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Post by auntkelly on Aug 4, 2014 12:23:35 GMT
I haven't ever had anything bad happen, but I have had two "small world" moments on two peas.
One time a pea posted that her best friend's daughter was going to be on a popular tv show in a recipe cook off for children. That child is my distant cousin. I have only met the child & her mother once, but I'm friends with the grandmother on Facebook and she had just posted about the cook off. I didn't post on the pea's thread because I thought it sounded a little stalkerish to tell the pea I knew who she was talking about and I didn't really want my relatives to know I posted on Two Peas.
A couple of years' ago, a current pea posted about an international trip she was taking with a small group of friends in her profession. One of my Facebook friends, who is a friend in real life, but lives in another state, posted on FB that she was going to the same place with a small group of friends in her profession. The pea and my friend live in the same part of the country and are in the same profession (which is an unusual one for women) so I'm pretty sure they were going with the same group. Again, I felt it sounded stalkerish to ask the pea if she knew my FB friend and I worried that my FB friend would think it was really strange that I was talking about her w/ a woman I met online, so I didn't say anything to either party.
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~Lauren~
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Aug 4, 2014 12:51:37 GMT
What happened to Benem?
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Post by gonewalkabout on Aug 4, 2014 12:57:21 GMT
Never happened to me in a negative way, from online, but it has happened from real life to being followed everywhere online. Since then I've tried to keep rather vague in my online info.
You all should google your names, it's shocking what info might be out there, especially on places like spokeo.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2014 12:58:46 GMT
The worse incident I ever had was some "mutual friends" of ex and mine took a few things I said in private messages to him to stir the pot and cause even more drama. I cut every single one of those "friends" out of my life.
Beyond that, no. I try my best not to invite crazy into my life so I don't do meets.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2014 13:40:04 GMT
Yes, but in a great way!! I used ancestry.com to find info and I signed my real name on the message board. It also gives your email address. So, one day at the end of the work day I am checking my personal email and I get an email from a stranger asking me if I was related to a woman and she gave lots of details. The woman was my MIL. Turns out she had given a child up for adoption and that child is now my SIL. It was one of the best things that happened in my life!
Ann
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Post by pattipea on Aug 4, 2014 14:58:19 GMT
No. 2Peas was the first (and only until this) message board I have been involved in, and I mainly lurked over there. I was determined to be more active here, and have been. Pretty sure I haven't said anything too personal here, but this serves as a good reminder to all of us that we have got to keep ourselves, and our private lives, safe. There are sick people in this world, and unfortunately, there is no way to ensure they stay out of here. Remember . . . Words spoken can never be unsaid, and words written can never be completely erased.
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tiffanytwisted
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Aug 4, 2014 15:49:45 GMT
I was wondering that, too.
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Post by alibama on Aug 4, 2014 15:59:26 GMT
I was wondering that, too. Check out the thread on page one today called Hello
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tiffanytwisted
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Aug 4, 2014 16:43:38 GMT
Thanx alibama. Just got finished reading it. Never a dull moment around here . . .
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Post by *Scrapper*Stamper* on Aug 6, 2014 0:45:49 GMT
Not personally, but I'm pretty careful about what I post online. No name, no identifying job info, not even sure if the peas know how many children I have. Have no problem posting situations, just not identifying information. I am the same IRL as I am online - just voice my honest opinion.
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Post by mochi on Aug 6, 2014 1:17:20 GMT
Yes. I was dumb and used the same user name on 2peas and another message board. Never used my real name, talked about my job, or posted photos. I had less than 10 posts on the other board and under 500 on 2peas in 10 years.
Well, the posts were used against me in a lawsuit. So, in my deposition the lawyer had all the posts printed and asked if they were mine. I was under oath so had to admit that they were.
New user name here and I will only comment on fluff threads.
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theshyone
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Post by theshyone on Aug 6, 2014 1:23:17 GMT
I had a heart infection group follow me from 2peas, to another mb, to another heart board, to my FB to my email. They really wanted me it seemed. Up until that point I thought I'd been discrete.
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 6, 2014 1:30:45 GMT
no
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Post by giraffemom on Aug 6, 2014 2:59:04 GMT
Yep, my sister followed me to a "private" message board where she spied on me for about four years until she finally admitted it. I was dumb back then (this happened almost 15 years ago) and thought I knew everyone in the group (about 30 women). I said some things that I was struggling with and my sister used it as ammunition to make my life hell. Since then, I've been much more careful of what I say online. carol
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Post by tamiq on Aug 6, 2014 3:36:13 GMT
Yes. I was dumb and used the same user name on 2peas and another message board. Never used my real name, talked about my job, or posted photos. I had less than 10 posts on the other board and under 500 on 2peas in 10 years. Well, the posts were used against me in a lawsuit. So, in my deposition the lawyer had all the posts printed and asked if they were mine. I was under oath so had to admit that they were. New user name here and I will only comment on fluff threads. Wow, now that is something for all to keep in mind for sure.
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 6, 2014 4:23:35 GMT
Mochi, I've been bingeing on Brad Thor fiction this summer- great fast intrigue. But your post is scariest thing I've read yet!!!! So sorry and planning to be more careful.
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Post by irisheyes on Aug 6, 2014 6:07:39 GMT
I've met two people from internet scrap boards. One is Nylene from this board and she is wonderful and the other one was just as awesome.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 11:56:47 GMT
Yes. I was dumb and used the same user name on 2peas and another message board. Never used my real name, talked about my job, or posted photos. I had less than 10 posts on the other board and under 500 on 2peas in 10 years. Well, the posts were used against me in a lawsuit. So, in my deposition the lawyer had all the posts printed and asked if they were mine. I was under oath so had to admit that they were. New user name here and I will only comment on fluff threads. In a lawsuit the lawyer can petition your service provider for information that goes from your account through their servers. They have legal access to information so it wouldn't have mattered how little or much you posted. Only what/when you posted as it was germane to the lawsuit. It isn't quite the same as a stalker who keeps a spreadsheet.
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Post by peasapie on Aug 6, 2014 12:12:04 GMT
It's been several years now, but on the old 2Peas I posted one of those, "what would you do/would you be offended/how would you respond" type posts. I only included my relationship to the person, but no name. Apparently someone, and I still don't know to this day who it was, had figured out who I was (and I can only guess they made the connection through some layouts I had posted in the gallery)and felt the need to pass the information along to the person I was having the in-real-life issue with. Crazy That's just creepy. Wow. Sadly, there are some very mean people out there with too much time and not enough to do.
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