Are you suspicious of people who block their profiles?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

[sus]

1. just for that, i'm blocking my profile

stop looking at it!!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

2. But it's sooooo sexy!

[sus]

3. TART!

[Mara Steele]

4. It just drives me nuts...

The profile is something I ALWAYS click on if people interest me. GRRR ... Drives me nuts when I can't see it.

[DaveClearwater99]

5. I don't even know

if my profile is blocked but there's really nothing interesting in there.

Oh, you're supposed to say hello. I'm new here.












Fighting to free America from the Talibush

[Mara Steele]

6. Hi there, Dave

What's up? :hi:

[sus]

7. Hi DaveClearwater99!

[jedicord]

11. Howdy Dave!

:hi:

Now how many people besides me just had to go check your profile?

You pass!

[NoPasaran]

13. Dave's not here, man

Welcome to DU!
:hi:

[damnraddem]

23. Hello,

you're new here.

[Misunderestimator]

25. Howdy Neighbor!

:hi:

[damnraddem]

22. I have no idea whether my profile is blocked.

But so what if it is? If someone interests you, respond to their post, or send an e-mail.

[doctorbombeigh]

8. I don't think mine's blocked, but I don't think there's anything in it...

either. I've never looked at anyone else's, so I guess I just don't think about it. Does the profile actually matter to people here?

(Obviously, I'm new at DU.)

[chiburb]

10. Yes, it is blocked....n/t

.

[doctorbombeigh]

12. Oh. Sorry. But does it matter to people? Is it useful in some way...

that I'm not "getting"? I'm happy to unblock it, or put something in it, or whatever, if there's some reason to do so.

[NoPasaran]

15. We're suspicious of folks

who are new in these parts who have their profiles blocked.

[doctorbombeigh]

21. Okay. I see, and thanks. I unblocked mine - still dull as a rock. n/t

[NoPasaran]

32. Welcome to DU by the way

:hi:
Rampant paranoia, conspiracy theories, panic-mongers, and flame warriors aside, we're really a great bunch of folks.

[doctorbombeigh]

35. Thanks! I'm having a blast so far

But there are still things that I kinda go..."Umm....what the cheney does that mean?" I expect that will clear up eventually.

Some folks seem a bit over the top, but I'm sure I seem that way to some of them too, so there ya go. Basically, being able to trade ideas with a huge group of lefty political geeks who like to argue.. it's a little slice of geek-heaven for someone like me.

[PDX Bara]

9. Blocking Profile

I don't have a problem with people who block their profiles because I have gotten the impression that some, perhaps many, posters in this forum are very high profile professionals who have a need to protect their privacy.

[tnlefty]

17. And some live in areas with high concentrations of Freeper-type

populations.

Welcome to DU, BTW :hi:

[Gothic Sponge]

14. I'm suspicious of everyone

[SOteric]

16. Nah. I blocked mine for about the first year I posted here.

I don't like being pidgeon-holed, categorised or slotted into an argument based on my gender, my age, my causes. There are a lot of good and valid reasons to keep one's personal information on the down-lo.

[terrya]

18. You can block your profile? I did not know that.

:-)

[Bridget Burke]

19. It shows a lack of imagination.

If somebody doesn't want to reveal themselves, at least they could invent an entertaining fiction.

[DaveClearwater99]

24. it's lack of imagination

on my part definitely.

And I'm passing up such a great opportunity. I could be an ex-navy seal multimillionaire who knows all. Or if I wanted to be sure you all read my posts I could be a Hooters Girl.

[calico1]

20. Some people just like more

privacy than others. I don't see where there is anything bad about that. I've also had some very unpleasant experiences on other message boards where I had a public profile so now I tend to be more cautious, especially if I have not been with a message board for long.

[Magrittes Pipe]

26. I am suspicious of Screaming Lord Byron.

You, sir, are a Freeper!

There, I said it, the gauntlet's down. Shall we meet at dawn, or are you not man enough?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

27. Well, of course I'm a Freeper.

I am Screaming after all.

[doctorbombeigh]

28. Ummm... as a new person, some terms are unfamiliar to me...

what - precisely - is a "freeper"? Obviously it's bad - but what is it? Free Range Republican? Foul Republican Creeper?

I don't get it. Sorry.

[chiburb]

31. Denizen or fan of the Free Republic

web site. You'll find them visiting here sometimes, usually after school lets out. I'd give you a link, but then I'd have to shower again...

[doctorbombeigh]

36. Ahh... The Free Republic. They come here to whine?

Argue? Piss people off? Subvert democracy? Oh no wait.. they can do all that on Fox. I haven't actually seen a lot of neo-con-esque commentary here. Come to think of it - I don't recall seeing any at all. These guys must be behaving themselves or hiding.

[Solly Mack]

29. why worry about blocked profiles when sn's give trolls away

in the majority of instances.

Trolls can't resist using screen names they think are clever...their egos won't allow it.

[DS1]

30. No. What about people that don't block their profiles, but have nothing

in it. And what exactly makes any of it true?

[NoPasaran]

34. As I understand it

The software won't let you put anything in your profile that isn't true.

[TreasonousBastard]

33. Suspicious, sorta...

but bemused is more like it. I just think it's wierd. I know quite a few people personally who just lurk and never post to any group, block all email, and act all paranoid as hell. Other than that, most of them are fairly normal.

There are a few people who have been stalked, some others have good reasons to hide their identities. But, since we can control what's in our profiles, why hide them?

[mrboba1]

37. I had no idea you could do this

I was wondering why that little icon wasn't there for a certain freeper troll!

[doctorbombeigh]

38. Okay, Screaming Lord Byron, you're evil.

Now that this profile thing has been brought to my attention, I have not only unblocked mine, but I am now checking them out re others.

Sheesh.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

40. One less innocent out there.

Bwahahahahahaaa!

[Fenris]

39. I'm suspicious of people.

What?

[Caution]

41. Suspicious of those who choose to exercise their right to privacy?

gimme a break. i *respect* other people's privacy. I have a right to my privacy and if i choose to exercise that right I will do so and I would think that people here would respect that right just like they would expect the government to respect that right without casting a cloud of suspicion over those who choose to exercise it.

Edit: I also choose to exercise my right to post in run on sentences!

[doctorbombeigh]

42. But I checked you out!

And now that I know you're a Sox fan - you are immediately infused with super-coolness.