Re: Children at Play in the Schoolyard

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:48:08 +0100, " Jill"
<news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Josiah Jenkins wrote:

Why, unless for advertising purposes, would anyone
want to put their full address in the public domain ?

To get to know people, especially in a genealogy forum.

On another newsgroup, scs, just under 20 people got
together without a single address being published either
on the newsgroup or a website . . .
http://www.ian-stewart.eu/z-stirling.html

I have made some great friends because people know
that they are welcome to visit here.

No doubt, but your contact details are not being posted
on a newsgroup but on a webpage which is included in
your .sig line and is, lets face it, a commercial venture.
Just to clarify, I don't have a problem with that.

Regulars on a newsgroup tend to pick up (roughly)
on where others live and any visit is easily arranged
via e-mail.

Had I posted my real address rather than the obvious
spoof one I created many years ago, it's then available
to all and sundry via a Google Groups search.

If, subsequently, I post . . . "Heading for Europe
next week in the motorhome, back in about 6 weeks,
see you all then." . . .

As I said, it's a personal thing but a practice which
is not generally recommended for security reasons.

And if I'm in the Oban area . . .

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Norovirus caused more than 1,000 Scottish ward closures
    ... public domain to a newsgroup called uk.business.agriculture. ... What a mind-blowing achievement of yours. ... commonsense, experience and integrity can do against a bunch of ...
    (uk.business.agriculture)
  • Anyone else talkin ?
    ... this regards your participation in the newsgroup: ... The comments are in the public domain but I'd prefer an independent confirmation of your experience and I'll have a few more questions. ... you indicated you are a relatively new owner of a Macintosh plus you are experienced with and currently use Windows. ...
    (comp.sys.mac.advocacy)
  • Re: HEADS UP for sound effects
    ... So your tone is lost on me. ... There is no way to differentiate between the two on that list anyway. ... public domain material is usually identified as such - it's how ... I found out about the newsgroup a few months ago when someone posted a ...
    (rec.video.desktop)
  • Re: SMTP Problems with SBS Exchange 2003
    ... > internet wizard on the SBS server? ... Please only repond here in the newsgroup ... >>> so your public domain is hvacnm.com??? ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Children at Play in the Schoolyard
    ... Josiah Jenkins wrote: ... want to put their full address in the public domain? ... especially in a genealogy forum. ... on the newsgroup or a website. ...
    (soc.genealogy.britain)