I'd just like to quietly note that when I answered the Nazi death squad's inquiry with "Oh, no problem, he's just over there..." that I didn't intend for them to walk over and shoot him. In hindsight I'm not sure why I didn't put that together. I figure Cow won't mind however, given he fell upon his sword with admirable nobility. Well played, sir.
I once donated to the Codex, thinking to give something back to the void that had already taken so much spare time and humanity away from me.* So, in my paranoia and foresight, I used a prepaid credit card with a random name, being more fearful of my information being inappropriately used by some credit card company than the 'Dex. After the Ryan Morrison dramas I changed my 'Dex email contact to gurpal singh @ hotmail. I figure there must be a Gurpal Singh, that he's probably in India, and if someone wants to stalk and kill me and they should start looking for overseas Gurpals.
So whilst I've always been careful with private information it gives one pause when info is taken from financial or internal sources.
I get a mistake was made, and, with the help of lawyers, and apology was issued [Your alignment has changed to Lawful Neutral]. The concern remains that for those who value privacy (ie. are employed) it's either don't say stupid shit, or don't provide private info. And well, if one can't say stupid shit one might as well lurk.** Without a system that guarantees privacy from human error or vindictiveness I couldn't imagine donating again or joining a Kickstarter. And I hope that changes some day.
With the prospect of being cautious about what I type, by not posting drunk as God Himself intended me to, by not joining into community fundraisers, by not pointing out that Ryan Morrison donated an unknown amount of Kickstarter money along with a small handful of other people the week in which an unknown person made a $5000 donation to the Grimoire FPS which he represented - money that was later withdrawn, and most of all, by not reading posts from Ironyuri... a great deal of
has departed.
* Tits thread aside
** DU's warning regarding recent laws noted