Posts by hamsterbait

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Poster country flags and privacy

by Simon in

the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).

before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.

first, the reason i think it should be shown:.

hamsterbait

I object to the "activist" label being applied to me simply because I do not want my nationality identified here AGAINST MY WILL.

Implying that because I continue to object, I am an activist, as opposed to asserting my right to consent or otherwise is unfair. I have not sought to seek support for my view , like an activist, merely continued to maintain my side of the argument.

if this is a majority viewpoint issue, it should be decided by the majority who can be bothered to argue the point reasonably, like an election, where those who cannot even be bothered to vote are not counted.

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Poster country flags and privacy

by Simon in

the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).

before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.

first, the reason i think it should be shown:.

hamsterbait

Simon -

Are you going to count the thousands of others signed up on this board - who have not bothered to post their view as YES or NO voters?

There are posters on this thread who say they don't care, or are quite happy to have a flag. Is this a vote, or just a big argument with a foregone conclusion?

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Poster country flags and privacy

by Simon in

the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).

before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.

first, the reason i think it should be shown:.

hamsterbait

"Stop making a mountain out of a mole hill".

For some of us it is our mountain being belittled as a molehill.

It depends on just how traumatiXed (sorry I am now very worried over spelling issues too!) you have been by the WTBTS.

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Poster country flags and privacy

by Simon in

the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).

before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.

first, the reason i think it should be shown:.

hamsterbait

Threads like "Share your Bethel Experiences" will disappear.

In threads on criminal JWs, nobody will share the experience of a" XXXX at our hall XXXX ago who XXXX a XXXX and when the XXXX complained about the XXXX the XXXX had to XXXX into the XXXX and he was XXXX for XXXX and XXXX to XXXX."

Pedophilia issues will become anonymous because nobody has the confidence to talk about what actually happened to them.

If I put in those omitted details, simply by listing the country, you can trace the congregation, then line up a couple of other details and BINGO. because such things are not common to most congregations. You wouldn't even have to give the name of the XXXX who XXXX, but thankfully his XXXX was not printed in the papers.

Alcoholics will only talk in generalities. Struggling unhappy homosexuals will not share their issues and get support. Battered women struggling to escape the abusive elder husband, whose JC already interviewed her for walking out on him. The list could be endless...

Basically we are being told and I quote: "don't bother posting anymore" if you want to talk about specific issues that affect you PERSONALLY.

Yet the site ethos says we can talk freely about issues related to the JWs. (Presumably as long as we don't share ANY relevant personal experience.)

This forum is in danger of becoming one where people argue about doctrines, or share recipes, or say what they saw the witnesses at the apathy trolley doing on Wednesday.

People facing a JC will not even risk asking for support here - they would be and I quote: "naive" to share details of their situation, as there is a chance some evil elder WILL go to the trouble of looking through his previous posts (now laid out on a plate - courtesy the new site).

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Poster country flags and privacy

by Simon in

the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).

before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.

first, the reason i think it should be shown:.

hamsterbait

BOBCAT -

All your posts are listed in order. I went through a sizeable number of my own the other day. Unfortunately I cannot delete any that include information that could identify me if the country is revealed.

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Poster country flags and privacy

by Simon in

the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).

before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.

first, the reason i think it should be shown:.

hamsterbait

AND I note with great interest that NOT ONE flag has appeared next to the postings on this thread - in other words, it is a feature that can be switched on or off. With or without our consent.

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Poster country flags and privacy

by Simon in

the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).

before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.

first, the reason i think it should be shown:.

hamsterbait

I have posted on MANY different issues over the years. Common to some not to others - and a country is a huge set, but witnesses in a country generally is a small set.

This thread is just starting to resemble locking horns, irresistible force vs immovable object.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH LETTING EACH ONE OF US DECIDE FOR OURSELF?????

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Poster country flags and privacy

by Simon in

the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).

before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.

first, the reason i think it should be shown:.

hamsterbait

MEN posing as WOMEN on the board. This kind of deceit can easily be eliminated by DEMANDING we all reveal our sex.

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Poster country flags and privacy

by Simon in

the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).

before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.

first, the reason i think it should be shown:.

hamsterbait

If somebody on the board CHOOSES to get to know another poster more personally (fraudulent or not) that is up to them. We are all in charge of our own lives.

If we need protection from trolls and witness witch hunters on this board, and we have been informed of the fact that we DO - then I claim the protection of my geographical information from their eyes.

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Poster country flags and privacy

by Simon in

the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).

before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.

first, the reason i think it should be shown:.

hamsterbait

The flag next to a witness poster immediately narrows the list of possibilities. In countries where there are say ??? witnesses, even just knowing you belong to a profession, say surgeon, narrows down the possibilities to a few dozen. See - I couldn't even post the NUMBER in my country.

How many witnesses in MY country have had - daren't mention it now. Daren't mention that thingy about my mother. or my grandmother. or my brother. or my uncle, or the brother who did that thing. What thing? murder, rape, pedophilia? I can't say.

yes - I was naive enough to reveal little snippets here and there over the years. If I had been told my nationality would be revealed later, a lot of my contributions would never have happened.

Interestingly, the flag never appeared next to my posts - as I left the nationality field blank.