Posted by Meri-Tuuli on April 19, 2007, at 13:28:07
In reply to Re: now wait a minute!, posted by gardenergirl on April 19, 2007, at 9:40:59
If you have a public website that is findable with simple search terms in google, and then low and behold, people actually find this website, who is to blame? Why have a public website if anonymity matters so much?
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Why post information that will lead people to those (very) public websites?
Just the very act of having a public website with IRL info on it, you are accepting the fact that certain groups of people on the net who you'd prefer not to see your pages, will maybe see your pages if they so want.
Just because you don't spell out a URL on babble, doesn't mean you're not broadcasting yourself to other people who know how to pick up the signals. And as the information is in the public domain anyway, you really can not chose who will pick up those signals and interpret them. As there is no element of 'confidentiality' to it anyone can see it, if they know how. And they are not breaking any rules (babble or otherwise) by looking at it.
Of course, with regard to babble, this information should not be posted without the consent of the website owner, that goes without saying. But really, outside of babble, the public website owner has no control over who/or what people will do with the information. Thats just something that has to be accepted if you have information on a public website that is findable with simple search terms in google, I'm afraid.
Just my thoughts on this matter.
Kind regards
Meri
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