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Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
I really hope I'm not about to start a kerfuffle, but...
I'm really uncomfortable with post 4102 over in the Firefly thread (sorry, can't remember how to make that thread link at the moment). I would not want other board members digging up personal information about me and posting it here. It seems really intrusive. I realize that a) Tim is sort of a public figure and b) it's public information anyway, but it just feels wrong to me.
eta: I think Consuela already made this point in thread. I guess I was trying to figure out if I was being too sensitive, but maybe that's just my own issue.
I think it's a valid issue, and I feel uncomfortable about it too. Don't think it rises to the level of stompie edit, but it just seems wrong.
If someone posted MY political contributions here without my consent, I'd be plenty annoyed. I think it does deserve a stomping, if Jack doesn't volunteer to edit.
Our procedures state that disagreements should first try to be resolved in-thread.
If someone posted MY political contributions here without my consent, I'd be plenty annoyed.
Just to clarify -- I absolutely think it was rude. But since it's publicly available information, I don't think we should stomp it. Have we ever stomped any post that wasn't spam or a spoiler?
I'm having Google/CNET deja vu.
I find it interesting that, according to the user ID number, this person is not a newbie (relatively, anyway).
I'm having Google/CNET deja vu.
No kidding. It's one reason I haven't chimed in. I think it's rude, but not out of line.
I've seen similar information posted about other Jossverse people, though probably on LiveJournal rather than here. I don't find it offensive, but I understand why someone might.
I'm not crazy about it, either. OTOH, similar to what Lyra jane says, I saw a post on another board quantifying the donations Rafael Palmeiro made to GWB, and didn't bat an eyelash. Unfortunately, the information is public.
