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Forum civility...

Well, I think there are a lot of angrier people in general and forums like this one don't help.

Take this forum. In real life when you meet someone you are at odds with you walk away and try never to see them again. Ie; you choose your friends. On a forum like this one you are having discussions with people you do not know - you have no idea what they are capable of doing as a result. You may be talking to a serial killer for all you know. Sure we can say we'll not read a post from folks we would not be caught dead spending 1 minute with in real life but a forum post is sorta like having to look at roadkill. You don't want to look but you do.

I have had several death threats over the years on forums over something as mundane as "audio equipment" - lol - so what could happen with more hot button topics like politics?

People feel protected because they choose a fake screen name on a forum but on this forum where people have money - it's really not hard to have your home address found.

Like I say - we don't know the people on audio forums and what can trigger them. RGA is a teacher in Hong Kong who writes some stereo reviews - that is about the extent of what people know about me. TWB has a bad heart and swims in Northern California - Inmate lives in Dallas, Texas married and has a Nissan Altima that is 20+ years old - he used to sell stereo equipment - E-Stat has three cars - a Porsche an S2000, and Honda Pilot (sold his Ridgeline - Kentucky - wife works at a University - shown pictures of his wife and himself.

People give too much information about themselves such that hiding behind fake screen names won't really shield them from being found. A Private Detective with this information could probably find their home address in a 1/2 hour.

Like I say - people take for granted that they're talking to people just like them - like a new friend they might make at the grocery store. In real life, you choose your friends - but on the forum, you never really know the people you are talking to or what they're capable of doing.

Like if I got cancer - maybe I use my bank account to take out some forumers I don't like - you know people can snap.





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