So my post about Being gone on Monday got flagged for some reason idk why but uh ya if anyone who saw it before it was taken done pls tell me why
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Me and some other regulars thought that it was unsafe for you to share your location and What time you would be there. We looked up the name of the camp mentioned, and it led straight to where you were.
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I have no idea why that would get flagged. People post about that kind of thing all the time
Unless they thought it was posted in the wrong area maybe?
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You were sharing where you were gonna be and when. That’s asking for something bad
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Oh ya that’s prob why thx lol I’ll repost it but remove that part thx
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From what I heard it was flagged because you shared your exact location/the exact dates of your camp (the replies were lagged sry 
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That would explain why. I never saw the post
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Ya it kinda is lol thx
Ya lol and it lagged for me too lol
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Or you can just put on your status “I’m offline till _____” so the topics don’t get cluttered
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Yeah it could’ve ended a lot worse with someone with bigger intentions than giving you a Twix
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Its abt young people doing unsafe things on social media. While ribblr os a safer sit others like facebook, tik tok, instagram, and snapchat have a larger following and are less safe. Autumn told where and when she will be somewhere which is unsafe.
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as others have mentioned, it was specifically because you mentioned the exact location where you were going to be and on what days. i looked up the place you mentioned and it was the first link on Google. i was able to find the exact location of the place you would be and knew which days exactly. especially since you have your province and country in your profile, it was really easy to confirm that i had the correct location.
i did comment on your original post but i’m basically paraphrasing what i said in that comment. i’m not trying to be mean when i’m mentioning all of this, but i wanted to bring this to your (and everyone else’s attention) as a concerned adult. i would recommend that you take your location and age out of your ribblr profile if you haven’t already. not everyone on this website is around your age and not everyone on here is a crafter. there are some people that do end up here that have bad intentions and could have used that information to know exactly where to find you on what days and could infer that you wouldn’t have the ability to contact anyone (since you said you were leaving for a few days and couldn’t be on ribblr). even with a fake name on your profile, someone could potentially call out the name that you have on here, and if you turned to look, they’d know exactly who they were looking for.
for anyone else reading this, i’m not trying to fearmonger. im just trying to advise for younger users on this platform to be more careful with the information they share. people aren’t always who they say they are, and even if you aren’t in contact with someone nefarious, this is a public website. anyone with an account can see the personal details you’ve posted. i’m not saying to completely stop befriending people online or sharing things about yourself (i met my spouse online four years ago and we lived across the country from each other, so im definitely not against online friendships at all), but to be more cautious with where and who you share that information with. i was not as careful on the internet when i was younger, and a traumatic situation occurred. if you’re a younger user reading this, please be cautious of who you share personal information with. if you’re a parent reading this, and especially if your children are old enough to be on the internet themselves, please have these difficult conversations with them. the internet provides a false sense of security, which can lead you or your children into some sketchy situations. my mom never had that talk with me, and i didn’t know any better when i was younger, so when i see situations like this arising, i feel compelled to say and do something.
i apologize for the wall of text, so here’s a short(er… kinda) summary:
TLDR;
- the post was flagged due to providing too much detail on the user’s upcoming location; i was able to do a search on google and found the location on maps in less than a minute
- especially for younger users, i recommend removing personal details from your profile (name, specific age, birthday, city/state/province/country/wherever you live); with the location provided by the user in the original post, and the user’s location on her profile, i was able to confirm i was looking at the right place on the map by cross-checking, again within less than a minute
- i want to clarify that im not trying to scare people into not interacting with each other at all, i just want to advise for younger users especially to not provide such personal details. not everyone on the internet is bad, but not everyone is good, either.
- ultimately, making online friendships is amazing, I’ve met some of the best people and my closest friends on the internet (as well as my SPOUSE!), but you need to be aware that not everyone is who they say they are nor could they have good intentions. don’t stop making friends and sharing fun things about yourself (granted they aren’t too personal), but be more aware of how personal those details are and if they could be used against you.
and of course, all of this is /srs, /gen, /nm, and supposed to be informative. I’m not judging anyone, but am rather trying to open the discussion about online safety. @Mangolemmon939 (sorry if you did not want to be tagged, i can remove it from here and refrain from tagging in the future) has some really good posts on protecting yourself and internet safety details that I’ll link below as well.
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That was an amazing wall of text!!
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Omg thx so much it took me a minute to read that lol
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I never read the first post that got flagged. I agree that if it gave specific information on where and exactly when she’d be there, that is definitely not safe and was rightfully flagged
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