Do people divulge too much in chatrooms ?

kent f OBE wrote:

Good thread topic moosey i would say some people do yes but lots of times it’s genuine chit chat…genuine follow on from conversations in the room……someone mentions work…another asks what they do and so forth…..someone mentions an MOT….and another might ask what car they drive ans so forth its the bitchy few….that will pick this conversation up twist it and turn it into something it’s not…..i.e. Bragging….showing offf but it’s ok for the bitchy few to mention the exact same things and it’s acceptable all boils down to who says what to how it’s accepted

That is so very true. One lovely chatter (and I mean that sincerely, she is lovely) will mention the latest cruise she’s been on and that she’s booked her next break. Others in the room will comment on how lovely that is and can they go with her next time. Someone else mentions a holiday and it’s totally turned on its head. Accused of boasting about how much money they have etc.

Nowt as queer as folk…

**Sorry Moosey…seem to have gone off piste there a bit…

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laine1, kent f OBE

Absolutely agree with this thread, I have chatted in the room when very few people are in there and the next time I was in there someone random quoted the conversation I had previously some weeks ealier, almost word for word. The scary bit isn’t that it was repeated, or that anything I said was particularly personal, but they went to so much trouble to log in on a hidey ID and take notes. I am even careful even what I reveal on PM and PM only to a very select group. So yes be very careful what you reveal unless you absolutely trust the person.

Think if u get to know the person u can divulge into some personal things think u have to give a little sometimes trust is a big thing to me as u never kno if people are being sincere or not .

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laine1

Pete wrote:

If it’s gonna bother you if divulged info is used “against” you then don’t divulge it..if it doesn’t bother you then it doesn’t matter.

You don’t chat in the room though do you Pete, it is nigh on impossible in a long conversation, private or public, not to reveal some information, whether you intend to or not. There are people, professionals, who pick up on those small nuances and are able to link them, into something more bitesized and gnaw away on it contentedly.

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laine1

Well u wouldn’t divulge personal things if u didn’t want to anyway and tbh I’ve told some people about myself and they’ve never put my details in the room not that I’m that exciting anyway lol