Fandom Discussion -- Online Safety
Nov. 28th, 2004 02:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
themostepotenteThis is going to be radically different, I think, from anything I post here.
Some of you may have noticed I have a stalker. This clown I don't perceive as a threat, but there are a lot of scary people out there that would take sending an IM a step further.
Nobody should have to live in fear. Nobody should have to feel like they need to keep their identity hidden to feel safe. It should be a choice 'not' a requirement.
This isn't just about fandom, folks -- this is about keeping safe, so I'm opening up a discussion and encouraging those in fandom to speak up or out, whichever :-)
How much information about yourself is too much to share? When is it okay to trust?
If you have any advice about keeping safe, please come and share it.
If you have a story to tell about being stalked, please, come and share that too.
The holidays are upon us, and some people are especially vulnerable this time of year. And yeah, I know this kinda sounds like a public service announcement, but somebody's advice might save another's life.
Thank you,
--Penny
Some of you may have noticed I have a stalker. This clown I don't perceive as a threat, but there are a lot of scary people out there that would take sending an IM a step further.
Nobody should have to live in fear. Nobody should have to feel like they need to keep their identity hidden to feel safe. It should be a choice 'not' a requirement.
This isn't just about fandom, folks -- this is about keeping safe, so I'm opening up a discussion and encouraging those in fandom to speak up or out, whichever :-)
How much information about yourself is too much to share? When is it okay to trust?
If you have any advice about keeping safe, please come and share it.
If you have a story to tell about being stalked, please, come and share that too.
The holidays are upon us, and some people are especially vulnerable this time of year. And yeah, I know this kinda sounds like a public service announcement, but somebody's advice might save another's life.
Thank you,
--Penny
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Date: 2004-11-28 05:58 pm (UTC)there is one person i DON'T want to have my address or phone number, and that's my evil ex. i don't really have any fear that anyone would give it to him, though. there's only one person i talk to that has any sort of connection to him, and he hates her too.
besides, i live in a gated community. no one can drop by without getting past the front gate, and the gatekeepers are total assholes, so that's all good.
meh. i've never worried about being stalked. all this aside, why would anyone want to stalk me?