Location

[Scrounge]

many members post in their info sw, nw, south, in a state
they should post the town, i do should be required

Why? Some folks don't want people knowing where they are. Just because you and I put our info out there doesn't mean everyone should.

[Garyshome]

I don't want Xibiden to know where I am

[TimD]

I prefer to keep things vague. Data Aggregation is my primary concern.

I am not worried about users of this site, so much as others extracting data with google, et. al. A suburban newspaper, The Journal News, White Plains, NY, obtained handgun permit data from public records and printed it online. It included addresses of those with handgun permits.

Of course criminals would never use that information for nefarious purposes. Nor would they target social media accounts, where folks routinely discuss vacation plans.

I was made aware of data aggregation efforts by a previous employer and the federal government. The examples provided were and are more than enough to make me think twice before putting anything online.

[Coyote3]

I ain't hiding from nobody and nobody's hiding from me ... Baton Rouge , Louisiana .
Gary

That's the way it should be.

[poppy42]

If I did post my town, it would just make it easier for the mothership to find me. I already have more than enough implants in my body!

[Der Gebirgsjager]

We have to make special allowances for those members in the Witness Protection Program, and fleeing felons.

Good one, Ed. Best laugh all morning!

As for the subject of the OP's post, what's it matter? I live in an area (it is on the map in tiny letters) but the nearest town is 5 miles distant and it's also tiny.

DG

[Der Gebirgsjager]

If I did post my town, it would just make it easier for the mothership to find me. I already have more than enough implants in my body!

Don't you want it to find you? I put out a rotating beacon.

DG

[Gator 45/70]

We have to make special allowances for those members in the Witness Protection Program, and fleeing felons.

I live in a cow pasture close to the town named after The Birds of Carrion ?

Sent from my FEMA bunker 786

[fatelk]

There are different kinds of undisclosed information.

There’s secret, like the combination to your safe.

There’s private, like what you do in the bathroom every day. We all know what you’re doing, but you close the door because it’s private.

And there’s personal information. It’s not necessarily private because lots of people know, and you rarely think twice before telling anyone who has a reason to know. Some people are more personal and private than others, but that doesn’t necessarily make them paranoid.

A lot of folks here know generally where I live, some know my address, and a few my phone number. That doesn’t bother me; none of that info is particularly hard to find, and certainly not a secret. It is personal though, and I don’t see any particular need to share it with the world on the open internet. The town or region where I live is really no big deal so I’m fairly ambivalent about that, but again, just don’t really feel the particular need to put it out there. That’s just me; to each their own.

Everyone has different levels of privacy they’re comfortable with. Some people will openly share the results of their latest colonoscopy or the contents of their 401k, whereas for others such matters are extremely private.

[fatelk]

Some people say “Why is it a secret?”

Others will say “Why do you need to know?”

[white eagle]

many members post in their info sw, nw, south, in a state
they should post the town, i do should be required

Wow !!!

[jim147]

Since I'm out in the sticks, should I post coordinates?

[panhed65]

I can not think of any good reason why I should post my location any closer than I already do. too many people want to enforce their ideas and such on everyone. any one needs more info can ask.
Barry

[gbrown]

I won't say where I am but plenty of people know where I am. You mean harm to me or my family ? Bring lots of folks, ammo and guns. We'll welcome you in the appropriate manner..

[Harter66]

Well I used to be in the NW corner of a county roughly the size of Maryland and drive 75 miles to the nearest Walmart from the world's largest NAD .

Now days I'm 28 ,42 or 45 miles from Walmart but I cross 1,2,5 county lines to get there . I was briefly a lot closer to Walmart in the base town of drugs for guns .

Either way it's a green hell for a desert rat but it's growing on me like the moss on the side walk .

[Battis]

It's interesting to see what state people live in, but what's really cool (to me) is seeing the ranges people shoot at. My club's ranges in NH are tree lined, but the ones I saw in ND, SD, WY were wide open.

[GhostHawk]

Thanks, but no thanks.

Lots here know that I am in North Dakota. I'm guessing more than a few could put the name of the city on that.
But someone who things EVERYONE should have that info right out in the open is exactly the kind I worry about.

If you live close there is a good chance you'll get a PM from me with a phone number or an address and an invite to stop and do coffee next time your close. Everyone else can figure it out themselves.

[MrWolf]

many members post in their info sw, nw, south, in a state
they should post the town, i do should be required

I have no problems giving general information out. The closest town to me is about a third the size of yours and we use their town even though I am not in the same county as they are. See, no help. Besides I have a problem when folks make petty things mandatory.

[gwpercle]

That's the way it should be.

LIKE ...

Hitting our like button !
Gary

[AlHunt]

many members post in their info sw, nw, south, in a state
they should post the town, i do should be required

And then what? How would you police false locations?