Someone sent me a PM with information they wouldn't have known unless they were keeping an eye on my posts. What should I do about this user?
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I'm not a moderator, but a PM alone doesn't seem to merit intervention.
As with most sites on the internet, you should never post anything if you're not comfortable with it becoming public information. You have an identity here, and the terms of that identity allow people to follow your posts (and even all gathered on one page) and to contact you.
Now, if the contact is harassment or in violation of the site rules, I suggest you email the website moderators directly with the person's name and request that they intervene. You didn't give enough information in your post for me to judge whether that's warranted. It might be!
I sincerely hope you don't expect any form of privacy in regards to your posts on the site. Any user can click a link and get a summary list of everything you've posted.
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EL makes a good point. All someone has to do to find a post by you is click on your profile and click the "Posts" tab, then use the provided search function. If there's harassing content in the PM itself, then yes Drejk's recommendation is your best bet. But if it's just someone responding to an old post via PM rather than in a thread (especially if it's a long-dead or locked thread), that's not necessarily indicative of stalking.
But yes, definitely send a note to Paizo if there's harassment involved.
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Ironically, I think Orthos is "stalking" my posts page. :)
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I sometime see a poster and recognize them from past posts or if I like something they posted I go into their profile and check out some of their older posts to see how long they have been on the boards or what other cool stuff they may have posted....I don't see that as stalking. Stalking would be more like "I know you recently purchased the Beginners Box, want to get together at "someplace local to you" and get a game going?" That would be stalker to me....or knowing my online habits beyond Paizo that I haven't shared.
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Ironically, I think Orthos is "stalking" my posts page. :)
Not YET at least...
Nah I just am attracted to (X New) links like a moth to flame. >_>
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Personally I would always exercise caution over all other factors. If you feel creeped out, definitely contact customer service, screencap the message, and block the sender.
If they're harmless--great! They're harmless. No harm, no foul for just being careful and letting the right people know. But if they're not, you've taken measures early to keep them from hurting you. The Internet is a more dangerous place than a lot of people want to give credit for, and Paizo boards are no safer than anywhere else.
That said, no of course, it's pretty easy to track someone's posts and follow them. I've gotten a lot of (very nice, usually) PMs about my posts. But I am assuming that if the messages were harmless responses to your posts your reaction would not be "stalker"--that sounds to me like whatever they said to you scared you and if you're scared, that's a very good reason to report it.
^ pretty much that ^
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Yep, I don't want to seem like I'm blaming the OP at all. I just want to be 100% sure they know how easy it is to view all of a person's posts.
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You can also Report the PM in the PM screen.
Unfortunately, when you pull up a metaphorical rock on the internet there is often many a small worm screaming conspiracy. More's the pity, Paizo's Off-topic board is one such rock.
Sorry, OP. I'd suggest, in the future, ask the conspiracy nutters to back it up, or please not derail your topic.
Good luck.
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If you find you're being harassed in any way on our website, email community@paizo.com with all the available details you have so we can properly investigate and respond. We're really not OK with harassment of any kind taking place on our site and take these reports very seriously. I'm sorry that this is something you've encountered on paizo.com and encourage you to shoot us an email.
Pretty sure Gorbacz is my stalker. I know cause I'm stalking him. :D
Hope you get this handled AN.
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Dude, if it isn't an e-mail detailing how you're going to get a visit from a bunch of True Americans equipped with a blowtorch and a shotgun, that ain't no harassment.Don't you got some lawyerin' to do, toothbag?
-Skeld
Of course I do. If anybody feels threatened ... here's my card. And here's the phone number of Sergei. Sergei handles the problem, I do the paperwork.
...with information they wouldn't have known unless they were keeping an eye on my posts...
I think this may have already been noted, but you realize that anyone can see everything you've ever posted - all in one spot - just by clicking your username, right?