"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 1/24/2013 7:48 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> "Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> There are very few people at rfc who have received my contact info
>>> from me, less than five. But a word to the wise, be very careful who
>>> you give your contact info to, it will be shared... and be extremely
>>> careful who you send private email to, it will get forwarded.. it will
>>> even get edited and then forwarded.
>>
>>
>> The sad thing is, I've seen people that were close friends in newsgroups
>> for years, and then whammo...it goes sour and all the things they shared
>> through the years in private email is thrown in their faces publicly.
>> That is totally classless, and the people that do it just look small
>> IMO, also a very good reason not to share more than generalities with
>> most people in newsgroups.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> I agree with that. I won't attempt to try to explain this mini-meltdown.
>
> I do *not* foward private emails. I certainly don't "edit" then foward
> emails. Such a thing would never occur to me. Most of the people I know
> wouldn't have a clue who Sheldon or anyone else from RFC is (much less
> *what* RFC is) so what would be the point?
>
> I don't edit posts, either. I snip them for length, absolutely. The only
> details of someone's private life that are up for grabs are those they've
> made public *themselves*. e.g. Julie's (sorry Julie!) food intolerances.
> Or in this case my bitching about practically every sandwich being served
> on Kaiser rolls. Heh.
>
> Jill


I was really thinking of a person years ago who was the chat moderator for a
medical newsgoup, then when they had a disagreement, she actually posted the
private chat logs in newsgroups. I thought that was awful, and it was a very
good lesson. I did lurk in this group for a couple of years before posting,
but just picking out things that interested me, so not reading all of the
posts by any means and really don't know the history of posters that well.

Cheri