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Reply to "Why Should Someone be Banned?"

Originally Posted by semiannualchick:
Originally Posted by frog:

People often use a pseudonym because it is a great idea for security reasons. Of course you also have the perverts and the nuts around the internet, so many sites don't allow real names at all.

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About 6 months after I came on this forum, there was a member that was constantly PMing me, telling me what he was doing to himself while reading my post. He wanted to know where I lived so he could come visit. If I had used my real name as my ID, I would have been terrified. Of course, he was banned.

Before anyone jumps me for lying because I've said I only reported 2 people in my time here, he has been the only one I insisted be banned & I think he deserved it.


Ewww, sorry that happened, semi!  That is just nasty and it happens more than people are often aware.  On another forum we have had people who were computer savvy show up and threaten a person who used a real name and her family, and an ex husband use posts another real-name user made (nothing graphic or really over any line) to take to court and win custody of their 2 children.  She still hasn't gotten them back after 2 years, and although she isn't perfect, he was abusive and controlling and totally harassed and intimidated her and the kids.  She thought he was totally gone from their lives, but one day she was served with papers and informed of a pile of posts that really showed nothing worth losing her kids over.  Add a judge who knew his family and how he was such a "good boy" and there went her kids.

 

It is really never a good idea to go by a real name anywhere online unless it is your business website and you have customers who need your name.  There are a lot of unstable people out there.


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