Location Information

[LJH]

I blame Edward Snowden and plead the fifth.

Fred might not be my real name.

:laughing:

My permaculture forum has one of those maps you can stick a pin in to mark your location. Some of us place it accurately, some just 'mark their territory' as it were, and some choose not to participate at all, but it is fun to read an interesting post and be able to see where the poster lives. Might be neat to have one of those here.

 

[bigtiller]

I don't think people are hiding, at least I'm not.

If I told you what town/city I live in/near, I bet there wouldn't be very many readers that know where it is.

Central Iowa is close enough.

 

[Dr_Zinj]

Nation, City & State or Province are about as specific a location as it's 'safe' to provide in open forums with pseudonyms.
As someone mentioned, knowing an exact address of a tractor owner means you know there's a tractor there to steal.
I'd rather not have my tractor stolen, or have to call the local police to bring a body bag for any thieves I stop.

 

[DeereMann]

I blame Edward Snowden and plead the fifth.

Fred might not be my real name.

Fred,

hOOterville was just north of Bugtussle, wasn't it?

 

[turnkey4099]

I don't think people are hiding, at least I'm not.

If I told you what town/city I live in/near, I bet there wouldn't be very many readers that know where it is.

Central Iowa is close enough.

True that. I seen no need to know even the city location.

Harry K

 

[George2615]

I have no problem if people on line know my first name or the town I live in or what I do for a living. There must be at least 1500 people with my first name that live in my town. I see no need to give my last name or street address. The zip code for my area covers about 50 square miles.

 

[davrow]

I tend to put the nearest city I think a majority of the people I am interacting with will recognize.

If I put Jurupa in my location, would it do you any good? Saying San Diego let's a large number of people know "ah, sunny Southern California". Or even "somewhere close to Los Angeles". Even if they don't really know where it is.

 

[tcreeley]

Some like their privacy, what little is left. Some don't care. I like to see a state or region named. I used to name Central Me.
Googling pulls up posts from 10 years ago on different sites. If you want to stay out of it- frequently change usernames and the rest of it. Google always knows, and reminds us with those ads about tractors in our email!
re Snowden- He just told us it was happening, it was the NSA who was doing it along with google and the online business community.