Is roll call a good idea?

[valkyrie]

Originally Posted by centaur532

Roll call is fine. It's the psychopaths who aren't.

The problem arises when the psychopaths take the information from roll call and use it for their evil purposes. On a public message board like GC, nobody can stop this from happening.

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

The problem arises when the psychopaths take the information from roll call and use it for their evil purposes. On a public message board like GC, nobody can stop this from happening.

I'm really glad she didn't take anything further with me. Three distinct pieces of information are all that's needed to track me down.
Don't worry Chris; I'm sure Tippiechick will forgive you eventually. ( Or get you thrown out of ZTA.).

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by centaur532

I'm sure Tippiechick will forgive you eventually. ( Or get you thrown out of ZTA.).

At least it would be her own sister - and therefore HER BUSINESS - instead of random old self-admitted impotent geezers on a message board.

[PiKA2001]

People can probably get as much info about you on your myspace links on this site as they can your roll calls.

[AChiOhSnap]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

At least it would be her own sister - and therefore HER BUSINESS - instead of random old self-admitted impotent geezers on a message board.

Tommy's been pretty silent on this whole matter, I wonder what he has to say about his BFF's psychopathological behavior this time...

Probably nothing remotely coherent, anyway.

Originally Posted by AChiOhSnap

Tommy's been pretty silent on this whole matter, I wonder what he has to say about his BFF's psychopathological behavior this time...

That's probably why he's been silent. He knows if he comes to her aid he'll get thrown to the mob for the bullshit he pulled with the FORMER international president. I have a feeling he's hoping that we'll all forget that he pretty much did the same thing to me as well, only on a more subtle level. But we won't forget...nuh uh.

I'm actually quite surprised that MY contact/personal info wasn't put out there for everyone to see, you know, since my membership was so important that it had to spread it via PM last summer.

OTW
-who's still waiting for admission of guilt and an apology from both parties

[BetteDavisEyes]

Originally Posted by OTW

OTW
-who's still waiting for admission of guilt and an apology from both parties

I think you're going to be waiting for a loooong time for this. People like this never admit they are wrong. They twist the truth so far beyond the scope of reason, only their warped minds can understand their logic. The rest of us simply shake our heads and hope they get help.

[UGAalum94]

I don't think I was asking for roll calls to be banned or anything; I was questioning if they might be a bad idea because of how easy it makes folks to find out more about you. (not that they can't do it other ways by combing each of your posts, searching other sites, putting parts of pms together with other public information, etc. Roll call just might make this easier.)

And I thought that groups might make an effort at warning people that there had been problems with people crossing the lines in regard to other people's privacy.

I get the impression that this has happened more than once or twice, but maybe I'm wrong.

If membership verification serves a valuable service, maybe it would seem better to go to a confirmed list by user name. You verify with the moderator, and he or she can maintain a list of verified users just by "screen name" in the forum.


I realize that this doesn't help in cases of moderators who don't respect privacy, but it would be a way that verifying membership could be emphasized to new members, but they would feel comfortable to be more guarded with other information.