What makes a TBN members input LESS credible to you?

[MasseyWV]

Your IP address can reveal all, from what I have been told. Not sure how you trace them, but I hear it can be done.

It can be done, but you would need a subpoena (court order) to get the ISP (Internet Service Provider) to release the name and address of the account holder, or having the IP address wouldn't do you much good.

 

[TripleR]

Agreed, it can be done, but not easily. We had a case recently where a man, former Police Officer, was under investigation for killing his wife. He posted a threat to his sister in law on "Topix" using a different name. Law Enforcement found his true identity and he is serving time in a federal prison and has since been charged with murder.

 

[WilliamBos]

It can be done, but you would need a subpoena (court order) to get the ISP (Internet Service Provider) to release the name and address of the account holder, or having the IP address wouldn't do you much good.

So we are protected, thank you!

 

[schweizer]

There are easy ways to hide your true IP address. i.e. use a VPN. Then when snoops try to see where you are, it looks like you're in another country. Hard for gov't even to tracel. That's how many people in repressive countries and even sometimes people in the US get to info on the internet that their respective gov't's don't want them to have.

OTOH, as someone who's been involved w/ computers my whole life, most of the info like address, true name, etc. doesn't bother me. All that is available quickly and easily on the internet equivalents of an old fashioned phone book. I want to hide me real personal e-mail address so I don't get spam. That's why for many internet sites, I'll register w/ a dummy e-mail address, or at least something different than the one I use for friends and family. You never know when a site will display or sell-out lists of e-mail addresses.

Marcus

 

[txdon]

What makes a TBN member input less credible?

When one resorts to name calling or degrading others on line, or if the majority of their post are political - less credible.

Tractor and rural living questions and solutions, projects, and pictures - more credible.:thumbsup:

 

[polo1665]

What makes a TBN member input less credible?

When one resorts to name calling or degrading others on line, or if the majority of their post are political - less credible.

Tractor and rural living questions and solutions, projects, and pictures - more credible.:thumbsup:

Amen!

 

[riptides]

For me, any member here who doesn't provide their real name or hides behind a false alias is usually dismissed straight out as a troll, fake or flake. More so if they hide behind a facade of where they live, ie: "anywhere and everywhere" or those who claim to have "any number of tractors", etc. Those here who put an honest name and their own face and location on TBN will have more credibility to me than a hundred trolls or fakes combined. Too bad TBN does NOT require something like Facebook registration to qualify for membership here.

You need to read up more on how the internet was built, how it is used, and how people interact with it. Then you can take the knowledge and apply it to your everyday life and realize how you present "yourself" to services, institutions and people in general.

 

[Dr_Zinj]

For me, any member here who doesn't provide their real name or hides behind a false alias is usually dismissed straight out as a troll, fake or flake. More so if they hide behind a facade of where they live, ie: "anywhere and everywhere" or those who claim to have "any number of tractors", etc. Those here who put an honest name and their own face and location on TBN will have more credibility to me than a hundred trolls or fakes combined. Too bad TBN does NOT require something like Facebook registration to qualify for membership here.

I use a pseudonym on TBN. My profile deliberately does not display my real name. Nor do I have my face displayed. That you regard people like me as being worthy of usual dismissal as a fake, flake, or troll is, in my professional opinion as a information systems manager, based on faulty assumptions and ignorance of information security principles as applied to personal privacy and protection.

There are a lot of nut cases out there who would love to cause others physical or mental pain. Everyone with a tractor has a high value, fairly easy to steal and moderately easy to fence asset. Knowing who you are, what you have, and where you are makes it easy to case you, figure out when you're not there, and the best times to rip you off. You don't have to make it easy for them to do so; which is exactly what your wide-open, full disclosure stance does.

Based on my postings, you can figure out what town and state I live in, what kind of tractor(s) I have, and where I purchased them. With more digging, you can probably find my real name by cross-checking various other internet sites. Which means I'm not likely to be hit by lazy criminals, and the serious ones will quickly realize the risk to benefit ratio won't pay off in my case.

For me, a TBN member has less credibility if he or she doesn't make any sense in a posting, assuming of course that the post wasn't in a sarcastic mode, or wasn't intended to be taken seriously. But you might not realize that until you've hung around here for a while and gotten a feel for people. Oh yeah, and links and photos to back up a statement go a lot farther to establishing creds than a supposedly real name and allegedly person photo.

 

[brin]

For me, a TBN member has less credibility if he or she doesn't make any sense in a posting, assuming of course that the post wasn't in a sarcastic mode, or wasn't intended to be taken seriously. But you might not realize that until you've hung around here for a while and gotten a feel for people. Oh yeah, and links and photos to back up a statement go a lot farther to establishing creds than a supposedly real name and allegedly person photo

DR. Zinj - I completely agree....like I said in a previous post, To be sure of a posters true identity that JDgreen seems to so highly value, that poster would have to post his birth certificate and a copy of his drivers license or passport...even then it could all be fake....JD....just makes no sense to me in his criteria for a credible poster...??? Content of post is what counts.. You are also right correct, there are bad people out there and some may be lurking here or anywhere on the internet and thanks to google earth and other free tools they can find you if you give too much information.

 

[alchemysa]

Using your real name can lead to very personal attacks. People can google your name, find out lots of stuff, and turn it against you. A simple thread can turn into a real dogfight. The attacks could simply be sarcastic or downright vicious. I've seen it happen on other forums.

I do agree though that its only fair that some worthwhile info is included in the profile. I don't have any time for people who can't be bothered to provide even the most basic profile.