Dark Angel
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- 14 May 2003
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Do you think your identity is safe when discussing issues about Japan on the Internet? Well, if you post on Let's Japan, it isn't.
One of the moderators at Let's Japan took personal information about a user and tracked him down to Nova. Then he emailed the user threatening to tell Nova about the user's messages, just becasue he did not like the guy's posts!
http://www.letsjapan.org/htdocs/dcforum/DCForumID1/680.html
From the moderator:
Dear XXXXXXXXXX,
surprised? don't be. I know all about you now. this time the e-mail goes to you. if you ever come back to Let's Japan
I'm sending all this to nova along with copies of your worst posts. see, your contract says you aren't allowed to act as a spokesman for the company, so I especially don't think they would be happy with your process of
(1) propaganda and then (2)
freaking out like some sort of psychopath and then flaming everyone that doesn't swallow your bullshit. so, in addition if anyone from nova calls me or anything else, I will also assume that it is because of you.
go the hell away. get a life while you're at it too.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
That means they are free to use your personal information in any way they like. Your email, your IP address and the sites that you came from are all fair game. They can and will be used to track you down and report you and your posts to your employer.
Some of the Let's Japan users, including myself, protested this abuse of power. We agree that board owners should be allowed to ban whoever they like, but that to threaten to expose the user to their employer with posts the user made under the belief that the posts were anonymous was a breach of messageboard ethics.
this is not the first time that a user's identity has been abused on Let's Japan. Several months ago a user called "Slavemaster" was outed for voicing opinions that members of the board did not like.
Asking about the privacy policy caused two users, including myself, to be banished from Let's Japan, but not before Shawn admitted that there was NO privacy policy. Sadly, Thir would not answer the very simple question:
"Do you think it is ok for your moderator to threaten to expose an anonymous poster to his employer?"
Thir does not understand that privacy is a right, not a privelege. Do not post on Let's Japan, especially if you work at Nova or any other large language school. You can, and will, be tracked down and your anonymous posts may be reported to your employer.
Dark Angel
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One of the moderators at Let's Japan took personal information about a user and tracked him down to Nova. Then he emailed the user threatening to tell Nova about the user's messages, just becasue he did not like the guy's posts!
http://www.letsjapan.org/htdocs/dcforum/DCForumID1/680.html
From the moderator:
Dear XXXXXXXXXX,
surprised? don't be. I know all about you now. this time the e-mail goes to you. if you ever come back to Let's Japan
I'm sending all this to nova along with copies of your worst posts. see, your contract says you aren't allowed to act as a spokesman for the company, so I especially don't think they would be happy with your process of
(1) propaganda and then (2)
freaking out like some sort of psychopath and then flaming everyone that doesn't swallow your bullshit. so, in addition if anyone from nova calls me or anything else, I will also assume that it is because of you.
go the hell away. get a life while you're at it too.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
That means they are free to use your personal information in any way they like. Your email, your IP address and the sites that you came from are all fair game. They can and will be used to track you down and report you and your posts to your employer.
Some of the Let's Japan users, including myself, protested this abuse of power. We agree that board owners should be allowed to ban whoever they like, but that to threaten to expose the user to their employer with posts the user made under the belief that the posts were anonymous was a breach of messageboard ethics.
this is not the first time that a user's identity has been abused on Let's Japan. Several months ago a user called "Slavemaster" was outed for voicing opinions that members of the board did not like.
Asking about the privacy policy caused two users, including myself, to be banished from Let's Japan, but not before Shawn admitted that there was NO privacy policy. Sadly, Thir would not answer the very simple question:
"Do you think it is ok for your moderator to threaten to expose an anonymous poster to his employer?"
Thir does not understand that privacy is a right, not a privelege. Do not post on Let's Japan, especially if you work at Nova or any other large language school. You can, and will, be tracked down and your anonymous posts may be reported to your employer.
Dark Angel
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