Subj : Re: Computer Kits To : boraxman From : Jeff Date : Mon Jan 31 2022 00:27:04 On 31 Jan 2022, boraxman said the following... bo> Je> I am, and if they are "activists," they are "active" for a reason or bo> Je> cause. Should they not leave you alone if you agree with them? bo> Je> bo> Yes, I've been subject to bullying. That is what bullies do. Comply bo> and I'll leave you alone, for now... There is no legal protection from public criticism. bo> Je> If you know it to be a false promise, then don't expect privacy. Sure bo> Je> there are other ways to communicate. Social media is primarily design bo> Je> for people to share things that they *want* others to see. bo> You'd be surprised how little thought many people give it. I wouldn't be bo> surprised of MOST facebook users weren't really able to state who and how bo> people can access their information. They just go on because they want bo> their friends and family to see photos of their grandkids. Nevertheless, privacy is not guaranteed on "social" media. bo> Je> I would agree with that. However, you can often just look at a site a bo> Je> tell that it's not going to be private. What you can see of others, bo> Je> others can see of you. bo> Maybe. Take a discord group, one with 5 people. Do I know from an bo> invite when I join, whether that will be google searchable, or just bo> between us 5? What should I expect? I actually honestly am not sure. I bo> initially assumed that on a BBS, the messages didn't get replicated on bo> the web. How would I have known? I might have talked about economics bo> with someone, and now my employer can search my name and find critiques bo> against Big Business... Expect no privacy. Period. Is that so difficult? bo> Je> That depends. Some searchable communications are very valuable to bo> Je> others. An example of this would be a forum post about someone having bo> Je> particular difficulty in setting up a particular BBS. If you search f bo> Je> that problem, you're likely to come across a logged copy of that bo> Je> conversation. And it might be just the thing you need to get your BBS bo> Je> running. bo> Agree, as I stated, such forums SHOULD be public. But a general debate bo> forum? Chat? At best, it just add chaff to search engine results. That, again, is subjective. bo> Je> Ooh, no, I would not expect a pub conversation to be private, at leas bo> Je> not in the establishments we have here. I would expect mundane bo> Je> conversation to go without notice but not unheard, and if I started bo> Je> saying offensive things I would expect that others nearby would be bo> Je> offended and that I very well might face consequences. bo> But it wouldn't go to the whole world. At worst, people within earshot bo> will chime in. That would entirely depend on who was in earshot. Would things turn violent? Would the police be called? Would I get me @$$ kicked? Hard to say... Jeff. --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32) * Origin: Cold War Computing BBS (21:1/180) .