Stay Anyonymous in Divorce Forums
Dear Broken Hearted Girl,
I have received hysterical emails every now and again from men & women who feel as if they have been personally attacked in a divorce or break up forum. These emails would be fine, except they are from individuals who are not members of the forum! Scary, huh?
I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want my ex reading my posts.
As a rule, forums are supposed to remain anonymous, and while a moderator can do a lot of creative editing in order to ensure that her members remain anonymous, there are a lot of steps that a member can take to ensure their own privacy.
(1) NEVER refer to your ex by name. If you have to, make up a fake name or a code name.
(2) NEVER sign up with your real name. This way, if someone "Googles" you, for personal or professional reasons, your forum posts will not show up in the search.
(3) Do not use your main email address to log in to the forum. Create a fake email address and use this to sign up or register for forums. This way, if a person "Googles" your main email address, then there is no way that your main email address can be connected with the forum.
(4) Do not post a message about your situation, then wait until you receive a bunch of replies from people that "take your side" and turn around and send the responses to your ex as a big "I-told-you-so!" This gives your ex access to ALL of your posts on any subject.
(5) Use the same rules that you would apply to online chatting or dating to the forum. Be wary of giving someone your 'real' email address and be wary of meeting someone in real life.
As a forum administrator http://mjac.forumco.com, I have seen some women and men make these mistakes. So please use these tips to protect your privacy when you join divorce forums.
Feel better!
MJ
I have received hysterical emails every now and again from men & women who feel as if they have been personally attacked in a divorce or break up forum. These emails would be fine, except they are from individuals who are not members of the forum! Scary, huh?
I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want my ex reading my posts.
As a rule, forums are supposed to remain anonymous, and while a moderator can do a lot of creative editing in order to ensure that her members remain anonymous, there are a lot of steps that a member can take to ensure their own privacy.
(1) NEVER refer to your ex by name. If you have to, make up a fake name or a code name.
(2) NEVER sign up with your real name. This way, if someone "Googles" you, for personal or professional reasons, your forum posts will not show up in the search.
(3) Do not use your main email address to log in to the forum. Create a fake email address and use this to sign up or register for forums. This way, if a person "Googles" your main email address, then there is no way that your main email address can be connected with the forum.
(4) Do not post a message about your situation, then wait until you receive a bunch of replies from people that "take your side" and turn around and send the responses to your ex as a big "I-told-you-so!" This gives your ex access to ALL of your posts on any subject.
(5) Use the same rules that you would apply to online chatting or dating to the forum. Be wary of giving someone your 'real' email address and be wary of meeting someone in real life.
As a forum administrator http://mjac.forumco.com, I have seen some women and men make these mistakes. So please use these tips to protect your privacy when you join divorce forums.
Feel better!
MJ
posted by MJ @ 6:38 AM
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