nberry:
That may be true but in today's environment anyone can find out just about everything about anyone else.
Ex: I have no idea what your name is but I know enough about you to find not only you, what you look like, your family and your financial condition.
It is the world we live in today.
easy_rider911:
@nberry: sure, if you dig around, you can find out whatever you want about someone - but it does take a little effort, time and (sometimes) cost to do it.
But just because it's possible, that doesn't mean people should just give the personal information away so easily and readily.
Just because a thief could break into my home, that doesn't mean I should leave the doors unlocked and wide open
Short of hiring a private eye (expensive) or some firm that does illegal info mining on the net it would be extremely difficult to do what Nick claims. It's the whole reason for avatars/knicknames.
Take VKSF- WBH for example. What was his real name, Nick? Was he a silicon valley VC like he sounded? What did he look like? (rhetorical - just for arguments sake, I do not want to know, it is none of my business)
Are there any celebs posting here/members here ?
And Privacy concerns also encompass irritation concerns. I was asked for a photo recently and I would post 1 if I had definite assurances that it would never be reposted again by someone else and if reposted here, removed immediately. Some of us are more private than others and also have a lower thresh-hold for BS.