If Swimmer963 and her roommate have overlapping social circles, and Swimmer963 talks about posting on LW with her real life acquaintances, it’s fairly likely that someone will be able to put two and two together.
We don’t have the same circles, and we’re no longer roommates, and I don’t talk about Less Wrong with most people, and if any of you did meet her you might find out about it from her first…
Nevertheless, I did not think through all of that. I have some problems with privacy, i.e. I don’t actually notice situations that involve ‘personal’ information, whether it’s mine or other people’s. At least I have the right to post whatever personal stuff I want wherever I want...but I don’t have that right for other people.
I did change the wording of the original post to ‘friend’.
If Swimmer963 and her roommate have overlapping social circles, and Swimmer963 talks about posting on LW with her real life acquaintances, it’s fairly likely that someone will be able to put two and two together.
We don’t have the same circles, and we’re no longer roommates, and I don’t talk about Less Wrong with most people, and if any of you did meet her you might find out about it from her first…
Nevertheless, I did not think through all of that. I have some problems with privacy, i.e. I don’t actually notice situations that involve ‘personal’ information, whether it’s mine or other people’s. At least I have the right to post whatever personal stuff I want wherever I want...but I don’t have that right for other people.
I did change the wording of the original post to ‘friend’.