Megabyte
01-19-2005, 07:02 PM
Ok, this is something thats bothered me and I've seen in the TAO lobby a little bit too often recently.
The last 4 times I've been on in Army, someone has asked me where I live, and if they can call me sometime.
No, this isn't that kids thing where they hav their little wannabe yahoo teen chat thing happening here, so thats not the gripe. There was just someone who was curious about other gamers in the lobby and wanted to talk to these ppl.
Now, this is of course your own choice whether or not to give your info like that. But, asking random ppl is stupid! There are crazy ass people in the world (take public transit in any US city...yeah...those ppl).
When I said I wouldn't share that kind of info with some random person in the game room their response was.."dude, its just a phone number and call."
My thought...ignorant dumbass. A LOT of info can come from knowing someone's phone number (personal info, where u live, possible comp info, etc). Stalkers, crazies, dumbasses, all of these type of people can cause you a lot of grief with just knowing ur phone number.
Also, think of this on a more personal thing..I'm a 20yr old college student. I probably don't have as much to be worried about for myself. But I also shouldn't be going out and contacting random kids in the game over the phone. I do aknowledge though that some adults (18+ for those who don't know what an adult is) have contacted each other outside of the online world after being in contact through TAO, and thats their choice. But for you kids especially...psychos, perverts, and assholes live in the world and you should just damn know well know better.
Now, if you've gamed with someone for a while, or been communication with them, and gotten some kind of rappart going, thats a different story. Go with that (mostly for adults I say). But good LORD, wtf is wrong with kids these days. When I went into places online as a teen, I knew freakin better than to give out info like that to random ppl. Did I miss something that makes these kids do this?
*breathe*
rant mode off :)
this has been a Megabyte sponsored rant. If you would like to see more..uh..find a way to annoy me and tell me to post about it.
The last 4 times I've been on in Army, someone has asked me where I live, and if they can call me sometime.
No, this isn't that kids thing where they hav their little wannabe yahoo teen chat thing happening here, so thats not the gripe. There was just someone who was curious about other gamers in the lobby and wanted to talk to these ppl.
Now, this is of course your own choice whether or not to give your info like that. But, asking random ppl is stupid! There are crazy ass people in the world (take public transit in any US city...yeah...those ppl).
When I said I wouldn't share that kind of info with some random person in the game room their response was.."dude, its just a phone number and call."
My thought...ignorant dumbass. A LOT of info can come from knowing someone's phone number (personal info, where u live, possible comp info, etc). Stalkers, crazies, dumbasses, all of these type of people can cause you a lot of grief with just knowing ur phone number.
Also, think of this on a more personal thing..I'm a 20yr old college student. I probably don't have as much to be worried about for myself. But I also shouldn't be going out and contacting random kids in the game over the phone. I do aknowledge though that some adults (18+ for those who don't know what an adult is) have contacted each other outside of the online world after being in contact through TAO, and thats their choice. But for you kids especially...psychos, perverts, and assholes live in the world and you should just damn know well know better.
Now, if you've gamed with someone for a while, or been communication with them, and gotten some kind of rappart going, thats a different story. Go with that (mostly for adults I say). But good LORD, wtf is wrong with kids these days. When I went into places online as a teen, I knew freakin better than to give out info like that to random ppl. Did I miss something that makes these kids do this?
*breathe*
rant mode off :)
this has been a Megabyte sponsored rant. If you would like to see more..uh..find a way to annoy me and tell me to post about it.