Comments on: Online Scam On Plurk http://yoonamania.com/blog/2008/07/18/online-scam-on-plurk/ Three dogs and their pooper scooper Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:05:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fear and Parenting in Las Vegas http://yoonamania.com/blog/2008/07/18/online-scam-on-plurk/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 Fear and Parenting in Las Vegas Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:55:38 +0000 http://www.yoonamania.com/blog/?p=165#comment-1044 I was uber-cynical about this LilyAnn thing too. Trust your instincts and never put too much trust in people, especially those you haven't laid eyes on. I was uber-cynical about this LilyAnn thing too. Trust your instincts and never put too much trust in people, especially those you haven’t laid eyes on.

]]> By: ClassTax http://yoonamania.com/blog/2008/07/18/online-scam-on-plurk/comment-page-1/#comment-1031 ClassTax Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:40:56 +0000 http://www.yoonamania.com/blog/?p=165#comment-1031 I thought it was strange that while that user was active we discussed some topics via Plurk and occasionally mentioned how great a Plurk meet-up in Chicago would be. However, when I agreed and suggested to plan a time and place, the conversation would stop...dead. Right there...not another word. Every time I called the bluff, it was all silence. This person was either not in Chicago or afraid to actually meet any Plurk-friends, and was probably astonished to learn that I live there and was serious. I stayed out of that fiasco... Ten years ago, when the idea of server and data sharing was a brand-new concept to people, we were some of the first ones in our circle of life to warn, "Don't believe everything you're going to see on here in the future." We ran a BBS starting in the early 80's and could tell back then that the masking of an identity behind a monitor would open up a whole new can of worms. We've never let our guard down, but have carefully been able to enjoy what the internet does have to offer. It's not any more or less safer today...Don't be stupid; know where you're going and what the risks are. Humans will always have their emotional needs and bonds, just don't let them cloud our judgment. Good luck to everyone touched by this occurrence... I thought it was strange that while that user was active we discussed some topics via Plurk and occasionally mentioned how great a Plurk meet-up in Chicago would be. However, when I agreed and suggested to plan a time and place, the conversation would stop…dead. Right there…not another word. Every time I called the bluff, it was all silence. This person was either not in Chicago or afraid to actually meet any Plurk-friends, and was probably astonished to learn that I live there and was serious.
I stayed out of that fiasco…
Ten years ago, when the idea of server and data sharing was a brand-new concept to people, we were some of the first ones in our circle of life to warn, “Don’t believe everything you’re going to see on here in the future.” We ran a BBS starting in the early 80′s and could tell back then that the masking of an identity behind a monitor would open up a whole new can of worms. We’ve never let our guard down, but have carefully been able to enjoy what the internet does have to offer. It’s not any more or less safer today…Don’t be stupid; know where you’re going and what the risks are. Humans will always have their emotional needs and bonds, just don’t let them cloud our judgment.
Good luck to everyone touched by this occurrence…

]]> By: Baja-Ma http://yoonamania.com/blog/2008/07/18/online-scam-on-plurk/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 Baja-Ma Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:56:51 +0000 http://www.yoonamania.com/blog/?p=165#comment-1016 Wow, looks like I've missed a lot. Karma will come back to them. Lupus is nothing to joke about. :( Wow, looks like I’ve missed a lot. Karma will come back to them. Lupus is nothing to joke about. :(

]]> By: WT http://yoonamania.com/blog/2008/07/18/online-scam-on-plurk/comment-page-1/#comment-1001 WT Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:26:01 +0000 http://www.yoonamania.com/blog/?p=165#comment-1001 I was wondering about that plurk when I saw it. My policy is to never give money to panhandlers whatever the reason, sounds harsh, but saves me from agonising over it. DingoBarbie I was wondering about that plurk when I saw it. My policy is to never give money to panhandlers whatever the reason, sounds harsh, but saves me from agonising over it.

DingoBarbie

]]> By: vibrantandzany http://yoonamania.com/blog/2008/07/18/online-scam-on-plurk/comment-page-1/#comment-985 vibrantandzany Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:34:08 +0000 http://www.yoonamania.com/blog/?p=165#comment-985 That is awful. I've missed a lot too. I'm a cynic too yoon =P That is awful.
I’ve missed a lot too.
I’m a cynic too yoon =P

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