How about an initiative to clean up the initiative format?

Yes!

Arguments Against
upvote here against the initiative

Just make thei author's links appear colorless/dead, that will be accurate and it says something about the author that deserves disclosure to readers.

My reservations and concerns are outlined below in my longest post, for anyone interested in reading it. I can see both sides of the argument but for me, the right to privacy for all should be maintained.

I think the initiative here is for the user's public page so nothing but posts and profile statement. Other details in "settings" are not part of your page, even your buying reputation is invisible to people you are not transacting with, it's just a record of your public words and posts by others made on your own page like questions they asked you.

If you open your page then log off and view it you will see what I mean. You're actually someone whose posts I'd really like to read but I wouldn't bother you asking for password access :)

Hi Bojack, not sure if your post was in response to mine?

But there is more info on someones profile page then just posts they have contributed to or profile statements. As I mentioned below, at the end of this topic, don't want to bore you by repeating here.

For the record if someone wants to private message chat, to ask questions or who want to know about other posts I have posted on, then all they have to do is request me to PM them. If your page is open I can pm you and you can reply back, even tho my page restricted. I will be happy to answer any questions.

I have tried to make my profile public, and password it, many times in the past, but it does not work, I emailed help about it months ago, but did not get a fix. But now, in light of all the recent security issues on here, I am glad I retained the privacy on my profile, because I don't want my profile visible on google for all to search. There are hackers, that know what they are doing, and can easily get into your settings, even tho they are not accessible. What scares me is the way this site is going, I never ever thought a buyer or seller would ever dream of exposing names, addresses, and bank details, but yet it did happen, and very recently to.

If someone won't ask for someones password to access their page, then they are not that concerned about reading that persons profile, surely ! (I to have been curious and looked at someones page because I liked a few of their posts and wanted to see more, however when I found their page restricted, I respected that and just moved myself along. Or I could have posted a response to them in public, if they would have asked me a question. I always try to reply to everyone, and I welcome any questions.

Don't people realise how serious privacy is on here, am I the only one? Would everyone be happy if their name, address and bank details were posted for the world to see on here? And their profile pages wide open on the web, that's great for sellers for advertising, but not for me as a customer.

I would happily give someone a list, with internal links to all the best posts I have contributed to, and answer any questions, if they asked and were genuinely interested, but I won't give up my privacy on my profile page, without a password, just because people are just curious to have a look.

Anyway sorry everyone, I know I have written alot on this topic, but privacy and physical safety is the most important thing for me on LB, when I feel safe I am happy, but now unfortunately, I need to be even more vigilant because we have people that are prepared to release sensitive info and addresses in a fit of anger or to prove to everyone they are not lying, by posting screen shots. Take care everyone :)

I saw a great post of yours and wanted to see more but for some reason I don't understand they are hidden.

Hi weJamin,

My messages are NOT hidden, they are all over LB, every single one of them.

Only thing 'hidden' is my profile. It is not 'hidden', it is Restricted with a password. So a bit like, you can't come in unless I give you a password, however again, every single post is on LB for you to see.

It is just a case of finding them, as older posts get pushed down as new posts with new votes and comments get pushed up.

Again feel free to PM me .... or if there is a post you came across and want to see again, then just tell me what you can remember about the topic of the post, and I will get you the link :)

I am not in hiding, I just value my security and privacy and like to control who has access to my profile page useing a password. There are people on here and on the internet who relish in down voting people and spamming accounts, so I just want to protect my 'home' page.

GC

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a sensible polemic, i think if we are going to expose pages more we need to control the troll exposure.

Hi sf fan,

The month of September was rife with spam accounts, trolls and sellers and buyers all going crazy and exposing private screen shots. (must have been a full moon lol)

Anyway, no way in hell should people 'force' or 'bully' or 'encourage' (or whatever 'word' you choose) anyone to 'expose' or 'open' fully to the public their Private Home Profile Page.

Everyones profile page has Settings for good reason, I understand them and I use them.

If you want to make your profile page open for the world to see then go ahead. If you want to clamp down on security then this is your RIGHT and has nothing to do with anyone else. And should not need to be justified.

My final word on this topic (it has been going on months now). My Home Page is MINE, I set the rules and boundaries and securities. I will NEVER open my page just because some random stranger on the internet wants to have a look around my PRIVATE profile.

Lol I can not be clearer now on this I don't think.

Thanks for everyones imput ...but I am AGAINST the initiative and ALWAYS will be. I respect that everyone else may disagree and that is perfectly fine.

But again, I have my own mind, and skills and intelligence....and I USE them :) I walk AWAY from the 'herd mentality' and I figure out this life on my own. But that is just me :)

GC

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''The Octopus has NINE brains. The Human has ONE .So please be kind to each other because we ain't that smart '' a 'GiggleCheeks Quote of the Day' taken from my memoirs and sketch books, to remind me daily not to be an idiot. lol

Copyright© GiggleCheeks. All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer: All opinions, thoughts and writings are my own, and are not meant to cause any harm or offence. I do Not believe everything I read and neither should anyone else without doing their own research. I do not get paid or compensated in any way for my posts. I am a regular normal person who appreciates this website and all the good folks within it. I believe good information and knowledge should be shared and not hidden from us. What a person does with their life and what they put into their body is no ones business but there own. All my writings are for mature adult readers only 21+. I do not encourage the use of drugs my writings are for educational and entertainment purposes only :)
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The establishment of rights is something to deliberate my good cheeks. I see this reduced to the right to post depending upon some degree of visibility.

It seems like settling conflict between visibility and privacy is the a foundational contract for this community.

I'm still not sure where I stand yet, I suppose the only question is harm caused to the "victim" of the post. Trolling and doxing are harmful in their own right though.

"more info on someones profile page then just posts they have contributed to or profile statements" - what info are you talking about?

Hi avenged, I keep directing people to my first original post, which outlines all my concerns, including what else is on a profile that I personally am concerned about, it's way at the bottom at the end of this topic, starts with ''Sorry for long post but there are things...''

I don't want to keep repeating myself, as I am boring myself now with my posts the size of small novels ! maybe I should stop caring so much about this topic but I want to respond to questions as they come in, so please look below, if interested. :)

how about just answering here so i don't have to read the whole stream of consciousness. no offense at all here it just now seems like you are obfuscating.

Avenged404, I am not obfuscating, I am just tired :) if you can't be bothered reading my original thread, then I can't be bothered repeating myself any longer. I don't have much energy left. Sorry, no offense.
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you can set your page for invisible to crawlers like google.

Hi terminator, yes there is an option for this, in settings, but as I have said I and a few others I have seen, cannot change settings at the moment to make profile visible, will not let me set a password either. Yes once fixed I will see then if my profile can be seen by biggy but not the search engines.

But this thread and a few other posts I have made do come up in google when I search my user name and littlebiggy, this I found out recently, I thought the settings allowed for full invisibility on the net, but posts that I contribute to, end up on google, not all posts but some.

What is your visibility set to? This sounds more like a bug than a feature request :)

BoogyWu, yes I think you are right !

More going on here than maybe I realise, hence I am going a little loopy trying to figure it all out.

Wish LB would get back to me, we need a better explanation of what exactly our settings in 'visibilty' do,

Lots of bugs on LB lately, when I first joined I set my settings to be invisible by everything, over time I have often gone in and changed to 'visible' on net and on the wall. I can't even make myself visible on the wall on littlebiggy.

5th time recht

Thank you SO much, atlast a little help and support, I will try this to see if it works.

try asking him fanboy, you can't even send him a message when he is blocked.

sorry i mean fan horse :)

Arguments For
upvote here for the initiative

When you make any post you are speaking in public. I don't see why your other public statements should be hidden, they are also public statements. As for others statements on you that is a primary mechanism of accountability here. Is there anything else on the page?

hi peter, yes there are other sensitive info on peoples pages, that they may not want public, some of which I outlined below in my long post. Besides, no one should implement forced visibility and take away peoples right to privacy and to choose what a person wants public or private. As I said below, there is a password that can be set for people to access restricted pages, but that is upto each person to decide who to let in to view their page. And with people posting other peoples names, addresses and bank details, we should be keeping as much privacy as we can, and have the option and the right to protect information.

Who the hell posts their names addresses and bank details?

They did not post it themselves. They were 'doxed'. Private messages were screen shotted, and posted for all to see !

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I see folks shitposting and hiding. Their victims are often sellers that can't hide nor can they retaliate. It's an invitation for trouble as this community grows.

More of a 'victim' would be the customer who's address and name got leaked. Sellers only have to deal with crappy posts, their is no threat to their address or real identity because they don't have to give anonymous people there name and address, or money to receive a package. Sellers can retaliate by replying to crappy unfair posts, but customers can not hide or retaliate, if they have to give name and address on every order. Just because some sellers are getting crappy messages, this does not compare at all to having your private physical location, name, address etc exposed and posted. I have also seen sellers bank details exposed ... is no one safe on here anymore?
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I agree, as a self policing community we all inevitably become a police department. Like any cop I'm lazy and would rather have intrinsic crime prevention than get all into some petty domestic case.

Sorry for long post but there are things that the original post may have over looked...

We shouldn't be forced to make our profiles visible, in order to be allowed to post or vote on topics, just because some readers may be curious as to the author, or find it 'unfair'. It is upto the author, and no one else, if they want to be visible or not and who they grant access to. They should not be punished, and told you can not vote or post unless you give up your privacy, what the hell? why the blackmail? It's like being forced to leave your front door open for anyone to walk into your home, or do you shut and lock your door and only allow who you want in? Or just stay silent and not post at all, because you don't want to give up your privacy and right to restrict your own page to only those you trust with a password.

Just now there is the option ***If you want to see a restricted profile, there is an option to set a password for this in settings, not sure how this works tho, it says ''password required assign up to 200 passwords for viewing your page'' *** Just ask them for the password, but it is upto them if they want to grant you access. Also my settings will not let me change my profile to visible, I have tried many times, a few others are having the same problem, from what I have read.

So if this is the case, and a password can be set, then those that want to stay restricted can, and if they want to give out a password to whoever requests it, then they can. I am not sure how this password works tho, or if this is what it is used for. We shouldn't be forced to make our profiles visible, if we want to post on topics, just because some readers may be curious as to the author, or find it 'unfair'. Another point is that a profile will tell you when the person was last logged in, or what date they joined, again some people would prefer to keep this information private, hence they private the profile. People are more likely to be honest if they feel safe on here, and feel like they can set their own privacy settings, which they can at the moment, so why change what is working out fine for everyone?

Also people may make their profile page private and restricted, so that people are not able to private message them, so will this option be taken away if everyone has to be visible. Basically will privacy be threatened if we all are visible? If profile is made visible on LB does that mean it's visible on search engines? Some people don't want to be visible on the net, or visible to everyone on here, but they may want to allow access sometimes to a few trusted people by setting a password.

What is it exactly that you want to see on someones profile when you are curious as to the author? Why not just ask them questions directly by replying to their post, if there is something you want to know or feel that something is unfair? I don't know, am I missing something here? LB has the option for the user to decide how visible they want to be, this is a win win for everyone, you can be as out there or as invisible as you want, this should not change in my opinion. If LB started forcing visibility, then I would not use LB anymore to be honest, we get enough lack of privacy and being dictated to in the real world, LB always seemed like such a breath of fresh air to me, but not so much lately :(

Some recent posts that I have seen pop up in the past few weeks have upset some vendors and buyers, and I have not seen this before on here, some are trolls, others just want their own way and to hell with what everyone else wants, also there has been doxing and peoples personal bank details and names and addresses being posted for everyone to see. This alone has made me very very nervous now about this site.

People may just want to log on, order and go, without posting anything, if they are forced to go visible with their profile, and not given the option to restrict or deny access, or they may feel that this is not a safe place to post honest thoughts anymore, because they feel to exposed. I can only speak for myself, and I am being honest when I say that I feel like just ordering my stuff and logging off from now on, which saddens me, as I enjoyed the community up until recently. But if people are posting peoples names, addresses and bank details for all to see, and we are being forced to go visible in order to post, then I am done, I just wish I could delete myself and all my info and posts from here, just in case someone can get a hold of my name and address and post it.

Best wishes to everyone, stay safe and protect your privacy :)

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The home analogy doesn't work gc, that would be more like your order pages or your messages. I can see how you are stuggling for an analogy though since anyone that speaks in any kind of recorded forum is definitely not hiding their previous statements in the same forum.

Hi Huggsins,

The analogy worked for me in my head and mind pictures, if it does not work for others, that is ok ! I am sure some people get what I mean?

And yes, anyone who posts anything on LB is obviously NOT hiding, because I am sure everyone is aware that posts, especially on sellers topics, are all over the internet ! Even if you set your preferences to not appear in search engines, your posts can still be seen depending on where you post and the permissions on that post.

Thanks for your comment :-) I understand what you mean.

GC

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''The Octopus has NINE brains. The Human has ONE .So please be kind to each other because we ain't that smart '' a 'GiggleCheeks Quote of the Day' taken from my memoirs and sketch books, to remind me daily not to be an idiot lol

Copyright© GiggleCheeks. All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer: All opinions, thoughts and writings are my own, and are not meant to cause any harm or offence. I do Not believe everything I read and neither should anyone else without doing their own research. I do not get paid or compensated in any way for my posts. I am a regular normal person who appreciates this website and all the good folks within it. I believe good information and knowledge should be shared and not hidden from us. What a person does with their life and what they put into their body is no ones business but there own. All my writings are for mature adult readers only 21+. I do not encourage the use of drugs my writings are for educational and entertainment purposes only :)
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this is an argument against, it belongs in the other thread

thank you, saddy, I didnt want to post this long post right at the top, so I just added it to the end, however I have made a short post in the correct place.
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You are very right, 5th time recht, the body is built to fast, why else would we be born in ketosis, if it was not to burn fat as our main source of fuel ? Why else is the mothers milk so high in fat and low in carbs, that it automaticaly puts babies in to ketosis without the need to fast? It is only when MAN/WOMAN came along and we all stuck our big noses into the 'creators' business, that problems started.

Also there is much evidence now, that water fasting (under medical supervision in specialist centres) can actualy cure diabetes, depending on which type you have etc. Infact there is not much that extended water fasts can not either heal completely or improve considerably.

But again do your own research, I know and have proved to myself what I now believe and know to be true for myself personaly. What is good for one may not be good for the many, but atleast talking about it brings awarness for those that are interested in researching this further. Nature gave us ALL we need. That is all we need to know !

With all due respect to the genuine doctors and nurses out there (who actually care about human suffering) they are NOT fasting specialists or consultants. An average doctor only has a few hours training in 'nutrition' in all the 5+ years of study they have to do. And most of that nutritional training is false, depending on who is funding it all !!!!! Follow the money trail, and you will always find out the truth ! This is why doctors and nurses are also obese, and ill, and have many dis-eases themselves ! because they are not being taught the 'truth' about nutrition or the human body. Medical personell will scare you off fasting because they are not educated on it and what people fear they do NOT go towards. Are we going to take solid advise off of obese/sick/wrongly educated doctors and nurses ? or are we going to think on it a little, and perhaps decide to see what the experienced extended water fasters have to say about it also, who have done many more years of dedicated research into the actual specialist area of fasting?

Blu
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The Fasting Fatman on Youtube ... water fasted for 150 days, he is still alive and healthy !! He was morbidly obese when he started. Fasting is only dangerous if u have low body fat before u start ur fast, or if you have some medical conditions prior to starting the fast. It is a huge topic, and no it is not 'starvation' that is something else, this is when you do not have enough body fat to sustain a water fast. A safe healthy water fast, is beneficial for obese people, as it regulates the 'hunger switch', and ofcourse anyone who is afraid of fasting should not do it ! For those that want to try it, then they can ask for medical supervision, or go to dedicated fasting centres.

The brain prefers fat as a fuel source and not sugar. Therfore, the body loves fasting because the body switches over to burning fat for fuel instead of sugar, this is the state they call ketosis.

When u were a baby and only drank milk, you were in a state of ketosis, and ur body was useing fat as fuel. However, as you went onto solid food, ur body was kicked out of ketosis, and the body now is burning sugars as well as fats etc. Animals naturally fast when they are ill or in pain, because fasting heals the body. Fasting is a HUGE subject, and a lot of people are mis-informed. :)

probably

lol

Just got some, lovely bit of gear. The colour is amazing like a neon green

You guys!!! I only had to go and get some myself now. Felt id be missing out. Just got and cant wait to open the packet. There something special about RBs packaging that makes it feel like an occasion :-)
Haha , good job! It just sold out

Happy i did, dry yes but lovely looking bud, good frosting and a real decent chaff! Great price! Nice one RB

Cant fault this or radar mate, big buds all trimmed well, not much stalk at all, yeah a bit dry, got to appreciate the grading honesty and to be fair the price which is spot on!

Dam right mate

I see the critical hash is back in stock too

Can't wait to got more of it sooo nice

Hi guys,
Much love to you all. I really appreciate the custom and the all the support and try to reciprocate.
I managed to get about only 3z that we found so decided to offer it exclusively here in 3.5g's. Hopefully will be back in next couple of weeks.
IMO it is of the same high quality as the critical and looks and smokes the same too. Look forward to feedback.

Cheers all
RB

Thanks guys, appreciated.

Just had a joint of it was really nice so top makes to RB for the honesty.

What’s the stone like off this buddy?

It was the the first bit of weed iv had in a week so abit heavy lol but when I was use to it really nice an very uplifting made me do the housework:)

weed and housework - now that's a post! amazing how that works, the key to ending domestic war in our time!

To true the missus was so happy everything was done when she got home lol

lol, i do the same on some good bud.

yes its brings lots of great emotions and to get on here and post stoned - its like if your friends (partners) were still cool (with it) and you get stoned together on school nights.

If you say so. take it you never got off RB then
Iv buyed between 15-20 times from them now and never been let down an they are always honest with the grades

It's spammy to read this post I think that's the point.

Think if everyone had posts like this, would it be a better place if the wonderwall was all shit like this?

You clearly are a valuable content creator here it should be obvious to you, even if you are stoned/excited that "such a deal" is not an elevating post and more like the world we are trying to leave behind. It has nothing to do with RB who like you is also worthy of props.

That said the commenter was snarky and self defeating.

I think that our friend the Vulcan is excited and there's nothing wrong with that. No reason to put a boot to his throat, just because what he says doesn't conform to the ideal of some imagined protocol. Haven't we all experienced that "kid in a candy shop" feeling here at LB?

100%. I still don't understand why people are so against people being excited about the good weed here.

Well said mate

The protocol is basically what we think of ourselves.

I could be wrong but I’m sure the law to carry guns came into action as to kill Indians as white man was expanding in America.?

I don't expect many to understand, and it's not something you can relate to unless you've walked a similar path,but... during my traveling work days, I experienced more than once the need to carry a firearm.
permitted to carry concealed, allowed me the chance to go back home and see my family again.
you are entitled free speech and your freedom of views, just remember, the crime or bad folks don't follow ANY rules and could care less about your politics. take away the good man's right to protect himself, and become their next target, as security is just a word.
(understand that police have NO obigation to protect you or your family, they strictly uphold the law...)

very honest explanation, i disagree with extra respect.

I think this sums it all up

They won't let control guns but they want to stop abortions Ain't we dumb

Because it's the only right the government won't take away and that's cause they don't want to get shot.

I'll go with the penis fixation. I don't own a gun - don't want one - guns are for killing. It's the second amendment in the American Bible, er, "Bill of Rights". Funny thing is that the pro-life people are usually pro-gun. Just doesn't make sense.

I wish the Bill of Rights was viewed as a bible around here.

I simply don't understand how a bunch of dead white men "grant" me my rights.

Would it help if they were live black women?

Tremendously.

I am not black but I am a 6'5' 300+ pound white mail. when I get out of my car I have yet seen my public servent have his on his gun when he see's me. I have never been shot , but I have been scared you never know when They might get scared and shoot. I am always as helpful and curtice I can makke cause I want to live and pissing of armed cops is not a healthy way to live. When they start treating you like shit , remember it will you a lot more then it will him.

Not saying you're fat but it's interesting that fat white dudes are credible rappers and also eyed by the police like black dudes.

80s man to smooth to move

90's without a doubt.
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90's hiphop. All about the groove

80s! Birth of music video and electronic that sounds great today.

whoah i didnt know there was a video to this, thank you!

I'll go with 80s for California Punk

I didn't think the 80s would be a very popular answer coz of all the Gods awful pop that came out at the time. But in My mind you cant beat some good classic 80's Metal

You know there gonna sue you for this.

Harsh Man! 1 Dumb mistake dose not maketh a band.

70s!

70s jah people!

You 70s folks have a Damn good argument!

Oh yeah sista

90s for sure: Golden age of Gangsta Rap

Word to the streets

Nice, right decade and right town

Seattle is the the town

Ill second that notion with 90s britpop.

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