NEED YOUR VOTE: Garage Gallery

[Heatgain]

Hi David,
I'm well aware of the above, believe me. As a Private Investigator, I've discovered much information on subjects due to all the info gathering on the Web that you speak of. I've seen posters post how many guns they own, where they keep them, where they work, (hence the hours they're away from home), and other such info about themselves.
Advertisers love it. Scam artists love it. Gypsies tramps and thieves love it. As a PI, I love it. As a private citizen, I hate it.
My thinking is: if someone wants to search for info on me that seems pertinent to them for whatever reason, they have to do SOME work and searching on the Web. I just don't care to make it easier for whoever by putting info in a central repository. Let 'em at least work a little for it.
This is, of course, just MHO.

[footose]

^^ Major concerns, that's for sure!

I've been working on this "Privacy Policy", but I'm not much of a writer. I've been backing most of this with my "word" - and the fact that I've been running a car forum myself for the last 8 years, but we all know how good someones word is in a court of law! That being said ...

Right now, the "central database" is not public by any means. Information that you want to be displayed can be displayed on forums you want it displayed on. I have no intention of postings people information unless they want it to be posted. The privacy policy I have right now is essentially the same that you will see on any vBulletin forum.

As David points out, once your info / post is public on a forum, Google, Yahoo and all sorts of other misfit search engines / data collectors are going to get it.

Here's a prime example:

You posted on this thread, a few hours ago?

Type in "heatgain vhost" into google, and it's already been crawled.

Heatgain vhoist - Google Search

This isn't something we can stop easily, particularly if you want to show off your car(s). It's not for everyone, but I'm a huge showoff when it comes to the work that I put into my ride, as are a lot of people, so this is right up my alley.

Anyway, vHoist is still young and I'm working to appease everyone's interests!

Thanks for posting up! Info like this is imperative to me for making vHoist better.

[WhiteStripes]

I don't see what all the fuss is. I just made my profile, and it's only viewable on this site right now. I don't have any other forums that I surf that use this system yet, so it can only be seen here.

Guys it a cool option to have on the site let's vote yes on it!

[XRL]

So don't post any information that could be found by a search engine and used against me. Got it.

Note to self: do not start the "post your SSN and birth date" thread.

haha

[footose]

^^ ahah so true! I've found posts on the internet when I used to be a stupid IRC kiddy back in 1998, and I laugh at some of the stupid "1337" talk I did

Anyway... I Added the / Year / Username / make /model /date search tonight..

Your admin will have to drop in the new php file (v1.0.0.3) in order to take advantage of the new features.

Still looking for feedback from users

[DavidB]

It seems the tribe has spoken on this feature so I will go in search of another solution.

Poll closed.