A Word of Caution

I would just like to extend a word of caution here. Please be very careful about the information you provide about yourself here. There are several ways to post comments. You can post comments by selecting Anonymous. You can select Name/URL and type in a name you would like to use each time you post. Or you can create an account with Google and when you post your Google/Blogger ID name will show every time automatically. This is free and no personal information needs to be provided. This is information that the majority of you already know.

I do not believe providing information about the area of the country where you live, your occupation or how many children you have is a problem. There are several reasons people posting here have had problems. One blogger who had created a “blogger name” on another site where she had been posting for a while used the same “blogger name” here. A person who had been blocked from stalking and harassing her on that site came across her “blogger name” on this site and attempted to do the same thing here. She has since changed her identity and this person has stopped.

We had another situation last week where someone gave out information on another site they enjoyed and had been a member of for sometime. She gave out her “ blogger name” for that site and invited people to join in on their conversation. Also her Google/Blogger ID name she was using here linked back to a personal blog which of course included some personal information. Needless to say, someone who didn’t like her opinions went on the other site and wreaked havoc posting under her identity. She even went on My Space and attempted to do the same thing. The person who was doing this had an ax to grind with me also and she had been bombarding me with abusive comments that I did not post. However I was able to determine her IP address and this information was shared with the other site. It was determined she was the same person and she was blocked from that site.

The above bloggers mentioned were not at fault. They were just two trusting women expressing their opinions. Both of them were able to experience a very small dose of what the Gosselins are on the receiving end right now.

Obviously my name is not Nina Bell (I have mentioned this before and I am sure someone has tried to google my now deceased grandmother after I posted that information to try to find out my identity) and I try not to give out any personal information. I do get e-mails and some I feel are from people trying to bait me so I answer very cautiously at first. The advertising that you have seen on this site is not paid advertising. I was just trying to help friends and family out that own small businesses. However some links have been taken down due to some minor harassment. Proud Papa Gifts decided to stay on even though they have received phone calls and e-mails trying to find out who I am.

I will do my best to try and protect people posting here. I feel it is necessary to moderate all comments because of what I have discussed today. There will be times that comments might take several hours before they appear because of this.

Please don't take this as an anti-GWoP message. These people come out of the woodwork and frequent all sites.