keeping it private?

It doens't surprise me. The internet has a certain anonymity built into it. No one HAS to know who you are, and chances are you don't know the people reading your posts... so people are willing to put more out there to a nameless, faceless text response, than they would to a stranger on the street. It's an interesting phenomenon.

It depends on if Im friends with this person. And how close I am. If Im not close I wont answer I will skip over it. I have to agree with you some things are better not said.LOL

If I would not talk about something with my very best friend, I certainly would not talk about it on a forum. If I would not want to talk about it with my mother, I would not want to talk about it in a forum. I sometimes think I am old fashioned, but I am comfortable being that way. I do find some things to be too personal to talk about in discussions on myLot.

I just skip them. A lot of those discussions are just silly. Why would somebody want to know some of the stuff they ask anyway, it's just creepy. Have I told you yet that I love your avatar? Everytime I see it, I wish there was a real rose with those colors!

I sometimes volunteer information here that I would not do elsewhere, but that is to explain why I feel the way I do or why certain things have not gone this way, or why we adopted, etc. and all the things that led up to why I am what I am. I figure the ones who post have a reason for giving this information and possibly myLot is the only place where someone would listen to them, because if someone where they lived had paid attention and helped them get solve the problem, they would have been better off. I do not like, however, posts where someone asks intimate and personal questions that might give a clue to where I live, the street I live on, what my yard looks like, etc.

Yes. Personally I wouldn't ask a personal question in any regards on mylot, nor would I ask for advice. Actually it sort of bugs me how many people respond to my discussions at times trying to give me advice when I don't post discussions asking for advice. It's not that I don't trust the opinions of folks on mylot but everyone is essentially strangers and why should I take advice from a complete stranger who doesn't really know my situation at all...even from a brief explanation that I could give in a discussion. Sometimes, I'm not sure what goes on in peoples minds.

I find some things that people are willing to bring up odd, and am actually uncomfortable with some topics. I will answer if I have something relevant and supportive to say, otherwise I just wander on.

I myself enjoy those posts. We are more limited in real life to share or ask questions about such things, so on here it is like pure freedom. I love learning and to tell the truth those way too personal posts are the ones I learn the most from. So I don't skip them, I answer and well I have created a few of my own as well. That's the coolest thing about Mylot, there is such a variety of topics to choose from.

I answer many questions that a lot of people would probably think are "too personal". I guess I just like thinking that I'm an open book, and there isn't much I won't talk about to some degree. Especially if it's a discussion started by one of my friends, I will go there to support them anyway. Once in a while there is a discussion about something personal that is hard to talk about because it hurts, and sometimes on those I will start typing a response and then decide not to finish it. Not because I care about other people knowing the information, but because I just can't bear to finish writing it.

I think some discussions are way too personal, it doesn't matter if they are anonymous. I just don't want to know or answer. And when you think about it, most people that have referrals are not really anonymous, so they maybe tellling deep dark secrets that can easily become public. Although, I think some people can give good advice due to experience and you do get a nice mix of people with different ideas and opinions, it is not free and is really a public forum so all advice must be carefully evaluated.

No not really,of course what one person sees as personal others may not.All i can tell you is if someone asks you personal questions if you choose to answer just tell them you don't discuss your private life or just do not answer the post.If i do get something that is personal and I feel it is to personal i just will not answer the post.This being a open type discussion site we cannot help what people ask,some people ask silly things and some will ask personal non of their business things but that is what is so nice about this site we have the option not to answer those post.

People start discussions that some may feel are too personal because there is a safety they feel by posting to complete strangers. Its the same reason people go on the Jerry Springer show to air their dirty laundry. They feel that they are talking to total strangers who have no right to judge them, and even if they do, they will never hear it because they don't know them personally. I think that this forum is a great way to get responses to personal questions that you may not want to ask a friend or a family member. Its definitely the anonimitiy that appeals to people when they post personal topic.

If people are willing to share their deepest secret or their personal lives here in myLot, then so be it. They must trust us here so much that they feel comfortable to let us know something more personal about them. Although I have not read a very personal posts, but if I do and I know the what the myloter is talking about' I'd be glad to share my thoughts about it. However personally, I think I will just keep very personal issues about myself away from the prying eyes of the many.

I don't like this kind of discussion. Usually I don't bother even reading it. I am not going to talk about personal stuff and I am not going to lie about something just to post.

No they do not bother me at all. I just think that someone wants advice or just to let off steam and as they are from members who are for the most part completely anonymous here on myLot. The can can say things they would perhaps not feel comfortable telling to personal friends.

I read them I enjoy reading them it would depend on the kind of post. There are posts that are really too personal that I just end up reading them and just skip coz it dos not apply to me or I just cant relate to it.

I know how you feel, I have seen a few posts here that I have not even opened because the topic was way to personal for me. I don't respond to them, I feel that some things should be left alone.

"Personal," you say? Whats personal anyway? This world is full of personal people. We all have personal preferences, but we are all alike. Drive along any road or street and you will notice how much everyone is like everyone else. So in light of this, whats to be personal about? If we were all undressed we would very soon get over this personal business, because we would all Look Alike, and be Alike. So what do you have, or don't you have, that everyone else doesn't have, or does have? Think about this next time your feeling "Just a little bit too personal."

It depends on the discussion, to be honest. Most of the time I don't mind discussing personal stuff with anyone, and nothing is too personal.

Yes , I agree that somethings are just meant to be kept personal and not discussed publicly....that's just me tho. Im a pretty open person but i have come across some topics and just thought...wow...too much info! I just shrug and go on to something else. to each his own.