Hillwilliam -> RE: Lets be honest have you ever reported anyone (1/14/2013 2:28:15 PM)
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ORIGINAL: emeraldgryphon I am an arachnophobe, a rather high-alarm one, and I received a rather frightening shock when I came on one day and the profile that popped up had a picture of a large, in your face tarantula. I damn near chucked my laptop across the room in fight or flight reaction, and I had to take several minutes to calm down after the shock. I proceeded to contact the person, and explained what had happened, and very respectfully asked/suggested that they please change the picture - not just for my sake, but for anyone else that happened to be surprised by it that happened to be an arachnophobe, or even worse, that happened to be such with a heart condition. I was responded to with a very flippant attitude that they were glad to see that they had a form of control over me, that they had frightened me, and that it had made their day. This is a highly irresponsible attitude to have, and seeing no other recourse I reported them for the picture. What I was told was that I could simply use the Hide User function so I could not see the giant tarantula, but that solution doesn't prevent the picture from doing the same to someone else. Now the chances of someone seeing this picture that is a high alarm arachnophobe that also has a heart condition is rather low, but if it were to occur then none of us would ever know, as the person would likely pass away at their computer as a silent victim. Personally I have a problem with anyone continuing to pose such a problem especially after they have been made aware that their actions could cause a serious detriment to someone else. Such an attitude shows a complete lack of regard for others, and a lack of morals and ethics in my opinion. The problem is that no matter what someone puts as a primary photo, I can about guarantee that there is someone somewhere who is deathly afraid of it. The Block was probably a good suggestion. I sympathize with your problem but you can't expect the entire world to change because of your phobias.
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