Including 'Location' in bio:

Id also point out I only personally attack someone who has personally attacked me, as in this thread.

Or others. Which is what happened in the first thread where we "Butted heads" I called you out becuase you stereotyped people, including posters in that thread.

If I personally attacked everyone I disagreed with there would be a lot more then you and Squeezeone claiming I am quick to use personal attacks.

I think your version of my posting habits is skewed by your inability to be impartial about them.

I totally glaze over when people talk about online stalkers. Not that there's not a real threat but it is greatly exaggerated. People should be more concerned about their own family, friends and neighbors. Those are where the real threats are statistically.

Thats one of the things I am so thankful for, I can just tell people that I am on SL time. I would go nuts in another time zone lol

Indeed... which is proving my point that giving out certain information is foolish, if not potentially dangerous. It's not your right to know where I am and where I am from. It's not anyone's right to see my home, my address and how much I've paid for it... it's not a right anyone has to know a damn thing about me... unless I so choose to make it so.

I think its far less a hot topic than it was a few years ago. Both of our families thought we were crazy when my husband and I met. Like I said, it was a huge deal and scandal (more for his family cuz he married that 'white girl' lol it still cracks me up remembering that) but I think now a days its not even impressive if people ask where you met and you say online. I used to get such looks o.O Now there is a wide variety of E datenhookemup places where I figure the stalkers would rather hang out than in SL. You get more info there by far...

Google Earth is crap...still has an old old picture of my house when the pool looked like a swamp.

My state is on my profile here, but I don't think I mention it on my SL profile...not sure. It's no secret that I live in Pennsylvania.....but it's a big state. And no, I don't use voice. And no, I don't have anything to hide, as people have implied on other posts that if you don't use voice you must have "something to hide". (actually, my voice probably fits my pretty blonde avatar a lot more than it fits my RL self!) Like I said in another post, most of the time I just forget it's there. I'm not hiding anything...I just mostly play on SL with my RL husband anyway...and he's only sitting one room away from me if I want to talk to him in "voice"...lol.

You are dead right on the personal info thing, we are all open books here.I'm not concerned with verifying in the sense of LL knowing who I am, they already do. I don't think the fact that I am in Second life is anyone's business, and I don't have faith that the information will be kept confidential. I agree with you on voice as well. I really don't want to talk anymore when I get home, plus I'd just feel really stupid talking to my computer all night long.

Mine is a semi-qwuip, just to add a bit of humor. I've from Pennsylvania, USA (On the North East portion of the USA for those not knowing where PA is ^.~)

Any more detailed loction, I'll not post over the internet, esspecially not on such a public media. If I need to explain the reasons why, go back to kindergarden and ask your old Teacher

Actually, while I'm not so concerned about "Stalkers" and the like (I am an ex-Law Enforcement officer), I just don't feel the information is needed by all. I guess my return question would be "Why ya wanna know?" ^.~

~Jessy

However when it comes to getting killed, once is all it takes.

My Family, friends or neighbors don't know I play SL either........

Yeah, it's true. Tax assessments are public knowledge. As long as you know the website addy for the county tax assessor, you can get all of that info.




Personally... I can see your point of view. And I agree... partly. But also understand, that it is split between the sexes. You are a guy... girls seem to have it a bit tougher when it comes to people stalking

Maybe twice, 3 times tops.

www.zillow.com Search for your house

That I know, but that's a tad different than the County providing a photo of my house on the internet.

Not really a valid argument. The same could be said for those that eat uncooked cookie dough.

I have no problem with those that don't want to disclose information, but I think it's unfortunate how scared we've all become. Statistically we are living in the safest time in history. Murder rates are at an all time low compared to other era's. The only reason it seems more scary is because of the media. A hundred years ago if a murder or kidnapping occured 3,000 miles away you wouldn't have heard about it. Now you not only will hear about it, but if it's sensational enough you'll hear about it over and over and over again. It will even be given its own theme music on the nightly news.

I'm not saying to give out anything and everything but no one should have a fear of giving out their country, their state, even their city in most cases (unless it's a small town perhaps). There are many reasons why a person may choose not to give out this information, but I don't think fear should be one of them.

Sounds like a handful of companies looking for conformists with sheep mentality if you asked me.

I know! You didn't!

Lets take it from the other side

Why do people need to know where you are located at?

I understand the regional things Austrailia or Euro vs US, etc.

But other than that what difference does it make whether someone lives in the "Midwest" or "Lansing, MI"

Why is the detail important?



I have stated a few times on here that I live in Ohio. I dont see any reason it has to be on my in world profile or on my Forums one.

No, seriously. Find your county, the tax assessments page will have your full name, address, square footage, (replacement cost info, such as frame, masonry, number of baths, heat type, etc) along with how much you purchased yoru home for and the rest. They make everything that goes INTO the tax assessment available.

Im not saying I agree with it. Im just saying that in the work I do, Ive used it before.

As I said, I know that info is available in the public records. That's different than providing a picture database of my house, though. My County, at least, does not provide photographic information.

It's not important per say Colette...but like it's been said several times, knowing a region can help get a better understanding of viewpoint, and also provides a foundation for localisms.

To the average eye, it may mean nothing...but to someone well versed or traveled...it helps.

How do you rebutt the answers that come from an informal poll intended for nothing more than research? Doesn't that consist of just tallying answers, and not parsing them for validity?

Not true. Think of it this way...you want to hire either Joe or Jeniffer. You are a pretty resourceful individual, savvy in the ways of the world...so you check if they have a Myspace account.

Jeniffer's account is funny, witty, and insightful. Joe's has a dozen pictures of him chugging beer and flipping the bird. You can see where this comes in handy--don't blame technology...blame the person that is oblivious to it's potential.

It's his style.

Does that mean a person with a MySpace account would be in a better position to be hired?