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Old Jan 08, 2018, 12:50 PM
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"I don't think she can take any of my personal info as I have none on there.

YES, she really IS that bad.

I think my fear has subsided now a bit more. She didn't contact me about anything, so I suppose she was just checking my profile."

you might want to look into the rules of confidentiality, they are usually in the registration information, FAQ, or google the state the site is located in (ex is the internet websites located in NY bound by confidentiality)

reason I mention this is because most states mental health ethics are that the internet forums are.... not ....bound by confidentiality.... there is no way to protect someones posts on the internet to be used in the wrong ways, why because the whole world is open to viewing the website, registering on website forums and so on.....unless someones country has placed a blocking on their country residents not being able to access certain websites.

also every computer comes with right click, copy , paste features and capture/ screenshot features where a person posting anywhere on the internet will not even know when someone else anywhere in the world has seen their post and used windows 10 snipping tool to make a pic or screenshot of that persons posts.

in other words there is no implied or direct expectation or ethics rules saying a website owner or their members can not use what is posted on their site...

that said some sites psych central and others that I have been on, do include in their rules/ posting policy the hope and expectation that member use the honor system and not copy/ paste or screenshot others posts, but there is no way to control who is actually doing so or not.

that is why website owners include the privacy information of never posting anything on their sites that violate state and federal laws and never post anything of a personal nature that you would not want your best friends, family, bosses and the whole world to know about. there is no such thing as confidentiality with the internet.

I think of the internet like a real time billboard out on the street, small town newspapers that report on everyones business/ activities, like a post card with out an envelop going through the postal service, anyone can see it and use the info in what ever ways they want to.

my point its the internet so yes she can use what ever you post on her site for her own ways. you might want to delete any info you dont want this person to use or the whole world to have access to it through google and so on.

I have also been on websites where I felt the owner, or persons in authority were total.... "what evers".... unfortunately we cant control other people let alone the owners of their own forums. people who have their own websites and own their own forums are the ones who make and enforce the rules. sometimes how they enforce the rules is not up to them, sometimes its governed by the state laws, or business that the site is on, sometimes its about past experience. my wife has her own website and forums. she has to enforce the state laws for her forum, she has to enforce the service providers rules and laws, and then along comes this member who was hard to deal with, totally took advantage of her soft nature, ended up almost shutting down the forum with members leaving because of one member. the result my wife had to grow her "cyber roots" dig in and develop a way to use tough love rather than be everyone's friend. she had to let go of what will the members think of me and get tough and enforce the rules. her site is now flourishing once again and yea many of her members think she is being too hard on them, that she is this or that, but the bottom line is she cant please everyone, she is not the best friend of everyone on the site, she is the owner and one that has to enforce the rules of the site. which means many times she has to be the bwitched person so to speak.

as a member of any forum the members have a choice to either stay and put up with how the site is run or leave the site because its not what they are looking for.

from your posts it sounds like you have chosen to stay on that site, that means you have chosen to accept that this person is not going to be buddy buddy and is using the tough side/ tough love approach to run their site.

maybe you can private message this person and they will explain to you why they are using the cyber equivalent of tough love for running their site. maybe even ask them something like ... hi, I see you have visited my profile, is that standard or did I do something wrong, I want to be here and enjoy your boards, so I would like some feedback from you on how you think I am doing, is there anything I need to work on?

this may open the door for her to explain her tough site to you and calm your anxiety so that you are not so afraid of her.

Last edited by amandalouise; Jan 08, 2018 at 02:55 PM. Reason: spelling
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