This and all Digital Video Forums are wide open to Google search

spazzman40

9 Oct 2005, 06:43 AM

Dear Forum members:
As far as the concept of privacy on the Internet: It does not exist. I was very surprised to find out though that comments I have made on one of the forums was directly linked to Google search. Why bother having a username and password if the forums are wide open. Disclaimers aside I think the forums might want to look at what is being said by users and how their comments could be taken out of context.:bartmoon:

blutach

9 Oct 2005, 08:01 AM

Hi spazzman40

Your username and PSW are there to protect you from other people saying or doing something in your name.

Part of the mods and admin's job is indeed to make sure that what folks are saying are within forum rules.

Regards

LT. Columbo

9 Oct 2005, 08:36 AM

just me but, i don't give a bloody hell what is on google from me!

keywords genius, columbo, cigar! :rotfl:

take that future googlers! :rotfl:

blutach

9 Oct 2005, 08:37 AM

What about "hang" :rotfl:

Regards

LT. Columbo

9 Oct 2005, 08:40 AM

indeed!;)

UncasMS

9 Oct 2005, 09:58 AM

@spazzman40

this forum is open to anyone and thus it is open to any searchbot - google or any other search engine

nobody needs privacy in here because we have nothing to hide

as blutach already said: you have to register in order to be able to POST but not in order to be able to read

searchbots acquiring this forum's content make our questions and answers available to others, which should be considered useful rather than invading anyones privacy

anonymez

9 Oct 2005, 10:32 AM

i don't see anybody's private details on here, we all keep it anonymous AFAIK...

LT. Columbo

9 Oct 2005, 01:30 PM

"searchbots acquiring this forum's content make our questions and answers available to others, which should be considered useful rather than invading anyones privacy"

that's god damn right

admin

9 Oct 2005, 07:12 PM

Wikipedia definition of a Internet Forum:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum

Participants in Internet forums should realize that what they have to say will be public knowledge for years to come.

jm1647

10 Oct 2005, 12:14 AM

If you don't want anybody to know it is you don't tell anyone what your username is. Some people even use different usernames on different forums.

blutach

10 Oct 2005, 12:49 AM

If you don't want people to see what you type, don't type it.

Regards

DAFT

11 Oct 2005, 05:11 PM

"searchbots acquiring this forum's content make our questions and answers available to others, which should be considered useful rather than invading anyones privacy"

that's god damn right
I found this forum through google while searching for answers to my problems with media(and they are many)
I'm glad that google led me here or I'd still be looking at green bars in my movies. I'm a fan of searchbots for the purpose of research, and if you don't like it then flick the off switch on your computer and enjoy some quiet reading time by the fire.:confuse4:

LT. Columbo

13 Oct 2005, 11:51 AM

yes, i discovered this forum the same way, back in my VCD making days,
well put daft:happy:

nwg

13 Oct 2005, 07:25 PM

I found these forums thanks to Newgroups back in 2003. The Shrink sub forum wasn't that old as it had only just been released.

blutach

13 Oct 2005, 09:08 PM

2COOL told me about it - blame him! :rotfl:

Regards

UncasMS

13 Oct 2005, 10:33 PM

2COOL told me about it - blame him!

maybe he wanted to get rid off you? :confuse4:

:party: