Mentality of a Troll

[fr0d0]

Depends where you draw the line Meaty. Mostly I'm with you

[Edwardo Piet]

I never found prank calls funny. Or I did when I was a kid but I got bored of the 249th prank call with an Arnie Soundboard on the net lol.

EvF

[Eilonnwy]

@ Eilonwy: A ghastly incident and yet another reason not to publish your day by day life story on the internet, however cute the LJ's, Facebooks, LinkedIns may look.

Well technically it should have been protected, it was a friends only post. It's just the same as if I told something in person to a group of friends and one of those friends started sharing it with everyone, it just happened via internet.

I don't post daily personal details on LJ, but sometimes I do make friends locked posts about more personal things. It's a way for me to reach out to friends since I don't see them that often and I don't call people regularly. That was the first (and only, to my knowledge) where something was leaked from a locked journal entry, and I think it was because the disaster at AB was well-known and a big deal when it happened, I was under more scrutiny than I was aware of. I've since then limited who I friend back on LJ.

You open yourself up to any betrayal when you confide in friends, whether online or in person.

It also goes to show how asshole-ish people are when you do something wrong. I got sent through the ringer when 2008 happened. When 2009 happened and the line was not only short, but shorter and faster than any other anime con of it's size, I did get praise, but 4chan was completely silent. Just further proving that 4chan is just a festering pit of trolls.

[Purple Rabbit]

Well technically it should have been protected, it was a friends only post. It's just the same as if I told something in person to a group of friends and one of those friends started sharing it with everyone, it just happened via internet.

Yeah, but internet has redefined the term 'friend' as to mean far less than friend in my dictionary. My daughter (almost 15 now) is keen on adding as much 'friends' to her Hyves page, just to make sure the number of friends is above the social acceptable minimum. That minimum is about 200 friends in her natural teen habitat! Her counter reads 396 now, so she is in the comfort zone, but don't make me believe that a friend on internet is like a friend in the real world. Regular face to face contact is much more compelling.

It also goes to show how asshole-ish people are when you do something wrong. I got sent through the ringer when 2008 happened. When 2009 happened and the line was not only short, but shorter and faster than any other anime con of it's size, I did get praise, but 4chan was completely silent. Just further proving that 4chan is just a festering pit of trolls.

A 'festering pit of trolls', I somehow like your description.

[Edwardo Piet]

Regular face to face contact is much more compelling.

Without exception? Because if that's the case then I currently have no real friends. And have never had like more than 1, 2, or 3.

That cut and dry eh? Oh, darn.

EvF

[Purple Rabbit]

Regular face to face contact is much more compelling.

Without exception?

In my experience, a full yes. But don't draw any conclusion from it for yourself.

[Eilonnwy]

Well technically it should have been protected, it was a friends only post. It's just the same as if I told something in person to a group of friends and one of those friends started sharing it with everyone, it just happened via internet.

Yeah, but internet has redefined the term 'friend' as to mean far less than friend in my dictionary. My daughter (almost 15 now) is keen on adding as much 'friends' to her Hyves page, just to make sure the number of friends is above the social acceptable minimum. That minimum is about 200 friends in her natural teen habitat! Her counter reads 396 now, so she is in the comfort zone, but don't make me believe that a friend on internet is like a friend in the real world. Regular face to face contact is much more compelling.

Yes, I agree. I accept any "friend" request on facebook and do not post personal information there.

However, in my LJ I only accept people I actually consider friends. Out of my 78 mutual friends I have met and hung out with most of them, (I travel and go to cons a lot) with a few exceptions for online friends who I have interacted with at length beforehand. Plus, I can create categories of friends and lock posts to specifically those people

I believe the person who leaked my locked post was someone I know and more than passingly, but unfortunately I have no proof, but I do keep that person more at arms length.

Granted, I understand your point, when you put stuff out there it can come back to you in unpleasant ways which is especially true for the internet. I wasn't as careful as I should have been about my post, luckily it wasn't anything terribly private just a little personal. I am far more selective of what I post now, and to whom can read them.

[Edwardo Piet]

In my experience, a full yes. But don't draw any conclusion from it for yourself.

To each his own then?

EvF