| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
|
 Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:30 pm Post subject: Do you censor yourself while posting on Dave's? |
 |
|
There have been a number of times I've written up a response, or started a new post and then simply throw it away. The biggest reason is that this board is public. If you post on here long enough, it is not hard to find out someone's identity. Remember CPN? It didn't take long for his identity on the board to come out.
Anything you write is there for the world to see, and you can not delete it once its been posted. sure, you can spend the time to go back and edit all the posts you ever made to show nothing, but that does nothing to the text that was "quoted" by other users.
Some of the discussions on here are very heated and a lot of personal opinions come out. What if you were to apply for a job, or run for some kind of public office? Something you say, or a position you took on an argument could come around and bite you on the butt.
My question is, does anyone ever think about that when they post on here? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
|
| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I try not to post anything that can be used against me and just talk like I would if I were meeting people face to face; it annoys me when people talk tough on the Internet or otherwise act like jackasses when they wouldn't in real life.
Besides that the only self-censorship I do is not swearing. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
|
| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| No, most of the time jackasses are the same both on and offline. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
|
| Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:57 am Post subject: |
|
|
edit
Last edited by Kwangjuchicken on Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:59 am; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
nfld_chingu
Joined: 29 Jun 2009
|
| Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 1:35 am Post subject: |
|
|
There've been times when I've started to post something and then changed my mind because it's too personal, and I don't want to be identified ...
As for my opinions though, I don't have any that I would be trying to hide. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ReeseDog
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
Location: Classified
|
| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:39 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Occasionally, I write a post that could be considered offensive, and I delete it. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
|
| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:04 am Post subject: |
|
|
| A few years ago- nah. Today-absolutely. The tone of the board is far nastier today than it was a few years ago, and the mods are much more sensitive More often than not, posting here doesn't seem worth the hassle |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
AgentM
Joined: 07 Jun 2009
Location: British Columbia, Canada
|
| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:52 am Post subject: |
|
|
| cdninkorea wrote: |
I try not to post anything that can be used against me and just talk like I would if I were meeting people face to face; it annoys me when people talk tough on the Internet or otherwise act like jackasses when they wouldn't in real life.
Besides that the only self-censorship I do is not swearing. |
I'm pretty much the same. It's funny when people kill their credibility on a forum, then complain when people don't pay attention to them when they try to be serious. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
|
| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:17 pm Post subject: |
|
|
More than you'll ever know. I consider it an exercise in self-discipline.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
nathanrutledge
Joined: 01 May 2008
Location: Marakesh
|
| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| That's why some of us use real names. PeteJB and cdninkorea hit it right on the head. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
|
| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:26 pm Post subject: Re: Do you censor yourself while posting on Dave's? |
|
|
| pkang0202 wrote: |
There have been a number of times I've written up a response, or started a new post and then simply throw it away. The biggest reason is that this board is public. If you post on here long enough, it is not hard to find out someone's identity. Remember CPN? It didn't take long for his identity on the board to come out.
Anything you write is there for the world to see, and you can not delete it once its been posted. sure, you can spend the time to go back and edit all the posts you ever made to show nothing, but that does nothing to the text that was "quoted" by other users.
Some of the discussions on here are very heated and a lot of personal opinions come out. What if you were to apply for a job, or run for some kind of public office? Something you say, or a position you took on an argument could come around and bite you on the butt.
My question is, does anyone ever think about that when they post on here? |
It's not how long you post...it's WHAT you post. Simply leave out enough personal details, be rather vague about the rest...and there's no reason that anyone should find out who you are. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Joe666
Joined: 19 Nov 2008
Location: Jesus it's hot down here!
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I think it's pretty sad that we as posters on Dave's have to watch what we say/type for fear of our actual identities being discovered. Most, if not all of us are citizens of "free countries" (whatever that truly means) and to hold back what one feels or would like to say because we might lose a job oppertunity in the future, Zuckzs!!
I guess we aren't as free as westerners once were!! So much for freedom of speech!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
One2many
Joined: 22 Nov 2006
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I don't edit myself since I don't really care what people think of me. As for my identity I care less who knows about that too. If they are smart enough to put various clues together good for them, grats. If I run for office I'll do it under the context of who I am. 
My Id, Ego, and Super Ego don't argue as much as they should. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Joe666
Joined: 19 Nov 2008
Location: Jesus it's hot down here!
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject: |
|
|
One2many wrote:
| Quote: |
I don't edit myself since I don't really care what people think of me. As for my identity I care less who knows about that too. If they are smart enough to put various clues together good for them, grats. If I run for office I'll do it under the context of who I am.
My Id, Ego, and Super Ego don't argue as much as they should. |
Thats the way it should be!! There called opinions, views, beliefs etc. We all have them, should be able to voice them without the fear of some donkey using them against us in the future!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Joe666 wrote: |
One2many wrote:
| Quote: |
I don't edit myself since I don't really care what people think of me. As for my identity I care less who knows about that too. If they are smart enough to put various clues together good for them, grats. If I run for office I'll do it under the context of who I am.
My Id, Ego, and Super Ego don't argue as much as they should. |
Thats the way it should be!! There called opinions, views, beliefs etc. We all have them, should be able to voice them without the fear of some donkey using them against us in the future!! |
Its too bad that things you say/do when you are young can come around and haunt you in the future. Politicians are perfect examples. Look at Jaebom of 2pm. He says what he did when he's 18, and now its going to ruin his career.
One thing that bothers me about Dave's is that its threads show up in google searches. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
