Have you ever noticed....

[alley]

^ I've got Andy to protect me from him now alley - he speaks French as well (not quite like the French they speak down in the Bayou but enough to fend him off)

I guess I am no longer needed---*sigh* another American job outsourced.

 

[Fishstix]

Okay, who are you trying to stalk?

 

[Apollo]

If they want to keep their private lives private, let them. You no right or need for that information, and they have no right or need to share it.

 

[Croynan]

deleted/eM.

 

[dpnice]

I can only add a personal opinion to this as I can understand some members refusing to reveal details of themselves.

But I would appreciate knowing whether I am communicating with an 18yr old school boy or a 58yr old. It also helps if I know whether they are European or American.

Obviously my appreciation of those who post pictures of themselves knows no limit.

 

[trawler69]

I put enough info in my profile so people know who is commenting / posting. If anyone wants to make the effort to get to know me better then I will be happy to share with them but I expect the same courtesy in return. There are several Jubbers who know a hell of lot about me and about whom I know quite a bit. It is a mutual trust thing. There are a lot of head cases out there that one might choose not to share intimate details with for whatever reason.

I have even come unstuck on here by being honest and misunderstood. Fortunately I don't believe the person involved was malicious but I am now far more cautious about who I talk to and about what. I don't wish to go through that again, it cost me £37.50

 

[belamy]

belamy, if you'd like, I'll continue to refer to you as "hell's bells".

You can call me belly or any names your indignation ever pleases

 

[teadrinker]

I've got no idea what's in my profile - I don't think I've looked at it for ages. But I reckon people on these here forums know as much about me as they probably want to.

-T.

 

[G-Lexington]

I like interacting with people. And if I like the personality, it doesn't bother me if I only have a screen name and/or an avatar to link it to. I'm not insistent that they share more than that.

...and Goonies never say die!

Lex

 

[Alpha1851]

Some people just like their privacy. People are expected to divulge so much of their personal info in real life. Is it really nec. to spill your guts on the internet? Why does it matter?

Personally, I put enough info in my profile to stop the sex/cam 2 cam offers. Otherwise, it would've remained blank.

 

[swerve]

NINERS -- I'm GLAD that YOU shared that INFO...

OTHERWISE -- I would have NEVER had the PLEASURE of meeting you -- and becoming BEST FRIENDS!!!

 

[jonjon35]

I am not here to look for a mate or a date. I feel that you can find out what a person is really about by their posts. It is very easy to put false info and fake pics in your profile. Some of us just enjoy the various information available to us on JUB without the tell all that you are asking for.

 

[StlKj]

I love you, Nine, you know I do, but I think it's bad form to call people "pussies" and "cowardly" for not wanting to share more information about themselves. At various times I've had more or less information in my profile than I do now, and that's certainly my right.

While these forums feel essentially separate from much of the rest of JUB, this is, as stated, "The World's Largest Gay Porn Portal." Many people might be nervous about putting too much personal information on such a site, while still wanting to participate. There are thousands of people out there who never post while lurking and reading. It's entirely possible that with the information we sometimes naively share in posts, when coupled with personal information from the profile, someone might be able to identify a poster and cause trouble for him or her out there.

Whatever a poster chooses not to share about himself or herself should be fine, and if it is not, then one can always ask privately.

 

[darren]

darren, you know I agree with that. In a way.

Some of that is trivial and even varies from time to time.

But come on?

What's wrong with at least telling me, even in a vague way, where you live?

Why keep every detail about your life secret.

And if you do that, then don't start judging the rest of us on JUB for not being up to your moral, ethical, political standards....

NineofClubs, i've never judged anyone on this board who are not up to my moral, ethical or politcial standards. I'm not that shallow, so don't imply that i will.

And as for where i live, if you really want to know, im from the UK.

Am i still a pussy?

Do you want my bank details next?

 

[belamy]

(...)

Stop worrying about the superficial crap.

Stop worrying about the superficial crapS

 

[Fucker29]

Regardless of how much people talk about age, location, physical attributes or anything of the sort they cannot hide who they are as people. Eventually the truth of their personality comes out in their posts. Even if they are trying to pretend they are something they are not.

It should not matter to you or anyone else what these people look like, how old they are or where they live if they are just complete asses. The interesting thing about being in an online community is that no matter what you describe yourself as in your profile, the truth of who you are as a person will come out in what you say about certain topics and how you interact with people here.

Stop worrying about the superficial crap.

Can you please shut up?

You'll end up turning me straight if you keep talking like this.

 

[darren]

Well if you're in the UK then your Social Security details along with your banking details are probably publicly available already

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2007/nov/20/economy.personalfinancenews

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7103566.stm

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...onal-details-of-25-million-people-758867.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...llion-lost-by-Whitehall-in-just-one-year.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4692879.ece

http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/1074/Millions-more-personal-details-lost

http://www.cio.co.uk/concern/security/news/index.cfm?articleid=2930

I'm in the UK now have my bank details...whatever!

Oh Noelie, you make me laugh!

Sorry about my post before, i re-read it and realised how much of a bitch i'd come across. Bad mood!

 

[ixthrock]

Kind of.

If they can say I deserve to be sent to N. Korea, or my relationship isn't "real", or I live in a "shit" city, but they keep all the details of their precious life from me, then their "opinion" shouldn't amount to much, should it?

my name and my "front door" can be found on the jub solstice card list - ask RL. I need to update my weight -(omg that should be fun) but my age is the same, and, hey

<that's me.

why should that stuff matter when so many of my opinions go so un-remarked-upon? The 'net, as witnessed here, is so fleeting and transient and anonymous - I don't expect much more of it than that.

If I want to disregard someone's opinion, I do so based on other factors than their age and location - based, basically, on the opinion itself.

 

[NineOfClubs]

He and I exchanged pm's and (vanman was right) I think this is sort of what he meant to post...

If you're a big obnoxious bitchy queen who can't keep your rude ill-informed opinions to yourself about the info that's in my profile, i.e. height, weight, age, my picture, where I live then you damn well better have the balls to put those things in YOUR profile or you can pretty much just shut the fuck up about mine. To quote a famous fictional book, "judge not lest ye be judged" <or some such shit-assed quote.

^^Based on what we've talked about I'm just guessing.

So he wasn't really talking about everybody.

Let's all stop jumping up and down on the poor guy.

Thanks, FlipPy! That's a big part of what I was saying.

And, if you rarely post, and never get into it with others; yeah, why should you put it all out there?

But I also have to agree with what one or two others posters offered...

It would be helpful to have one, two, three basic bits of info in a profile. For instance, I might have far more patience and understanding for seemingly "clueless" JUB-bers, if I could tell from a profile that English might not be his first language. Or if he seemed naive beyond belief, maybe an indication that he was very young, or just recently out, would be helpful.

I understand keeping lots of info private. Heck, I've removed my own age after two frequent posters publicly took me to task for being "old", one even publicly calling me an "old fart". Later, I made that info public again, realizing it was only a small few who would discriminate against me based just on that. And sure, does anyone really need to know your cock size, weight, favorite sexual position, or eye color, etc. before engaging you on JUB? Of course not.

Anyway, this has been a thought provoking tread, to say the least, and I've learned a thing or two myself. For one, if a guy has provided zero information, and I'd like a little more, I can always ask! Funny, I didn't even think of it.....

 

[Willie Boy]

....that a great many of the guys on JUB, many of whom have a HUGE presence on some forums, give little or no information about themselves in their profiles.

Really.

Why do we even converse with those who can't or won't tell us not only how old they are (which I might understand), but even where they live? Hell, maybe they're afraid someone will track them down in their city, but so many pussies won't even tell us what country they're from! Forget knowing height, weight, age, personal stuff, etc.....

Aren't these guys total JUB closet cases?

Have you ever thought they MIGHT be trying to play hard to get, to make potential partners pursue them by asking questions. It seems many people on here are just too afraid to make direct personal contact by sending a little PM.

Some of us don't like sharing personal information on a mass scale like that with a bunch of strangers. We'd rather share it on a more personal basis, one on one. Too bad others find that unacceptable.