm likely gone...
KeksMex ago
You got law probs goat? Why would anyone be trying to track you down?