Quote from: Don Pedro Dinero on September 06, 2018, 10:22:19 AM

I especially ask those of you who have been here more than two years, although all comments are welcome.

On the forum, you interact with people every day but you only see a nickname.

Ive been on other forums before and you get one day when someone says that a certain member has died. That person knew him personally and that is why is saying it on the forum. And then, you think of some debates you shared with him, but all you can remember of him is a soul hidden under a nickname. You feel a bit sad, but not nearly as sad as if you had meet him in person.

Ive been thinking that Ill probably be on this forum for many years, getting increasingly involved, and then I think that all people Ill interact with are souls hidden under nicknames.

In any kind of forum it is good to not personally know many people for privacy reasons (unless they were your friends before), but especially on this one it is more important. If you have been here for many years, you are probably loaded, and thats why you have to be careful.

For me, the forum is motivating but has this a bit sad part.

One of the reasons why we could only see nicknames instead of a person's real profile and information is that modern technology's one of disadvantages is that it can be used for identity theft. And it worst case scenario, if a person near you knows your information, hacked you with the help of this (assuming) forum's open real life profile openness, could stalk you and even black-mail you. And that single thing could harm such life though not physically, but have a huge negative impact both emotionally and mentally.

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