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Public personal dev accounts: opinions? (self.programming)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by onlinepersona to c/programming

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I feel like there are many devs out there who expose a lot of personal details and opinions all over the web. Maybe it's just me, but when starting out with the internet I tried my best to separate my personal details (name, age, sex, country, ethnicity, family ties, relationship status,...) from usernames in public.

Seeing devs do it willingly and voice opinions on divisive or sensitive topics kind of messes with me. Aren't y'all afraid of missing out on job opportunities if someone reads your opinions, code, or other stuff tied to your personal accounts? Or letting anybody (maybe family, friends, acquaintances, ...) in on your personal life, mindset, opinions and other personal information?

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[–] recursive_recursion 2 points 5 months ago

hmm

realistically what would happen for those reports is that warnings would be given,

after that it would mainly depend on the reported user in question

I have a suggestion for addressing the sources of harassment
I'd like to point out a couple of main concerns:

you might want to [figure out/explain to the public]:
- how and why adding the CC license would protect your comments/posts from LLM data collection
when being harassed or intimidated, try not to engage/reciprocate with rage or hate [MadMax_That's_bait.gif],
- if you do it'll make you less trustworthy to outsiders peering in,
  - this I learned painfully from experience
try to ask questions as it can help you learn truths of every situation,
- and typically the path to truth can help you figure out solutions to problems