Re: Cancer Update (to Stacie)

[Guest guest]

Stacie,

This announcement is a hoax.

It is incredibly bad netiquette to spam your entire address list with

this nonsense.

If you must spam, at least check Snopes or HoaxBusters first to verify

the integrity of the information.

Please think about the impact of your poor judgment on others.

Not only will you have alarmed your more gullible friends who might

actually believe this crap, you have also violated their privacy as well

by posting all of their names and email addresses.

If my name and email address was in your address book, I would be very

upset to have you blast it all over the internet.

Best,

~CJ

[Guest guest]

Stacie,

This announcement is a hoax.

It is incredibly bad netiquette to spam your entire address list with

this nonsense.

If you must spam, at least check Snopes or HoaxBusters first to verify

the integrity of the information.

Please think about the impact of your poor judgment on others.

Not only will you have alarmed your more gullible friends who might

actually believe this crap, you have also violated their privacy as well

by posting all of their names and email addresses.

If my name and email address was in your address book, I would be very

upset to have you blast it all over the internet.

Best,

~CJ

[Guest guest]

Geez, CJ. Urban legends get us all from time to time. For cancer survivors these

sorts of things can be very scary. I'm sure Stacie's intent was to protect

everyone, why not we all show her a little support. I know when I've realized I

accidently sent on an urban legend I felt embarrassment, doesn't help too much

when people are jerks about it.

Best,

Debi

>

>

> Stacie,

>

> This announcement is a hoax.

>

> It is incredibly bad netiquette to spam your entire address list with

> this nonsense.

>

> If you must spam, at least check Snopes or HoaxBusters first to verify

> the integrity of the information.

>

> Please think about the impact of your poor judgment on others.

>

> Not only will you have alarmed your more gullible friends who might

> actually believe this crap, you have also violated their privacy as well

> by posting all of their names and email addresses.

>

> If my name and email address was in your address book, I would be very

> upset to have you blast it all over the internet.

>

> Best,

> ~CJ

>

[Guest guest]

Geez, CJ. Urban legends get us all from time to time. For cancer survivors these

sorts of things can be very scary. I'm sure Stacie's intent was to protect

everyone, why not we all show her a little support. I know when I've realized I

accidently sent on an urban legend I felt embarrassment, doesn't help too much

when people are jerks about it.

Best,

Debi

>

>

> Stacie,

>

> This announcement is a hoax.

>

> It is incredibly bad netiquette to spam your entire address list with

> this nonsense.

>

> If you must spam, at least check Snopes or HoaxBusters first to verify

> the integrity of the information.

>

> Please think about the impact of your poor judgment on others.

>

> Not only will you have alarmed your more gullible friends who might

> actually believe this crap, you have also violated their privacy as well

> by posting all of their names and email addresses.

>

> If my name and email address was in your address book, I would be very

> upset to have you blast it all over the internet.

>

> Best,

> ~CJ

>

[Guest guest]

Geez, CJ. Urban legends get us all from time to time. For cancer survivors these

sorts of things can be very scary. I'm sure Stacie's intent was to protect

everyone, why not we all show her a little support. I know when I've realized I

accidently sent on an urban legend I felt embarrassment, doesn't help too much

when people are jerks about it.

Best,

Debi

>

>

> Stacie,

>

> This announcement is a hoax.

>

> It is incredibly bad netiquette to spam your entire address list with

> this nonsense.

>

> If you must spam, at least check Snopes or HoaxBusters first to verify

> the integrity of the information.

>

> Please think about the impact of your poor judgment on others.

>

> Not only will you have alarmed your more gullible friends who might

> actually believe this crap, you have also violated their privacy as well

> by posting all of their names and email addresses.

>

> If my name and email address was in your address book, I would be very

> upset to have you blast it all over the internet.

>

> Best,

> ~CJ

>

[Guest guest]

Debi wrote:

> Geez, CJ. Urban legends get us all from time to time. For cancer survivors

these sorts of things can be very scary. I'm sure Stacie's intent was to protect

everyone, why not we all show her a little support. I know when I've realized I

accidently sent on an urban legend I felt embarrassment, doesn't help too much

when people are jerks about it.

Debi, I am not a jerk. So, please do not refer to me as such.

I'm just a fellow list member who is also attempting to impress upon

Stacie the ways in which her poor judgment impacts others.

I agree that she probably has good intentions. Yet she still needs to know.

If you don't want to read our criticisms, don't. The good lord gave you

a delete key for a reason -- use it.

Best,

~CJ

[Guest guest]

Debi wrote:

> Geez, CJ. Urban legends get us all from time to time. For cancer survivors

these sorts of things can be very scary. I'm sure Stacie's intent was to protect

everyone, why not we all show her a little support. I know when I've realized I

accidently sent on an urban legend I felt embarrassment, doesn't help too much

when people are jerks about it.

Debi, I am not a jerk. So, please do not refer to me as such.

I'm just a fellow list member who is also attempting to impress upon

Stacie the ways in which her poor judgment impacts others.

I agree that she probably has good intentions. Yet she still needs to know.

If you don't want to read our criticisms, don't. The good lord gave you

a delete key for a reason -- use it.

Best,

~CJ

[Guest guest]

Debi wrote:

> Geez, CJ. Urban legends get us all from time to time. For cancer survivors

these sorts of things can be very scary. I'm sure Stacie's intent was to protect

everyone, why not we all show her a little support. I know when I've realized I

accidently sent on an urban legend I felt embarrassment, doesn't help too much

when people are jerks about it.

Debi, I am not a jerk. So, please do not refer to me as such.

I'm just a fellow list member who is also attempting to impress upon

Stacie the ways in which her poor judgment impacts others.

I agree that she probably has good intentions. Yet she still needs to know.

If you don't want to read our criticisms, don't. The good lord gave you

a delete key for a reason -- use it.

Best,

~CJ

[Guest guest]

That's a little harsh, no CJ?

________________________________

To: Autism_in_Girls_and_Women

Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:58:32 PM

Subject: Re: Cancer Update (to Stacie)

Stacie,

This announcement is a hoax.

It is incredibly bad netiquette to spam your entire address list with

this nonsense.

If you must spam, at least check Snopes or HoaxBusters first to verify

the integrity of the information.

Please think about the impact of your poor judgment on others.

Not only will you have alarmed your more gullible friends who might

actually believe this crap, you have also violated their privacy as well

by posting all of their names and email addresses.

If my name and email address was in your address book, I would be very

upset to have you blast it all over the internet.

Best,

~CJ

[Guest guest]

That's a little harsh, no CJ?

________________________________

To: Autism_in_Girls_and_Women

Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:58:32 PM

Subject: Re: Cancer Update (to Stacie)

Stacie,

This announcement is a hoax.

It is incredibly bad netiquette to spam your entire address list with

this nonsense.

If you must spam, at least check Snopes or HoaxBusters first to verify

the integrity of the information.

Please think about the impact of your poor judgment on others.

Not only will you have alarmed your more gullible friends who might

actually believe this crap, you have also violated their privacy as well

by posting all of their names and email addresses.

If my name and email address was in your address book, I would be very

upset to have you blast it all over the internet.

Best,

~CJ

[Guest guest]

That's a little harsh, no CJ?

________________________________

To: Autism_in_Girls_and_Women

Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:58:32 PM

Subject: Re: Cancer Update (to Stacie)

Stacie,

This announcement is a hoax.

It is incredibly bad netiquette to spam your entire address list with

this nonsense.

If you must spam, at least check Snopes or HoaxBusters first to verify

the integrity of the information.

Please think about the impact of your poor judgment on others.

Not only will you have alarmed your more gullible friends who might

actually believe this crap, you have also violated their privacy as well

by posting all of their names and email addresses.

If my name and email address was in your address book, I would be very

upset to have you blast it all over the internet.

Best,

~CJ

[Guest guest]

It is harsh, but it may be necessary. I corresponded with Stacie when she

first joined, offering help and info since she is here in my hometown. I

found to my dismay that she is not very experienced in netiquette.

Stacie added me to her address book and posts my email address in her

spams every time she forwards one of these. I spoke to her privately about it,

and asked her very politely and very sincerely to not send me any more

spams. I gave her links to several rumor-checking sites and explained how to

use them. When she continued to spam me and post my email address

publicly, I asked her politely but firmly to remove me from her address book.

Stacie ignored my requests, she continued spamming, and I finally had to

block her address. I can't do a darn thing about it if my address is still

in her address book, which as far as I know she continues to publish.

After all that, I am disappointed that she continues to offend in this,

and I do hope she takes what CJ said to heart. I really didn't/don't like

having my email address spread all over the internet. My email address was

pirated once, by a woman who used my email address to pawn off men in

bars/planes/etc when she didn't want to give them her real number/address.

[Can

you imagine the emails I got? Some men just wouldn't believe that I wasn't

her. Not. fun.]

I sincerely hope Stacie listens to CJ. Sandi

In a message dated 4/16/2009 6:36:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

amy.basatemur@... writes:

That's a little harsh, no CJ?

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[Guest guest]

It is harsh, but it may be necessary. I corresponded with Stacie when she

first joined, offering help and info since she is here in my hometown. I

found to my dismay that she is not very experienced in netiquette.

Stacie added me to her address book and posts my email address in her

spams every time she forwards one of these. I spoke to her privately about it,

and asked her very politely and very sincerely to not send me any more

spams. I gave her links to several rumor-checking sites and explained how to

use them. When she continued to spam me and post my email address

publicly, I asked her politely but firmly to remove me from her address book.

Stacie ignored my requests, she continued spamming, and I finally had to

block her address. I can't do a darn thing about it if my address is still

in her address book, which as far as I know she continues to publish.

After all that, I am disappointed that she continues to offend in this,

and I do hope she takes what CJ said to heart. I really didn't/don't like

having my email address spread all over the internet. My email address was

pirated once, by a woman who used my email address to pawn off men in

bars/planes/etc when she didn't want to give them her real number/address.

[Can

you imagine the emails I got? Some men just wouldn't believe that I wasn't

her. Not. fun.]

I sincerely hope Stacie listens to CJ. Sandi

In a message dated 4/16/2009 6:36:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

amy.basatemur@... writes:

That's a little harsh, no CJ?

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[Guest guest]

It is harsh, but it may be necessary. I corresponded with Stacie when she

first joined, offering help and info since she is here in my hometown. I

found to my dismay that she is not very experienced in netiquette.

Stacie added me to her address book and posts my email address in her

spams every time she forwards one of these. I spoke to her privately about it,

and asked her very politely and very sincerely to not send me any more

spams. I gave her links to several rumor-checking sites and explained how to

use them. When she continued to spam me and post my email address

publicly, I asked her politely but firmly to remove me from her address book.

Stacie ignored my requests, she continued spamming, and I finally had to

block her address. I can't do a darn thing about it if my address is still

in her address book, which as far as I know she continues to publish.

After all that, I am disappointed that she continues to offend in this,

and I do hope she takes what CJ said to heart. I really didn't/don't like

having my email address spread all over the internet. My email address was

pirated once, by a woman who used my email address to pawn off men in

bars/planes/etc when she didn't want to give them her real number/address.

[Can

you imagine the emails I got? Some men just wouldn't believe that I wasn't

her. Not. fun.]

I sincerely hope Stacie listens to CJ. Sandi

In a message dated 4/16/2009 6:36:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

amy.basatemur@... writes:

That's a little harsh, no CJ?

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[Guest guest]

> My email address was

> pirated once, by a woman who used my email address to pawn off men in

> bars/planes/etc when she didn't want to give them her real number/

> address. [Can

> you imagine the emails I got? Some men just wouldn't believe that

> I wasn't

> her. Not. fun.]

That happened to me, too, only it was my phone number. Verrry

interesting calls I got, and just like Sandi, they refused to believe

I wasn't whom they were looking for. One guy even said, " Well, what

do YOU look like? " Nice. Now my number is one number off from a

local " escort service " . Amazing how many men want a " date " at 3 in

the morning!

[Guest guest]

> My email address was

> pirated once, by a woman who used my email address to pawn off men in

> bars/planes/etc when she didn't want to give them her real number/

> address. [Can

> you imagine the emails I got? Some men just wouldn't believe that

> I wasn't

> her. Not. fun.]

That happened to me, too, only it was my phone number. Verrry

interesting calls I got, and just like Sandi, they refused to believe

I wasn't whom they were looking for. One guy even said, " Well, what

do YOU look like? " Nice. Now my number is one number off from a

local " escort service " . Amazing how many men want a " date " at 3 in

the morning!

[Guest guest]

Oh gosh! Now that would be annoying!

Email I'd not so much care about cause I can just delete it and move on but

when they're calling your home it's hard to just ignore those... especially

at 3 in the morning! UGH!

We just have one old lady that calls our house and swears that we have the

same phone number as her granddaughter and just sometimes it connects to us

and sometimes she gets her grand daughter, lol. I did determine that what

was happening was that she was accidently pressing one of the numbers twice

and then the rest of her GD's phone number was the same as ours but if she

pushed the 3rd number twice (or if her phone just registered it twice) then

she got us.

In the beginning she would swear that we did something to change the number

or something, but now we know it's her and we let her go to VM and then she

just tries again. LOL

I'd much rather deal with a little old lady than men seeking escorts or

thinking they met me in a bar! LMAO That would not go over well with my

husband!

>

>

>

>

> On Apr 17, 2009, at 1:39 AM, D22@... <D22%40aol.com>wrote:

>

> > My email address was

> > pirated once, by a woman who used my email address to pawn off men in

> > bars/planes/etc when she didn't want to give them her real number/

> > address. [Can

> > you imagine the emails I got? Some men just wouldn't believe that

> > I wasn't

> > her. Not. fun.]

>

> That happened to me, too, only it was my phone number. Verrry

> interesting calls I got, and just like Sandi, they refused to believe

> I wasn't whom they were looking for. One guy even said, " Well, what

> do YOU look like? " Nice. Now my number is one number off from a

> local " escort service " . Amazing how many men want a " date " at 3 in

> the morning!

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh gosh! Now that would be annoying!

Email I'd not so much care about cause I can just delete it and move on but

when they're calling your home it's hard to just ignore those... especially

at 3 in the morning! UGH!

We just have one old lady that calls our house and swears that we have the

same phone number as her granddaughter and just sometimes it connects to us

and sometimes she gets her grand daughter, lol. I did determine that what

was happening was that she was accidently pressing one of the numbers twice

and then the rest of her GD's phone number was the same as ours but if she

pushed the 3rd number twice (or if her phone just registered it twice) then

she got us.

In the beginning she would swear that we did something to change the number

or something, but now we know it's her and we let her go to VM and then she

just tries again. LOL

I'd much rather deal with a little old lady than men seeking escorts or

thinking they met me in a bar! LMAO That would not go over well with my

husband!

>

>

>

>

> On Apr 17, 2009, at 1:39 AM, D22@... <D22%40aol.com>wrote:

>

> > My email address was

> > pirated once, by a woman who used my email address to pawn off men in

> > bars/planes/etc when she didn't want to give them her real number/

> > address. [Can

> > you imagine the emails I got? Some men just wouldn't believe that

> > I wasn't

> > her. Not. fun.]

>

> That happened to me, too, only it was my phone number. Verrry

> interesting calls I got, and just like Sandi, they refused to believe

> I wasn't whom they were looking for. One guy even said, " Well, what

> do YOU look like? " Nice. Now my number is one number off from a

> local " escort service " . Amazing how many men want a " date " at 3 in

> the morning!

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh gosh! Now that would be annoying!

Email I'd not so much care about cause I can just delete it and move on but

when they're calling your home it's hard to just ignore those... especially

at 3 in the morning! UGH!

We just have one old lady that calls our house and swears that we have the

same phone number as her granddaughter and just sometimes it connects to us

and sometimes she gets her grand daughter, lol. I did determine that what

was happening was that she was accidently pressing one of the numbers twice

and then the rest of her GD's phone number was the same as ours but if she

pushed the 3rd number twice (or if her phone just registered it twice) then

she got us.

In the beginning she would swear that we did something to change the number

or something, but now we know it's her and we let her go to VM and then she

just tries again. LOL

I'd much rather deal with a little old lady than men seeking escorts or

thinking they met me in a bar! LMAO That would not go over well with my

husband!

>

>

>

>

> On Apr 17, 2009, at 1:39 AM, D22@... <D22%40aol.com>wrote:

>

> > My email address was

> > pirated once, by a woman who used my email address to pawn off men in

> > bars/planes/etc when she didn't want to give them her real number/

> > address. [Can

> > you imagine the emails I got? Some men just wouldn't believe that

> > I wasn't

> > her. Not. fun.]

>

> That happened to me, too, only it was my phone number. Verrry

> interesting calls I got, and just like Sandi, they refused to believe

> I wasn't whom they were looking for. One guy even said, " Well, what

> do YOU look like? " Nice. Now my number is one number off from a

> local " escort service " . Amazing how many men want a " date " at 3 in

> the morning!

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh ouch , that's dreadful. Calls at 3 AM from the kind of men who

hire escorts, and at that time of night a lot of them are probably drunk and

just " struck out " when their local bar closed too!

That experience with my email made me really conscious about internet

privacy. It makes me feel frustrated when people throw my address out there

for the entire world to see instead of using " blind copy. " I hope that

everyone will learn that it's the equivalent of some guy writing your phone

number on a men's room wall. Sandi

In a message dated 4/17/2009 7:25:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time,

cathybuckley@... writes:

That happened to me, too, only it was my phone number. Verrry

interesting calls I got, and just like Sandi, they refused to believe

I wasn't whom they were looking for. One guy even said, " Well, what

do YOU look like? " Nice. Now my number is one number off from a

local " escort service " . Amazing how many men want a " date " at 3 in

the morning!

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[Guest guest]

Oh ouch , that's dreadful. Calls at 3 AM from the kind of men who

hire escorts, and at that time of night a lot of them are probably drunk and

just " struck out " when their local bar closed too!

That experience with my email made me really conscious about internet

privacy. It makes me feel frustrated when people throw my address out there

for the entire world to see instead of using " blind copy. " I hope that

everyone will learn that it's the equivalent of some guy writing your phone

number on a men's room wall. Sandi

In a message dated 4/17/2009 7:25:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time,

cathybuckley@... writes:

That happened to me, too, only it was my phone number. Verrry

interesting calls I got, and just like Sandi, they refused to believe

I wasn't whom they were looking for. One guy even said, " Well, what

do YOU look like? " Nice. Now my number is one number off from a

local " escort service " . Amazing how many men want a " date " at 3 in

the morning!

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[Guest guest]

D22@... wrote:

<< That experience with my email made me really conscious about internet

privacy. It makes me feel frustrated when people throw my address out

there for the entire world to see instead of using " blind copy. " I hope

that everyone will learn that it's the equivalent of some guy writing

your phone number on a men's room wall. >>

Sandi, that's exactly the point. I realize that these people probably

mean well, yet they are just not thinking.

IMX, most people who violate email privacy and spam their address book

are typically not very internet/computer savvy. Usually they are

totally shocked when someone objects, as it never occurred to them that

what they were doing might cause a problem.

However, I have much less sympathy for those who are asked repeatedly to

not do this stuff, yet who make no effort to change their habits. That

is the social equivalent to blowing someone off and telling them that

their wishes are not even worth a second thought.

Best,

~CJ

[Guest guest]

D22@... wrote:

<< That experience with my email made me really conscious about internet

privacy. It makes me feel frustrated when people throw my address out

there for the entire world to see instead of using " blind copy. " I hope

that everyone will learn that it's the equivalent of some guy writing

your phone number on a men's room wall. >>

Sandi, that's exactly the point. I realize that these people probably

mean well, yet they are just not thinking.

IMX, most people who violate email privacy and spam their address book

are typically not very internet/computer savvy. Usually they are

totally shocked when someone objects, as it never occurred to them that

what they were doing might cause a problem.

However, I have much less sympathy for those who are asked repeatedly to

not do this stuff, yet who make no effort to change their habits. That

is the social equivalent to blowing someone off and telling them that

their wishes are not even worth a second thought.

Best,

~CJ