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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
But I am constrained in my online 'face' by something he is not. I run all my posts through mental "filters" before hitting 'Post'. No one cares if The Sun headline reads "Small Business Owner Sets Off Bear Bangers For Funsies"; but the headline "Local 911 Dispatcher advocates for misuse of emergency equipment" would likely cost me my job.
The 'me' that I allow online is not the 'me' that you get offline. I am very, VERY aware that there could be some journalist out there trolling around, looking for a story, coming across something of mine and deciding to make a story of it.
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Especially after what happened to pylon, he was very public about who he is and what he does, and some mentally ill troll on CP tried to use it against him because they didn't like something he posted
I have a fairly chatty personality and overshare plenty, but I'm still intentionally vague about exactly which emergency service I work for for the exact same reason