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Posting IDs You may notice on the discussion boards that many people have very low feedback numbers. This is because they use posting ID's. A posting ID is an ID that is used only on the discussion boards. Some people choose to post using their buying or selling IDs, but that isn't a good idea because it lets people you don't know see your private business. Some people think the risks of posting with their selling ID are outweighed by the benefit of having other board posters be able to see what they have for sale, but I don't agree. What can happen? Here is an extreme, but true, example. Recently on Seller Central, a seller started a thread with his selling ID. One of the regular board posters didn't agree with what he had to say and was rather obnoxious about it, so the seller mentioned that he was putting the poster on his blocked bidder list. Any normal person would have laughed at that and moved on, but this particular poster is, as near as I can tell, mentally ill and has serious anger management issues. Her reaction was to use an ID that she had created using false information to do a BIN on one of the seller's listings, with the intention of leaving the seller undeserved negative feedback. Other board posters whom she had been fighting with discovered what she had done and let other boardies know about it, and at least one let the seller know. The seller filed all the appropriate reports but she had covered her tracks well enough that she got away with it. Again, most people would have dropped it there but that isn't her style. She reacted by harrassing the seller via phone and email, and even calling his local police and reporting that he had a drug lab in his place of business. When some of her friends objected to her behavior she made up stories about someone threatening her child in order to justify her actions. Attacking the poor seller wasn't enough for her, she also went after some of her former friends. She made up lies about them, gave their personal information to other people and posted it on public websites, harrassed them via email and phone, and even convinced her husband to assist in the harrassment by calling one person's boss and telling them lies. The saddest part of this story is that some people continue to support her in spite of knowing what she has done. It's unclear whether they do so because they are also mentally unstable, because they are so afraid of her that they won't stop supporting her because they know they'll be next, or if they just have a mean streak. So, the moral of this story is that you need to protect yourself anyway you can, and that means being as anonymous as possible on the message boards. Don't use an ID you sell with to post, create a new one. All you need is a unique email address. Don't participate in gift swaps unless you have a PO box or other mail drop; never give out your home address. And don't ever reveal any personal details about your life that you don't want the whole world to know. |
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