@Desertrunner you need to log off for today or a few days

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Originally Posted by desertrunner

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Originally Posted by Dan Druff

BCR said he figured out who you were from some of your posts, but he's honorable enough not to spread it around.

Another user -- one who isn't hostile to you -- also figured it out, and DM'd me. I politely asked them to please keep it quiet, and they agreed.

People here are smart and can pick this stuff off easily, just from a little bit of seemingly innocent info you might share about yourself.

The good news here is that I don't believe anyone here wants to harass you in real life. And even if they did, I wouldn't allow any doxing to occur here.

Once Druff and I reviewed the information in texts, it was then all clear and obvious. And if anyone figured out who I was, it was NOT from my posts here, it was other social media connections.

As for the most of the people here, I dont believe they are smart as I have been careful what I have posted here. I know it was not on my side and other social media. My main concern is a member here that we havent seen yet and he will most likely dox someone. But to be very clear, when you posted here that we are real life friends, I knew that was going to be a problem and it was. Again, the problem was on the poker side, not the desertrunner side or information posted here by me, that is 100%.

Bottom line- This is a dirty site and the chances of getting doxed here are a concern.

I don't agree.

The people who claim to have found you aren't on any social media which would have links between us.

Here's an anecdote regarding how easy it can be to find an anonymous person online, once they post enough random (but seemingly non-specific) details about themselves.

A long time ago (not on this or any other poker forum), there was a guy who had gotten my personal info through a third party, and kept posting it. He was very arrogant about the whole thing, knowing I couldn't find him, and was constantly posting details about me to rub it in my face.

Finally I got tired of this and set out to find him.

I scoured through everything he had posted, and while I had some clues (such as a general physical description of himself), there wasn't anything much to go on. I gave up for the moment, until one day he was driving up I-5 and stopped at a Denny's in a smallish town. He posted that night about the Denny's stop, and complained about what he had ordered, claiming he sent it back and got something else.

I jumped on it and called that Denny's, pretending to be him. I didn't have his name, of course, but described myself the way he had previously claimed he looked, and said that I just realized they never took off the first item I ordered, and charged me for both that and the replacement meal. I told them what both of them were. To cover for the fact that I didn't have his name, I said that I "wasn't sure" if the credit card used was mine or my traveling companion -- that I've eaten so many meals this trip and it's all a blur.

(Note that he never said there was a problem with the bill. This was a ruse to get his name!)

They didn't question any of this. Why should they have? I had a lot of specific information here, regarding what he looked like, what he ordered (and sent back), and roughly what time he was there. The manager was going through receipts and said, "Well okay, I see the receipt I think is yours here, but it's not in your name. But I do see we took off the first thing you ordered, with a charge and credit, so you're fine provided that was your table."

I said, "You sure it's not in my name, [fake name I made up]?"

The manager replied, "No, the name I see on the card was [the guy's real name]. Is that who you were eating with?"

"Oh yeah, that was my buddy. Okay, sorry for bothering you. Thanks for checking," I said in closing, and hung up.

I then waited about 2 weeks or so, in order to prevent him from figuring out what I might have done. Then I posted the dude's name. He was absolutely shocked. He had never posted it anywhere, nor did he give it to anyone. He was careful to be fully anonymous, and now I somehow had his fucking name. He kept asking how I got it, and when I wouldn't tell him, he suddenly went into apology mode and offered we drop our beef. Never in a million years would he be able to go back in his mind 2 weeks and figure out that the Denny's meal was the culprit.

I assume that's what people here did to you, though probably without any kind of phone call.