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<blockquote data-quote="ianf0ster" data-source="post: 2140662" data-attributes="member: 506169"><p>Wow, so much discussion about privacy. It is the openness that makes the information in this Forum credible!</p><p></p><p>The only reason I don't use my exact real name is because the userid must be unique. </p><p>So instead I use the exact same username in all forums I use on the internet. </p><p>Personally I am suspicious of any information posted by somebody who isn't transparent - I have been scammed out of many thousands of pounds in the past.</p><p></p><p>Apart from being a member here I am on several financial trading websites and run a support group for students of a particular financial trading instructor. My biggest fear is not of people recognising me, but of people mistaking me for somebody (less scrupulous) who happens to be using the same userid on some other forum - as was the case with one guy on an Indonesian Trading Forum.</p><p></p><p>When I recently filled in a survey on use of Online Support Forums for Diabetes from (supposedly) a Phd student at Sheffield University I was aware that this might have been a 'phishing operation'. I took the risk because I think it is something worth doing. </p><p></p><p>Anybody who wants to find me can do so if they try. I don't care if I am verbally attacked, as I am almost every week in the Financial Trading forums, I don't think I ever make somebody angry enough to want to physically attack me (though there are some people out there who might whether they have any provocation or not). Indeed I find it frustrating that I can't really speak my mind in this Forum as I can in the Financial Trading ones, due to the rules to protect the more 'vulnerable of the members'.</p><p></p><p>I have both a Facebook and Twitter account to which I do not currently post. After seeing a thread asking for people to help spread the word about Low Carb and Diabetes I was considering if I should do more on social media but I don't feel ready for that yet.</p><p></p><p>Sorry, rant over.</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ianf0ster, post: 2140662, member: 506169"] Wow, so much discussion about privacy. It is the openness that makes the information in this Forum credible! The only reason I don't use my exact real name is because the userid must be unique. So instead I use the exact same username in all forums I use on the internet. Personally I am suspicious of any information posted by somebody who isn't transparent - I have been scammed out of many thousands of pounds in the past. Apart from being a member here I am on several financial trading websites and run a support group for students of a particular financial trading instructor. My biggest fear is not of people recognising me, but of people mistaking me for somebody (less scrupulous) who happens to be using the same userid on some other forum - as was the case with one guy on an Indonesian Trading Forum. When I recently filled in a survey on use of Online Support Forums for Diabetes from (supposedly) a Phd student at Sheffield University I was aware that this might have been a 'phishing operation'. I took the risk because I think it is something worth doing. Anybody who wants to find me can do so if they try. I don't care if I am verbally attacked, as I am almost every week in the Financial Trading forums, I don't think I ever make somebody angry enough to want to physically attack me (though there are some people out there who might whether they have any provocation or not). Indeed I find it frustrating that I can't really speak my mind in this Forum as I can in the Financial Trading ones, due to the rules to protect the more 'vulnerable of the members'. I have both a Facebook and Twitter account to which I do not currently post. After seeing a thread asking for people to help spread the word about Low Carb and Diabetes I was considering if I should do more on social media but I don't feel ready for that yet. Sorry, rant over. Ian [/QUOTE]
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