Quote from: Lauda on May 12, 2019, 02:03:02 PM

The DOXX was unecessarary, but nobody has been endangered as the information is out there and easy to find.

The mental gymnastics that are performed on this forum daily are impressive. What makes the Dox unacceptable and unnecessary is because it endangers the people involved.
So then the difficulty of acquiring the information is our standard? That sounds as half-baked as meriting solely based on effort.

Quote from: Lauda on May 12, 2019, 03:03:03 PM

The people who are whining about users getting endangered are the very same people that kept quiet when Hhampuz was fully doxxed.

More of this beat-around-the-bush game-play. I wasn't around when the situation with Hhampuz occurred. If you think that absence is equivalent to hypocrisy or support, then we've got nothing to talk about. Assuming you're talking about me, I'd love for you to back up your claims that I am acting hypocritically. I wouldn't support Hhampuz being DOX'd either.

I like the use of qualifiers, "fully doxxed", as opposed to what?
When you share private information about somebody and proclaim that they are hoarding valuables you are endangering them.

Quote from: Lauda on May 12, 2019, 04:52:18 AM

I'm not allowed to merit such a thread? Objectively it took effort to create regardless of whether it is right or wrong, and that's how merit should be used.

Quote from: Lauda on May 12, 2019, 02:03:02 PM

It takes about 25 seconds ... to find OgNasty and his plot. ... the information is out there and easy to find.

Side-Note: It's funny to me that one moment you're saying it's okay to merit posts based on effort, and then in the next breathe you are talking about how it's acceptable to post the information because it required nearly no effort. Doubly funny when you're talking about the same post for both.

Quote from: The Pharmacist on May 12, 2019, 02:33:40 PM

I don't know what the crime statistics are for assaults/murders/robberies/whatever post-internet doxxing

I'd be willing to bet that you are more likely to be a victim of a violent crime after your dox, and financial information has been posted publicly when comparing it to before the information was released. Which is my point, there is an increase in danger for no justifiable reason.

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I'm guessing those things happen very rarely.

Things like that happen every single day. When a burglar wants to rob your house, they go through a vetting process and posting information like this makes their job entirely too easy.

I'm not trying to be a drama-queen, but for some reason you're all acting like privacy and security are not the primary protectors of your well-being. Yeah, some of the richest people in the world have their addresses public, but I'd be willing to bet the attempts on their life, robbery attempts and the cost of general security have risen astronomically since their address became public.

Anecdotally, this happened to my grandfather after someone elsewhere on the internet had intentions of doing something similar to me (DOX). The house was broken into, robbed, smashed around, causing massive damages. Thankfully they were on vacation, otherwise what would have happened?

We can't just brush this off as an exaggeration, I'm not making an emotional appeal when I say there are millions of people who would kill just to put their foot in your doorway. Why play with fire and then tell me I'm exaggerating by warning about a house-fire?

Quote from: suchmoon on May 12, 2019, 02:13:10 PM

Make sure to apply the same high standards when Og's lapdog doxes random people for spurious reasons, even outside of Investigations.

I don't even know what you're talking about, we're not all as involved, but I happily would apply the same standards to anybody DOXing anyone for any purpose other than it is necessary for the forwarding of a proper investigation.

Quote from: suchmoon on May 12, 2019, 02:13:10 PM

Merit is not an encouragement or anything of the sort. It's an opinion at most, and not necessarily an opinion agreeing with the post being merited. Let's calm down with the exaggerations.

Merit is not an opinion. You can give merit out based on your opinion, but it is not in itself an opinion. Merit is a +1 that enables users to rank-up, which would mean it is an incentive for whatever they have posted to earn that merit. I guess when you give a dog a treat, you're not necessarily agreeing with their opinion, but you are encouraging them to do whatever they think they did to earn that treat. The dog wants their next snack, like a newbie wants their rank-up.

Meriting definitely doesn't mean that you condemn the post. The post should have been universally condemned, and any defense for this kind of behavior is the problem right now.