Coming Out; A Question. (page 2)

belbab

Zev

So Harold be thy name

and then is your last name Cult Evader

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waiting

I think it is good thing to be able to post your picture.....alas, I still would like my husband to have association with his jw family.....so mine's not here.

However, while we all would like to be more friendly with each other - we really don't know where our pictures and personal information will end up. Anyone, anyone, can take this information for their personal use, whether they're posters here or not.

The reason I speak of this is because I know of several people who have privately told me that their personal information was used to attack them through their own computers and other people they know. These people did not have private information posted on the internet.

Not all people are nice, whether jw's, xjw's, or just humans. Actually, some people can be quite cruel, mentally ill, or just plain mean. We would be ignorant if we thought otherwise. Don't mean to be paranoid - just presenting the Other Side.

But I DO love the pictures, including gardens. I wanted to put my beautiful children up (so typical, eh?) and told them. They glared at me and said "Don't you EVER put our pictures on the internet, MOMMMMMMMMMM." I got the hint.

waiting

Kingpawn

Mouthy,

Just wish I knew HOW to post my picture!!!!!

Might try one of these:

A) take a pic with a digital camera, use the software on your PC to "send" it to your floppy disk drive, and then update your profile. When it asks for the URL of your pic, you put for example A:kingpawn.jpg--depending on the format it's in, but most every camera saves it as a .jpg file.

B) Give the path to the photo album where your pics are stored on your hard drive, like c:\my documents\my album\kingpawn.jpg and click upload on your profile update page.

C) Attach your pic to an e-mail and send it to Simon.

D) Post it on a homepage if you have one and give that as the URL (Xena does this).

E) Now all these assume you have a digital pic. For a regular snapshot, use a scanner to make it a computer file. Then try step C).

Hope this helps.

As to the question about "outing yourself" (such a common phrase anymore!):

It's healthy and a way to be defiant to the Society for all it's done to a person. Not everyone can do it for reasons already mentioned. Me? My name's on my profile. I went to the Greenville North Congregation in Greenville Ohio. I got bounced around 1980 after spending more time studying to be a JW than being one. I still have issues with them even today. The thread about the things people did at the KH ("Who was Ahab?" the speaker asked. "Didn't he kill Moby Dick?" a then-dub asked a sister, who started giggling; or Lyin' Eyes(?), who made faces at hubby onstage when he discussed sex in a JW marriage) has given me tears of laughter. Oh, had I only known of this site when it first was born!

KP

songmistress

My concern is not that I will be found by the borg. I am in no way hiding from them. I have made my choice and stick by it, and they can stick it if they have a problem. I am open about having DA'd and most everyone I was associated while I was a drone knows.

For a while I had my first and last name in my bio. I have two e-mails, one for internet stuff and one for personal use. There are a couple of posters here that I have met personally, one I have known since I became a JW. There are others I expect to meet up with at sometime in the future. I have since taken out my last name.

My concern is more for the nature of the web. Current technology and capabilities make me extremely nervous. In all honesty, I have been spooked by the storys of creeps and freaks who troll the internet, pretend to be someone they are not and subsequently great harm has happened. However having said that, none of the posters I have come in contact with via posting and chat have made me feel uneasy. I am by nature a very trusting person, and for the most part that has served me well. Being so trusting tho, has at times blown up in my face. (hence my 18 years as a JW) So I am being cautious. Nothing more, nothing less and nothing personal.

As I get chances to meet others at apostatefests, meetups ect. more trust and openess will happen.

Just my $0.02.

Blessings to all and thanks for being here,

Song

pomegranate

Yo zev....

i did hear about it, unfortunately, i had to work that weekend.
i'm sorry we missed it, but if y'all ever do anything like that again, please let me know.

Too bad...it was a good time, good food, good people, good stories!!

We are surely going to do it again...maybe soon, eh Jim????

Do you work many weekends?? Or was that an odd event???

later...

LittleToe

Before DA'ing I was very careful about what I posted, in the way of personal details. The only revealing thing I posted was that I was a Scottish elder. Even this was used, however, as I got asked some unusual question by the Circuit Overseer, at the elders school last year. Fortunately I was on the way out, because I feel certain they would have tracked me down eventually.

Afterwards I posted my pic and my first name, but little else. I've let a couple of people have my number, and two a safe postal address (one of whom was Randy Watters).

I've been working and playing on the Internet for long enough to know that there are some unsavoury characters out there. Hence I'm always edgy when I see folks post their person details, even in chat.

Quincy

there are a lot of JW's who view this site I am sure....some people have a lot of things they need to take care of before they feel they can reveal their identity...(i.e. spouse, mother, father, sibling) You have to be mentally ready to reveal yourself I believe....But some folk just dont care....I think it depends on your personal situation........Q

Englishman

Quincy,

I agree with what you say. Interestingly, I recently spoke with an ex, who only 2 years ago, was absolutely terrified of being identified on a similar site to this.

Now there pic has been put up for all to see, the said person having stated "I don't give a sh1t anymore!"

I guess that's progress.

Englishman.

Quincy

Englishman...you know what...after a while...you dont give a sh!t...because it gets old...time to move on....easier said then done..yes...but like i say before...each person is different.....Q

hillary_step

E'Man,

Interesting question. My own inclination is to avoid hosting my own image as I am a very private person, even apart from WTS retribution. Its all rather American to me....lol

I admit that I am rather puzzled as to why some of the men who 'thumbnail' themselves on this board see the need to remove their clothes before they photograph themselves. Are they proud of their bodies or is the office a little hot?.....lol

HS

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