I understand people may be desperate, lonely, have no friends etc and can be vulnerable to people showing them attention. You should still be very careful about what information you give out to people that show you attention or want to be 'friends' on the site.
For starters a so called friend doesn't need to know any sort of personal information whatsoever to be your friend. take me for example, i don't need to know a persons age, where they live, there name or anything like that, just so i talk to them. People will probably offer this information as a away of trying to make you feel more comfortable about talking to them or say stuff like you don't have to tell me if you don't want, sort of guilt tripping you into telling them stuff. I mean the more information you give a person the more chances you have of being 'doxxed'. This happened recently to a member after another member befriended them, this same person had multiple accounts, one even claiming to be a young autistic girl. another members posts were posted all over the site of the groups that are against this website, they even laughed and joked about her suffering when this person CTB, which was partly to do with these so called group of people who are meant to want to 'save' people. they have a funny way of showing it!!!!!
people will make out the reason they want this information, just to make conversation. there are plenty of other subjects to talk about, the weather, where you want to go on holiday, none of which have anything to do with personal stuff. there is ABSOLUTELTY no need whatsoever for a member on here to know your name, address or location. Its of no use to anyone apart from someone with ulterior motives. like i said people can talk to each other without disclosing there life story, one member called me reserved the other day , yeah its called not giving you information like you are trying to get, because some of us can see what's going on. but i understand alot of member aren't always aware of this stuff going on and wouldn't want people to come to any harm. Its happened before and might happen again, but hopefully people will be a bit more aware of exactly what information the give complete strangers. If for instance i say i'm from the UK, in my 40's and called bernard! then people have some info and the area covered is quite large, if i then said i like in london, i'm 45, and called bernard,the net gets smaller. If a person then lives in a small town, possibly has an unusual name,'m sure you get my drift on how much easier it gets possible to be found.
also people may not ask you this information straight away, they may talk to you about other stuff 1st and gain your trust. then start slipping it in later. I REPEAT there is no need for someone have personal information so that you can talk to them on an internet forum.
Another thing is you should always research stuff thoroughly(i know its not always easy and we all want answers straight away, but it will benefit you in the long run), a good place to start would be reading the PPH. that way, when you see posts proclaiming certain things, you will be able to realise if they are true or not. I used to read posts and wonder if they were true or not, so what i did is did alot of research about stuff. now its easy to see through the lies and scare tactics that get posted. these people were at least useful for one thing, they made me determine as ever to search for the truth..........i kind of get the idea this wasn't there aim lol.
There's actually a really good thread about manipulation techniques, its over in the resource section. It was made by a valid long term member who has since CTB.
another thing to watch out for is people posting negative comments all the time about methods, they will claim they are just asking questions, yeah always negative ones lol. Its far easier to see the reason for someone posting a positive post, than the reason for a person posting a negative post(too scare, make you question yourself or something you thought you knew etc). it will always be the same group of people posting the same stuff, if you watch closely you will see the pattern emerges, usually the will be people who repeatedly post over and over, with the same members involved in the thread questioning something or other. Again i would advise research, the people who wrote the PPH have masses of experience in dealing with assisted suicide, the people who post on this site (me included) have NONE. when you want the answer to something you go to an EXPERT, someone with experience of a situation, it shouldn't be any different when looking for the correct answer to questions in regards to CTB.
For starters a so called friend doesn't need to know any sort of personal information whatsoever to be your friend. take me for example, i don't need to know a persons age, where they live, there name or anything like that, just so i talk to them. People will probably offer this information as a away of trying to make you feel more comfortable about talking to them or say stuff like you don't have to tell me if you don't want, sort of guilt tripping you into telling them stuff. I mean the more information you give a person the more chances you have of being 'doxxed'. This happened recently to a member after another member befriended them, this same person had multiple accounts, one even claiming to be a young autistic girl. another members posts were posted all over the site of the groups that are against this website, they even laughed and joked about her suffering when this person CTB, which was partly to do with these so called group of people who are meant to want to 'save' people. they have a funny way of showing it!!!!!
people will make out the reason they want this information, just to make conversation. there are plenty of other subjects to talk about, the weather, where you want to go on holiday, none of which have anything to do with personal stuff. there is ABSOLUTELTY no need whatsoever for a member on here to know your name, address or location. Its of no use to anyone apart from someone with ulterior motives. like i said people can talk to each other without disclosing there life story, one member called me reserved the other day , yeah its called not giving you information like you are trying to get, because some of us can see what's going on. but i understand alot of member aren't always aware of this stuff going on and wouldn't want people to come to any harm. Its happened before and might happen again, but hopefully people will be a bit more aware of exactly what information the give complete strangers. If for instance i say i'm from the UK, in my 40's and called bernard! then people have some info and the area covered is quite large, if i then said i like in london, i'm 45, and called bernard,the net gets smaller. If a person then lives in a small town, possibly has an unusual name,'m sure you get my drift on how much easier it gets possible to be found.
also people may not ask you this information straight away, they may talk to you about other stuff 1st and gain your trust. then start slipping it in later. I REPEAT there is no need for someone have personal information so that you can talk to them on an internet forum.
Another thing is you should always research stuff thoroughly(i know its not always easy and we all want answers straight away, but it will benefit you in the long run), a good place to start would be reading the PPH. that way, when you see posts proclaiming certain things, you will be able to realise if they are true or not. I used to read posts and wonder if they were true or not, so what i did is did alot of research about stuff. now its easy to see through the lies and scare tactics that get posted. these people were at least useful for one thing, they made me determine as ever to search for the truth..........i kind of get the idea this wasn't there aim lol.
There's actually a really good thread about manipulation techniques, its over in the resource section. It was made by a valid long term member who has since CTB.
another thing to watch out for is people posting negative comments all the time about methods, they will claim they are just asking questions, yeah always negative ones lol. Its far easier to see the reason for someone posting a positive post, than the reason for a person posting a negative post(too scare, make you question yourself or something you thought you knew etc). it will always be the same group of people posting the same stuff, if you watch closely you will see the pattern emerges, usually the will be people who repeatedly post over and over, with the same members involved in the thread questioning something or other. Again i would advise research, the people who wrote the PPH have masses of experience in dealing with assisted suicide, the people who post on this site (me included) have NONE. when you want the answer to something you go to an EXPERT, someone with experience of a situation, it shouldn't be any different when looking for the correct answer to questions in regards to CTB.
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