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MineralMan

(151,728 posts)
10. It's all up to you, really.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 03:25 PM
15 hrs ago

I gave up all pretense of being anonymous on the Internet. It's rarely difficult to identify someone who is very active in posting about things. I've been doxxed on several right-wing sites, and have received a range of threats over the past 20 or so years. I have a method for dealing with those who threaten. I find out who they are, using my own skills, and an attorney friend notifies them by Certified Mail that they should stop threatening me. Works a treat.

Anyhow, if you want to remain completely anonymous, you can try. That's your choice. This thread came about because someone wrote that they had no idea that people had information about where the lived in their profiles. So, I explained how to add that information. And that led to whatever has happened in this thread.

It would take someone good at tracking down people about 10 minutes to find out who I am, where I live, what my phone number is, etc. I don't care. My attorney friend has not had to send out one of those Certified letters for over a year.

Anyhow, I'm not telling anyone what to do,. I was telling people how they can do something if they want to.

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maybe so you won't chastise them... ret5hd 20 hrs ago #1
Whatever you say, then... MineralMan 20 hrs ago #2
I remember when mm first started posting at du Lifeafter70 18 hrs ago #5
You were here in November of 2008? MineralMan 15 hrs ago #14
Yes Lifeafter70 14 hrs ago #17
Ah, I see. MineralMan 14 hrs ago #18
Like I said sometimes I agree with you and sometimes I don't Lifeafter70 14 hrs ago #19
if you would like to voir dire me... ret5hd 14 hrs ago #22
Why would I want to do that? MineralMan 13 hrs ago #23
For what it's worth, I remember the discussions you had with trumad . Not that matters one bit at all. madinmaryland 12 hrs ago #37
So do I. MineralMan 10 hrs ago #40
Lots of weird things can be gleaned from profiles. rzemanfl 13 hrs ago #28
Yeah. I look at profiles, too MineralMan 13 hrs ago #29
I've read yours. rzemanfl 12 hrs ago #36
True. MineralMan 10 hrs ago #41
I have always been a big fan of Mineral Man Bluestocking 12 hrs ago #33
You're kind to say so. MineralMan 10 hrs ago #42
THAT'S A BINGO! MM TRIED TO HIDE HIS POINT, HAHA! ColoringFool 14 hrs ago #20
Again, what are you talking about? MineralMan 13 hrs ago #30
Members of the US House and US Senate affect us all. They are fair game for people in other States and other nations. Celerity 12 hrs ago #35
It's become kinda humorous to me when someone posts the weather crud 20 hrs ago #3
Or the price of gas/groceries without location Retrograde 17 hrs ago #7
"...it's raining all over the world..." LudwigPastorius 15 hrs ago #11
My favorite is when someone posts news MineralMan 15 hrs ago #15
I live in one! MustLoveBeagles 13 hrs ago #24
So do the Simpsons Bluestocking 12 hrs ago #31
Nope! MustLoveBeagles 12 hrs ago #32
The name of the town I live in is the only one in the US Bluestocking 12 hrs ago #34
Seriously, WTF. Scrivener7 20 hrs ago #4
It was an option when I signed up in 2002, not an automatic feature. haele 15 hrs ago #12
Very meta Prairie Gates 18 hrs ago #6
I live on planet Earth. intheflow 17 hrs ago #8
My region and state are enough, because Andy Stephenson. ms liberty 15 hrs ago #9
It's all up to you, really. MineralMan 15 hrs ago #10
I didn't feel you were talking down to people MustLoveBeagles 13 hrs ago #25
Thanks. MineralMan 13 hrs ago #26
Hmmm, let's test that thesis (anonymity on the Internet). Disaffected 11 hrs ago #38
No, thank you. MineralMan 11 hrs ago #39
I see-e-e-e... Disaffected 10 hrs ago #43
Violates my ethics. MineralMan 9 hrs ago #44
Oh well, it made a good story. Disaffected 6 hrs ago #45
There is a cryptic clue in my sign line Brother Buzz 15 hrs ago #13
Too cool! MineralMan 15 hrs ago #16
Some People Get Confused, Even Baffled! The Horror. THE HORROR. ColoringFool 14 hrs ago #21
I'm sorry, but what are you talking about, MineralMan 13 hrs ago #27
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