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Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 5:59:10 PM   
louisboy


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Status: offline 		I happened to run into this warning on a profile:


WARNING: Any institutions or individuals using this site or any of its associated sites for studies or projects - You do NOT have my permission to use any of my profile or pictures in any form or forum both current and future. If you have or do, it will be considered a serious violation of my privacy and will be subject to legal ramifications. It is recommended that other members post a similar notice to this!

Anybody know what this guy is talking about?
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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 6:10:24 PM   
DaddySatyr


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It is a bullshit "warning" that people think will protect their right to privacy. It doesn't. I think I heard, somewhere, that it was a joke, started by a couple of college kids?

Either way, anything you put on the interwebz is there for anyone to see forever and always (if they know how to find shit). There's no privacy, when you abdicate that right, of your own volition.



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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 6:10:26 PM   
shiftyw


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People THINK that will stop people from using them in studies or quoting them, or what have you. It won't. And there is likely no need.

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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 6:23:54 PM   
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quote:

Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us?

People with a lot of free time.

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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 6:26:52 PM   
Gauge


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Status: offline 		I'm studying everyone. I'm watching. All the time. I never sleep.

YOU! Stop looking over your shoulder and put down the ice cream... I mean really? Butter pecan is so yesterday.

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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 6:39:09 PM   
dcnovice


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quote:

Butter pecan is so yesterday.

Like hell it is.

Butter pecan is the new orange.

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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 6:58:32 PM   
camille65


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Status: offline 		Aliens. Aliens are studying us.

Thankfully they also have interesting probes.



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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 8:16:57 PM   
SeekingTrinity


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It's ridiculous and rather laughable if someone thinks posting that is going to protect them from anything. It's not like whatever institution studying profiles for some shadowy reason is going to suddenly say "Holy shit, Dr. So and So...this profile has "The Warning"!!! Quick, exit out of that profile ASAP and pray we don't get sued back to the Stone Age for even THINKING of using this person for our purposes"

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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 8:24:26 PM   
Musicmystery


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quote:

ORIGINAL: DaddySatyr


It is a bullshit "warning" that people think will protect their right to privacy. It doesn't. I think I heard, somewhere, that it was a joke, started by a couple of college kids?

Either way, anything you put on the interwebz is there for anyone to see forever and always (if they know how to find shit). There's no privacy, when you abdicate that right, of your own volition.



Michael

It is helpful, though, in flagging profiles of people who aren't too bright.

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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 8:29:23 PM   
DaddySatyr


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quote:

ORIGINAL: SeekingTrinity

~FRing it~

It's ridiculous and rather laughable if someone thinks posting that is going to protect them from anything. It's not like whatever institution studying profiles for some shadowy reason is going to suddenly say "Holy shit, Dr. So and So...this profile has "The Warning"!!! Quick, exit out of that profile ASAP and pray we don't get sued back to the Stone Age for even THINKING of using this person for our purposes"



I'll be using this in my Master's presentation: "Psychology of the Interwebz" and there's nothing you can do about it



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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 8:46:32 PM   
SeekingTrinity


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Status: offline 		Why would I want to stop you?

You use me and you are guaranteed to get your degree awarded. Hell, they might even give you two Master's degrees lol

Besides, I didn't put The Warning on my profile, so I couldn't stop you even if I wanted to

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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 8:52:42 PM   
smileforme50


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quote:

ORIGINAL: camille65

Aliens. Aliens are studying us.

Thankfully they also have interesting probes.




Yeah....those damn aliens never come with their probes to study ME. What did I do wrong to scare them off???

I guess I just have to wait my turn....

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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 8:57:40 PM   
DaddySatyr


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quote:

ORIGINAL: SeekingTrinity

Why would I want to stop you?

You use me and you are guaranteed to get your degree awarded. Hell, they might even give you two Master's degrees lol

Besides, I didn't put The Warning on my profile, so I couldn't stop you even if I wanted to


DOUBLE Major! Why didn't I think of that?!?! Actually, When I switch schools, next year, I may be doing a double major thingy.

It's almost a "gimme" to include (a) language, religion (I'll be transferring to a Catholic School), or philosophy in my studies.

I think I'm going to add my own version of the "warning" to my own profile. I'll have to come up with a well-worded one.



Michael

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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 9:32:06 PM   
stef


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quote:

ORIGINAL: louisboy

I happened to run into this warning on a profile:

WARNING: Any institutions or individuals using this site or any of its associated sites for studies or projects - You do NOT have my permission to use any of my profile or pictures in any form or forum both current and future. If you have or do, it will be considered a serious violation of my privacy and will be subject to legal ramifications. It is recommended that other members post a similar notice to this!

Anybody know what this guy is talking about?

As a legal threat, it's utterly meaningless. In another way, it's a great benefit.

Think of it this way, any idiot who puts that in their profile is broadcasting to the world that they're an idiot. When someone saves you the effort of wasting time on them to determine if they are worth interacting with, you should accept that as the boon it is and quickly move along.

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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 9:53:43 PM   
DarkSteven


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Status: offline 		stef is right.

1. I can find within a minute, pictures of incredibly hot people, professionally taken, online. With them available, nobody in their right mind would steal my pics instead.
2. If I post my pics on the Internet, I've relinquished some right to them.
3. If I go to a lawyer, telling him that someone stole my pics from a site that to the common American looks like a porn site, he or she will laugh in my face.
4. If I sue, I need to quantify my damages due to someone stealing my pics.
5. Lawyers cost a few hundred dollars an hour. Why would I spend that kind of money to sue someone when damages are basically nothing.
6. Some of the folks who steal pics do it to defraud. The penalty for defrauding is serious. If they're willing to defraud and risk those charges, they'll be unfazed by pic stealing charges (if any exist).
7. Some of the stealers are out of the country and not reachable by US law.

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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 11:08:52 PM   
stef


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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven

2. If I post my pics on the Internet, I've relinquished some right to them.

That's not necessarily true. Simply posting your photo online grants no license or permission to others to use them and by doing so you haven't relinquished anything. The caveat to this is if you post them on a site which states by doing so you grant them the right to use them, then things get a little muddier.

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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/22/2014 11:14:35 PM   
CreativeDominant


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quote:

ORIGINAL: dcnovice

quote:

Butter pecan is so yesterday.

Like hell it is.

Butter pecan is the new orange.

But anisette is the new BLACK..Yummmmm!!!

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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/23/2014 1:35:17 PM   
LookieNoNookie


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quote:

ORIGINAL: DaddySatyr


It is a bullshit "warning" that people think will protect their right to privacy. It doesn't. I think I heard, somewhere, that it was a joke, started by a couple of college kids?

Either way, anything you put on the interweb is there for anyone to see forever and always (if they know how to find shit). There's no privacy, when you abdicate that right, of your own volition.



Michael


Was about to say the same exact thing.

(Any doubt....see above).

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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/23/2014 1:44:08 PM   
wittynamehere


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Status: offline 		It's nonsense. Nobody is studying anyone. That's a viral message people include in their profiles out of ignorance. It does nothing to protect anyone, all it does is encourage more people to post the same useless message.

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RE: Who the hell is "Studying" this site & us? - 12/25/2014 8:27:17 AM   
DesFIP


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Status: offline 		Perhaps aliens don't probe me because I don't eat butter pecan ice cream. Now that's a study, favorite ice cream flavors of those who claim to have been visited by aliens, with and without probes.

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