Dont be fooled.. Keep your personal preferences to yourself...trolling alert!

[Drew Richards]

It has come to my attention that in the past ten days a LOT of new or low post posters have been soliciting a lot of personal info from us....where we live, do we take drugs...and so on....while this all might be innocent I feel from the tone and tenor of the posts that these could be fishing expeditions....so pl lease...keep your personal data and preferences private unless you wish to take a chance that that information may come back to haunt you....

I could be making a mountain out of a mole hill but I refuse to play the 20 question informational game with someone I have never even interacted with on this message board who then trys to solicite personal info.

And no I wont blue link them you can find them on virtually every page for last 10 or so days...

[djean111]

1. Noticed that too.

Asking everyone if they did drugs, ever, and what kind? Good grief!

[NewThinkingChance40]

2. Thanks

will be on the lookout for those with low post numbers asking for info

[rdharma]

10. They're pretty easy to spot, if you know what to look for!

[NewThinkingChance40]

14. Kinda like the spam email I keep getting...

a lot of places wanna offer me free money and a bigger penis. Seems legit, right?

Ok, I think I got this.

K&R to help spread the word

[leftstreet]

3. What's your address?

Just kidding!



People have conducted these pseudo-'polls' here for years. But there's no proof the questions are being answered honestly though, so I don't think the info is particularly useful to anyone

[NewThinkingChance40]

5. That would be one time

that a lot of people would have the green light to troll the shit out of the person asking

[Raine]

4. I guard my privacy like a pitbull, you have to everywhere but especially on the internet. nt

[enough]

6. True, I didn't notice it, but as you mention it, I remember serveral rather unusual

examples in the past few days.

[Squinch]

7. Well THAT's creepy! Thanks for the heads up.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. Maybe the NSA could fill in the details for them.

[frazzled]

15. They don't have to

People post the most personal things about themselves on the Internet--on Facebook, Twitter, and even here. I'm shocked sometimes at the stuff people are willing to divulge about themselves. They post their every move, where they are at the moment, when their kids pooped, what they ate, how they voted, what addictions they're battling, who they're shtupping ...

Amazon knows what books they're reading and movies they're watching, what size shoes they wear, what credit cards they have. And this is all information that could be snatched in a New York minute by hackers.

I think we've made the choice not to live in a privacy society anymore. I, for one regret it. Especially because people have chosen to do this all on their own. You can't blame the NSA for that.

[Melynn]

9. Obviously it is some right wing group that wants this information

The NSA already knows this stuff.

[geckosfeet]

11. Why would anyone offer that information online or not?

Get a grip people. This ain't your mama's Kansas.

Reuse it - and I say alert it.

on edit: BTW - what are you wearing?

[OffWithTheirHeads]

12. The other good one is asking you to sign some bullshit petition

Wherein you have to give all kinds of info in order to "register" . The petition usually doesn't do shit, but but as soon as you sign it you get spammed by all kinds of people asking for money.

[freshwest]

20. Agreed, don't do those petitions.

Although I've not noticed anyone asking me personal stuff. LOL.

[Logical]

13. What information gathered on a anonymous board would be worth anything? People lie all....

the time here.

[mstinamotorcity2]

16. We know who the

bridge dwellers are!!!!

[burnodo]

17. My personal info

I am Douglas Zerbe
3232 Paramount Dr.
Wichita, KS
34545
565-343-3434
I do drugs and I'm drinking right now
My mother's name was Helen and I never knew my father
I have a student loan debt in the hundreds of thousands and and I don't like Republicans

[libodem]

18. The troll types

Seem to favor a string of numbers after whatever name they take. That might be a hint.

[Dash87]

19. You're absolutely right, mister! What did you say your name was again?

[libodem]

21. Combined with a low post count

I've noticed a trend. It isn't fool proof. More of a subtle hint. And it Ms.

[Egnever]

22. a LOT of new or low post posters

like you?

[Th1onein]

23. You mean LIKE THIS ONE?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023369922

[MineralMan]

24. It has come to my attention that you can simply skip over such

threads here on DU. Nothing requires you to answer any questions on DU in public threads.