There has been some robust debate about privacy on the extremism board:

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1596843128

I would like to take this opportunity to give people a reminder about their rights and responsibilities regarding privacy:

1) You are responsible for your own privacy. We can ban people for posting your personal information and stalking you, but we cannot actually prevent it from happening. If you post personal information about yourself here, someone will end up tracking you down. This will be your fault.

2) Do not accept legal advice, especially free legal advice, offered privately (via PM, email etc) from someone you meet here or on similar forums. There are several risks here. It is likely to be very bad advice, and if offered privately you are less likely to figure this out. Getting advice will inevitably involve handing over personal and financial information. If a person claims to be a lawyer but cannot accept legitimate payment for their services, there is probably a very good reason for this. I know of at least one member here with a history of abusing a position of authority to defraud vulnerable people, and who continues to offer "free" legal advice on this forum. I am not going to prevent this from happening as I am not your babysitter, but I do feel I should at least warn you.

3) Do not join Monk's forum if you value your privacy. He is a known and unrepentant doxxer.

4) If Aussie or anyone else asks you for your login details here, at PA, or anywhere else, do not give it to him. It puts yours and everyone else's privacy at risk. I'm not sure if we have an explicit rule against this, but you will both be banned if you get caught. Be very sceptical of an admin or moderator who asks for your password to fix a technical problem with your account, or for any other reason.

What should be done?

• Aussie should not be a sub forum Mod on OzPolitics.

• Aussie has demonstrated for quite some time that the Relationships sub forum on OzPolitics belongs to him and he can dictate whatever rules he likes there.

• Aussie's idea of rules include rules which contravene OzPolitics forum rules and breach the privacy and safety of other posters on OzPol.

• Aussie's sub forum is also the playground for flame wars which multi trolls use in order to taunt other posters. This does not add to the credibility of OzPolitics. If anything ...it undermines it.

• Sub forum Mods ought to be responsible, understanding and mindful of posters who enter their sub forums. After so many years...Aussie has not realised this. Instead, Aussie's actions as a sub forum Mod indicate an opportunistic agenda. The role for him is all about power and the exertion of power wherever possible.

• Aussie's problematic attitude towards others is also evident in Aussie's posts all over Ozpolitics. It was also apparent in Ozpolitics sister forum Political Animal. This is why Aussie is currently banned from that platform for 1 year. The members of Political  Animal are now considering the possibility of imposing a permanent life time ban for Aussie because Aussie has exhausted his chances on that platform.

• Ozpolitics as a brand is being affected. Aussie's behaviour consistently demonstrates that he doesn't care. He is a non paying sub forum mod who rules an area of the OzPol website FOR FREE. Others pay for the space he uses and abuses.

• Ultimately....Ozpolitics should be about the Ozpolitic community. The members. It's forever being ambushed by Aussie -  an insecure sub forum Mod strutting around denigrating the Ozpolitic's website owner who pays a considerable amount of money each year for Ozpol to exist. And recently Aussie saw fit to openly post about being a self appointed GMod. He felt compelled to do their job because in his mind they're not doing their job (or what he perceives as being their job).

• For these reasons it's high time Aussie was formally removed as a sub forum Mod on Ozpolitics. He does not have the appropriate character or personality or skills to perform these duties.

• The Tavern ought to be placed where Relationships currently sits on the Ozpolitics website page. The Tavern is the appropriate forum to incorporate the topics which Relationships currently lists.

Regards

Lisa Jones

NorthOfNorth wrote on Oct 15^th, 2021 at 10:20pm:


Yes Mr North. It's been read thousands of times but I have just come back online after a hectic afternoon and I only needed to read this topic ONCE to know exactly how to answer the question being asked by Freediver.

And that's exactly what I have done. I'm not afraid of answering "tough" questions. Why? Because in the 50 years I've lived on this planet I've learned that life is all about facing and addressing tough decisions.

I've posted in good faith and with honest intentions.

Cheers

NorthOfNorth wrote on Oct 15^th, 2021 at 10:20pm:


Yes Mr North. It's been read thousands of times but I have just come back online after a hectic afternoon and I only needed to read this topic ONCE to know exactly how to answer the question being asked by Freediver.

And that's exactly what I have done. I'm not afraid of answering "tough" questions. Why? Because in the 50 years I've lived on this planet I've learned that life is all about facing and addressing tough decisions.

I've posted in good faith and with honest intentions.

Cheers 

NorthOfNorth wrote on Oct 15^th, 2021 at 10:20pm:


I'm not afraid.

In fact, nothing much frightens me now.

I'm like titanium these days. 

Thanks for the warning , FD.

Is Aussie the most dangerous man on OzPol?

Bobby. wrote on Oct 16^th, 2021 at 9:18am:


I know.

It's currently on the table for consideration though given the long standing issues btwn Aussie and not 1 but 2 forums owned by Freediver. 

Valkie wrote on Oct 16^th, 2021 at 10:57am:



But FD has infinite patience and infinite mercy.
He's almost like God.

Bobby. wrote on Oct 16^th, 2021 at 10:59am: