Poll
Question:
How do you feel about people you know following you around on the internet?
Option 1: It's sick
votes: 2
Option 2: It's disturbing
votes: 4
Option 3: It's stupid
votes: 3
Option 4: Doesn't bother me
votes: 3
This is a disclaimer to all innocent bystanders here on the forum. Forgive me for posting this as it's not directed towards the honest movie fans here on the forum.
Did you ever have a person(s) stalk you on the internet? It could be someone you personally know? Someone who you work with? Somehow these people find you on the internet and in a disturbing way keep it secret for some reason over a number of years. They become obsessed with your life instead of paying attention to their own life. They may even convince others to jon them in their folly. Instead of coming out and confessing early on that they were playing a little joke they go on and on watching you over a number of years. They run around trying to convince everyone your crazy when in fact it's their behavior that is the serious question.
People going around under false names for dubious reasons. Internet life is public life and it hides nothing. When your on the internet you are not hiding anything, but it's the stalker who chooses not to reveal themselves who becomes the highly questionable individual(s). Instead the individual(s) thinks playing cowardly word games will get them them somewhere. However that works and for what ever reason?
:bouncegiggle:
It's personally ok by me if you want to follow me around on the internet. The internet is no different than any community, so treat it like one. You don't go following people around in your neighborhood wearing a mask, so don't show the same traits here. It would be much better if you found something better to do with your time. Better yet come forward and confess. No harm done if you confess your stalking to me now and drop it. If you do I'm very very sure we can both get a big laugh out of it. I'll give you a couple days to think about it.
:bouncegiggle:
My apologies to everyone on the forum who isn't involved, but feel free to comment.
Man some people are that bored, sad and pathetic ... if someone followed me around on the net I don't think I'd care, likely I'd toy with them. Now if they followed me around town I'd confront them.
My personality isn't tat different on the net and in real life, but if someone really wants to follow me around from forum to forum and check me out that consistently, I hope they are young, female, and attractive. :cheers:
It doesn't bother me either. Actually it would be great if they confessed not only that they are following me on the internet, but that they also share a love for film.
Someone brought it to my attention via e-mail and I found it to be another word game that they have been doing over the years. I find it rather cowardly for them to do this for so long. It's ok and I can live with it, but when someone else notices it and they may create problems on the forum then they went to far. In fact the type of word games they have been playing are not very funny and rather cowardly for doing it for so long, but I'm giving them the chance now to confess with no hard feelings on my part. I'm easy.
Fitch me the soft cushions!
Confess! Confess! Confess!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSe38dzJYkY
"They never expected the Spanish Inquisition" when they started their sick and deadly internet game ! ! ! :bouncegiggle:
Confess.....Confess..........Fetch the cusions ! ! !
Karma for CheezeFlixz.
I agree with Indiana, as long as they're young, female and attractive that'd be fine. Kind of flattering in a slightly deranged sort of way, which is personally my favorite way.
Quote from: indianasmith on June 13, 2008, 09:17:54 PM
My personality isn't tat different on the net and in real life, but if someone really wants to follow me around from forum to forum and check me out that consistently, I hope they are young, female, and attractive. :cheers:
Damn, you caught me!!
Just kidding :smile:
Yeah, people can be a bit wierd. I had a myspace stalker once. I never found out who he was but it got to be a little creepy. At one point in my life i was taking computer classes at the local tech center when i got a friend request from some guy (no photo of course). At first he would send me short emails saying hello and how is your day going and such like he didn't know me. This quickly progressed to 'It was great passing you in the hall today' or 'why do you always sit by yourself at lunch' and then onto 'you looked great in those heels you wore today'. Anyways, i would delete and block him and then about a week later he would set up a new profile and try to contact me again. It got to where it really started to freak me out and I was getting paranoid. Finally I guess he dropped out of existence because after a few months the messages ceased when I finished up my classes.
I find it sick, disturbing, and stupid, but personally I would prefer that to people I meet online stalking me in real life, I'm looking at you Menard! :bouncegiggle:
p.s. I do not mean to defame Menard, he's just the first name I thought of it could have easily been Trekgeezer, Killerbees, Ash, or even that delightful scamp Patient7, in fact, I think he is following me around :buggedout:.
I don't think it would bother me if it was just on the internet, if I was also being stalked in my real personal life and I found out about it I would have to do something about it.
Well.....I don't know. It's been over 2 days and no confessions. I gave them an "easy out" of this situation. They have decided to continue being cowards.
I think one look at my scary picture on here would convince anyone not to stalk me at all: they'd just go :buggedout: :buggedout: and they'd be gone. :teddyr:
Quote from: Conan on June 16, 2008, 05:18:30 AM
Well.....I don't know. It's been over 2 days and no confessions. I gave them an "easy out" of this situation. They have decided to continue being cowards.
I've been a little harsh. Please forgive me for calling anybody a "coward".
Quote from: Conan on June 16, 2008, 05:18:30 AM
Well.....I don't know. It's been over 2 days and no confessions.
That's it, GET THE
COMFY CHAIR!
CONFESS! CONFESS! CONFESS!(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/erinalexa00/Movies%20and%20TV/Monty%20Python/spanish_inq.jpg)
Yes, GET THE CONFY CHAIR ! ! !. :smile:
Quote from: Conan on June 23, 2008, 11:35:57 PM
Quote from: Conan on June 16, 2008, 05:18:30 AM
Well.....I don't know. It's been over 2 days and no confessions. I gave them an "easy out" of this situation. They have decided to continue being cowards.
I've been a little harsh. Please forgive me for calling anybody a "coward".
:bouncegiggle: You are too nice,
Scott. :thumbup:
Exactly why do you believe you are being stalked on the internet?
So how exactly do you know when you are being stalked online? I knew because i was being sent creepy emails, is there a more sinister way? great, now my paranoia is going into over-drive...
Quote from: Allhallowsday on June 24, 2008, 05:22:07 PM
Quote from: Conan on June 23, 2008, 11:35:57 PM
Quote from: Conan on June 16, 2008, 05:18:30 AM
Well.....I don't know. It's been over 2 days and no confessions. I gave them an "easy out" of this situation. They have decided to continue being cowards.
I've been a little harsh. Please forgive me for calling anybody a "coward".
:bouncegiggle: You are too nice, Scott. :thumbup:
Exactly why do you believe you are being stalked on the internet?
Listen Allhallowsday, this is James Bond type stuff, things you couldn't understand, things you shouldn't understand.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2Uaw2CdjU3c
Excuse me ... SINCE WHEN was Bond ... James Bond better than the Spanish Inquisition? Hmmm?
When was the last time Bond ... James Bond, ever assaulted a villain with a soft cushion or a comfy chair? I'll tell you when, NEVER ... tools of torture too extreme, too cruel, too terrifying for some run of the mill martini sipping super spy.
Quote from: Conan on June 24, 2008, 09:27:22 PM
Listen Allhallowsday, this is James Bond type stuff, things you couldn't understand, things you shouldn't understand.
:bouncegiggle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFZtMWs31oo
Quote from: CheezeFlixz on June 24, 2008, 09:47:41 PM
Excuse me ... SINCE WHEN was Bond ... James Bond better than the Spanish Inquisition? Hmmm?
When was the last time Bond ... James Bond, ever assaulted a villain with a soft cushion or a comfy chair? I'll tell you when, NEVER ... tools of torture too extreme, too cruel, too terrifying for some run of the mill martini sipping super spy.
Well, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition ! ! !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vg8-VdGTQU&feature=related
The closest I got to being stalked online is alot of friend requests from people in the UK who I don't know, just because I share the same name as a semi-famous Soccer player...
People following me around on msg boards and the like wouldn't phase me too much: I'd be of the opinion that they must be interested in my point of view etc. But if it became more involved than that, well, that's just a little odd and quite a bit intrusive.
As for BEING a stalker, those who have the stalking gene should just join Stalkbook, um, I mean Facebook. That's pretty much a license to be a stalker [as seen below]
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/facebook.png)
I've been stalking ALLHALLOWDAY on the internet.... He doesnt mind.... Much
... Now where did i put that telephoto night lense?
Quote from: Zarcal-TB on June 27, 2008, 03:47:59 PM
I've been stalking ALLHALLOWSDAY on the internet.... He doesnt mind.... Much
... Now where did i put that telephoto night lense?
Uhm...
Davewa, that's
Allhallowsday... :wink: :teddyr: :cheers:
Quote from: Conan on June 25, 2008, 09:37:26 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vg8-VdGTQU&feature=related
Scott, I'm pilfering... :twirl: