Do you ever worry that people know too much?!

I don't worry, no. I have never really shared enough information abiut myself for this to be of any concern. My surname is not known; my exact location is not known; and I have certainly never shared any personal data related to accounts or passwords or anything like that. It will always remain this way too!

I only worry about the incriminating photos Munchkin. LOL. I have never used my real name or address, phone number etc on myLot. Although some myLot friends do have those things. But they are people that I have come to trust. I am quite careful what I share really. My online side is only one aspect of me. I will always answer questions about myself, but there is a line that I draw and over which I will not cross. You've just got to find what the line is. I think that there is a world of difference between "Have you ever had surgery on an intimate part of your body" and "What's your bank card PIN number". The answers to which by the way are "No" and "Can't remember. Doesn't matter there's nothing in there anyway"!

i dun worry abt it at all ^_^ coz just basic sharing ^_^ Happy Mylotting ^_^

I don't think any of it really matters. sure here we're talking about personal things, but we're not actually giving out INFORMATION like numbers, addresses, or anything like that. The closest we get to giving out e-mail addresses even is via private messaging for friends here on Mylot. So really I am not too worried. Peopl here can know all about my childhood and tragedies and comedies of my life, and that's fine, because they'll never know how to actually physically get a hold of me :) So it works out pretty well I'd say! Plus being able to talk about personal things is sort of a good therapy for a lot of people

nope not worry about it all, most things i will share if you ask or anyone else that matter, only share things what i want others to know my real name is yankee though lol.. what's your? j/k... yeah people should too much about you for real, specaily on here.

yes i do think about it and i try to be aware of what i'm revealing and who i'm revealing it to. I shed my bills and junk mail and all that offline but a pefect example is conversation with p1sh the other day. I mentioned that i wasn't a plain jane because i had a y and obviously he has my firstname from here and my photo and he goes and finds me on facebook. When i first responded i was like wow how did you find me? but of course first name + middle name + photo it probably wasn't that hard. Makes you think concidering that was just one converstation only takes someone with a bit of brains doesn't it.

I guess I am from Pakistan thats why never thought of keeping my personal information a secret. If I would be in USA, UK or somewhere else, I would have thought hiding my personal details. The reason, I don't come across any member of MyLot who is from Pakistan. Other members who are added as my friends are all from other countries all over the world. Its good that you hide your personal details because people are not the same as they were before. With increasing terrorists, everyone must be careful.

yup sometimes i do. i'm like wow how do they know all this stuff? i feel like such a loser sometimes haha!

I'm paranoid and try not to share too much. If you are writing something you wouldn't want your mom to read, it is probably not good to post it (ha ha).

Hi Munchkin, I don't really because although I type a lot of discussions and responses from my life unless they analysed every one they would not really have a clue, yes I shred appers etc but what is someone really going to gai from knowing I love bathing in the sea, that I was a bit of a wild child in the past, that I love cats and dogs. Huggles Ellie :D

Good day... Maybe it's part of the allure or mystic forums online are giving it's member. I mean you are not forced to give your real name or your real picture but some members do it anyway. I mean if you would consider trust then don't give too much information about yourself and stick with the issue you want to share, of course sharing an issue also entails giving a little information about one self and that should be all. It's like consulting a shrink but of course the shrink is certified and verified as well and mylot isn't but you should also consider that mylot is free and in fact pays you to share while shrinks aren't and we instead pay them. Bottom line it is with in our power and rights to give or with hold any information about ourselves.

Hi Munchkin, to me that is what the internet is all about-anonymity. I may say quite a few things about me on here, but I never say anything that can be used to identify me. Sure, some hacker culd probably track me down, but would it really be worth his bother. My friends on here can read a few things about me here like my likes and dislikes, my first name and a few other minor details but thats it. In all, I dont think you have to much to worry about as long as you dont tell others who you are! Hugs, Tianna

I'm not 1 to give out personal information that could be used in fraud. I refuse to give out my last name middle name, birthday, a very select few friends online have my personal email. I wont use a credit card online. I'm just a little paranoid but that's how i am.

Sharing info via internet may be dangerous, anyways i dont share much and you should do not too, why to do so? Just maybe share a little with the people you know for long time, everyone dosn't need to know everything about you...maybe they don't care so you take a risk for nothing.

When you say personal details, what do you mean? DO you mean that they share their real life identity with you? Share details that will allow you to recognize them should you meet on the street? Most of the time, people on the internet are more "open" in a sense that, they are able to share something which they think no one will know cos they are typing behind a desk, in front of a computer. Wearing a mask call their avatar, they think that it would be too remote for anyone to actually meet them up in real life to do any harm if they were to share some of their secrets online. That is good as it is an avenue for them to let out their frustrations. And the best part of it is, they are interacting with another person. That person could be anyone. It doesn't matter. What matters is the one they are talking to, is another person in front of a computer somewhere in the world. As long as they can keep their real identity safe, I guess, they will feel safe enough to share some of their little details in life.

Yes, I do.. I am also, getting to thinking about not revealing too much information about me from now on.. I will not let others see every step that I may be taking.. I maybe less vague about giving out all of my personal information.

That's a good questions munch! I guess that's why it's anonymous! Actually, I've made some friends that I speak to off the lot that actually have my real name and email addy. I have nothing to hide and I'm a pretty open and honest person. I think sometimes that's my problem. I don't worry about people knowing too much about me and sometimes it gets me into trouble. My bf says I tend to talk too much! He is an extremly private person. He doesn't even tell his friends or family where he lives which kind of bothers me since some of them don't even know about me! So we are opposites! (last discussion!). Like I said, maybe I'm too open and I should be more careful, but I just am not like that. I'm not paranoid. You probably are right in your thinking. I'm the one who should be watching what I say. Sometimes I do say to much.

I'm too sleepy to care about that right now. Hehehehehehehe. anyway, nope,i dont really worry too much about it. Coz, well, i dont really reveal too much about meself. hehehehehe. Not even my real name. I might reveal if you beg. Hehehehehe.

I don't think much about it.. I think that people gathering personal information is losing their time since I believe that nobodies gives so much personal information, maybe here is shared personal thoughts.. I think so..

I only give out what info I want people to know that is as little or as much as I think is good at the time.