I'm having Google/CNET deja vu.
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Kristen - Aug 09, 2005 12:13:40 pm PDT #5327 of 10001
Connie Neil - Aug 09, 2005 12:14:18 pm PDT #5328 of 10001
brillig
I find it interesting that, according to the user ID number, this person is not a newbie (relatively, anyway).
§ ita § - Aug 09, 2005 12:15:17 pm PDT #5329 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Lyra Jane - Aug 09, 2005 12:18:59 pm PDT #5330 of 10001
Up with the sun
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.
DXMachina - Aug 09, 2005 12:22:27 pm PDT #5331 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
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.
Allyson - Aug 09, 2005 12:22:37 pm PDT #5332 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It's been edited.
Lyra Jane - Aug 09, 2005 12:27:03 pm PDT #5333 of 10001
Up with the sun
Unfortunately, the information is public.
Meta-issue, but I don't see that as unfortunate at all. I'm glad I have the right to know who's funding our politicians. Money is so important to our electoral process, and it's nice to know who's behind it. (It's also really useful information for journalists.)
Opensecrets.org provides name, zip and employer, not actual personal data.
Allyson - Aug 09, 2005 12:29:25 pm PDT #5334 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It wasn't just the link that bothered me, really, but that there was a specific link to a politicians voting record whom Tim supported. It seemed accusatory and weird.
Scrappy - Aug 09, 2005 12:56:39 pm PDT #5335 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I know it's public knowledge, but I htink this is a board where peeps reveal as much about themselves as they feel comfortable with. On another board, someone figured out the name of the place I work and posted it without checking with me--and we have rules about not using the name in certain contexts and folks LOOKING for the name online, so I could have gotten in trouble. Even though it's easy to figure out from what I post and info on the place is public, it still was nervous-making.
This is not directed at Jack, BTW, who has edited and is a good guy--just wanted to mention that information about a poster could be public, but still not appropriate for the board.
DXMachina - Aug 09, 2005 1:08:40 pm PDT #5336 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
It wasn't just the link that bothered me, really, but that there was a specific link to a politicians voting record whom Tim supported. It seemed accusatory and weird.
I didn't take it as accusatory. It was more that he was debunking those two articles that claimed Firefly showed Joss and Tim's political leanings.