do you stalk on the internet?
and who?
I tend to just post and write but never follow anyone.
stalking
do you stalk on the internet?
and who?
I tend to just post and write but never follow anyone.
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
You ask the strangest of questions...
If I stalked someone online, it would likely be myself, though I haven't quite figured out how this would work... Maybe some kind of hypnotic self-dissimulation? Desperately hunting even the fragments of my electronic shadow...
LOl indeed.Originally Posted by islandclimber
Yes the question comes from another site and I thought that was weird too but it did not seem to bother anyone. I guess by stalking I meant following. I am thinking there is a lot internet users who stalk sites but never actually bother posting.
In this other site someone was admitting that they stalked people's profiles. They meant they like to read about them and what they post. Strange may be...who knows.Haha.
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it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
I was stalked by someone on this forum for several months, and I have to say it was a very unsettling experience. I would recieve up to 5 PMs a day from her, and it was evident from their content that she had read through months and months of backposts, gleaning whatever personal information she could from them (perhaps it was foolish of me, but I've always been very open about who I am). I tried to ignore it, simply not responding to anything she posted, either to me personally or on the forum generally, but it kept getting worse and worse until eventually, following one particularly disturbing and explicit PM, I wrote to her and firmly told her to stop. It didn't work, and eventually I had to involve Scher in the mix (who dealt with the situation wonderfully) - this user even ended up creating several new accounts with the intention of getting to me.
So yes, speaking as a stalkee (if that's a word?) it is not very nice at all, and nearly drove me away from this forum. I'm much happier here now when I'm not worried about logging in for fear of finding a mountain of horror in my inbox.
"I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche
I don't really get that, reading peoples profile page and things like that. This is the only forum I use and not frequently like I used to. I hardly ever wonder about the person behind a user name. I once got a few odd pm's from a person here but that has been dealt with.
what was that Sting song about stalking?... it creeps me out. Although I have to admit my favorite t-shirt has the sentence 'the more you ignore me the closer I get' in big bold green letters, that's OK though, I think.
I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo
If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock
Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire
''Every Breath You Take''? Do you know a long time ago I use to listen to it and sing it outloud with a friend and I never thought it was a stalking song until recently haha.
I think the internet is an easy place to stalk because of the anonymity.
wow do you know why she stalked you in particular?
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
No idea. I think she had a lot of personal and circumstantial difficulties, and for whatever reason began to focus on me. I felt (and still feel) sorry for her, but it was not a healthy outlet for her life issues.
"I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche
If you want to go stalking Twitter is an entire domain devoted and designed for it. In fact your stalkees are glad to have you follow them. I follow various writers slebs politicians and jornalists on there. I also have a few of my own stalkers, but to be honest I don't give them much to go on.
ay up
The question really is, who would actually admit to stalking.
Stalking is one of the human instincts out of anonymity since everybody likes only in part what the other stalks or talks. Even a nagging wife is kind of stalking when one mostly find the talk uninteresting and at times objectionable. Stalking is everywhere and one cannot stop but the only measure is stuff your ear-holes with cotton
I can't imagine stalking someone unless it is for unhealthy reasons.
Before sunlight can shine through a window, the blinds must be raised - American Proverb
I've never stalked anyone. I don't do twitter. I don't really get the concept, nor does it sound really interesting, you're allowed to use such a limited number of words. I also read somewhere that people who use it a lot can be somewhat self-absorbed. Don't know if that's true or not. Anyway, here's a link. It mainly discusses Facebook users, another medium I don't use.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/0...o-narcissists/
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Bonzai "Some people say I done alright for a girl." Melanie Safka
I don't have the time to stalk anyone. One of the things I like about forums like this is the privacy they provide You can disclose as much or as little as you like.
Lokasenna has an important lesson for us all - you are never really total Anonymous to people really looking and it pays to be careful what you say.
I am back............................
I do not choose to stalk and at the same time I do not intend to be anonymous since I have nothing to cover up under the sun. I talk with sense and there is nothing to keep from my readers. I do not fear anybody and I find everybody here friendly though at times I love to argue even heatedly with them and I get angered and anger them but in a while I am back to normalcy and want to regain friendship. However a friend here was somewhat vexed and she still is not OK and I am apologetic but to no avail. I just want to widen my horizon and do not want to shrink into my littleness
LOL what unhealthy reasons?
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
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