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That's still a person who has to make a living. He could've made the point just as well while omitting personal information. The only value the identity adds i

That's still a person who has to make a living. He could've made the point just as well while omitting personal information. The only value the identity adds is the potential for harassment (not insinuating that this is Matt's intention, only that this is the likely outcome of personal information on the internet in this day and age). I have no problem with calling out the company. I'd have no problem with the first name even. But the phone number and last name are personally identifying and unnecessarily endanger the representative.

Domenic_S 14y ago
"Unnecessarily endanger the representative"? He didn't set a puppy on fire and post it to 4chan, he sent an embarrassing piece of spam. I don't think the wordpress folks are going to load up in their six-faws[1] and shoot up the guy's house. Edit: Also, he's right here -- full name and picture, even -- on Acquia's own public site: http://www.acquia.com/about-us/team/dillon-vassallo http://www.acquia.com/about-us/team/dillon-vassallo [1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=64 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=64
- ineedtosleep 14y ago
  I think the point is that all personally identifiable information would be redacted. That would include company name.
mseebach 14y ago
> That's still a person who has to make a living. No, that's not an excuse. Having to make a living is not a free pass to be a douche[1] to strangers with impunity. 1: And the lies - "I was researching" which then makes "I'm sorry for the cold email" a second lie - makes him a douche.
No1 14y ago
If the spammer does not want his personal information revealed, he probably shouldn't be emailing it to people he doesn't know.
raverbashing 14y ago
Whine whine whine Too much political correctness can be bad. If you can't handle it, then don't cold-email people. He did nothing, just published this information (last name blurred, not sure if this was done afterwards) which in itself reveals no private information of any of the parts.

Domenic_S 14y ago

"Unnecessarily endanger the representative"? He didn't set a puppy on fire and post it to 4chan, he sent an embarrassing piece of spam. I don't think the wordpress folks are going to load up in their six-faws[1] and shoot up the guy's house. Edit: Also, he's right here -- full name and picture, even -- on Acquia's own public site: http://www.acquia.com/about-us/team/dillon-vassallo http://www.acquia.com/about-us/team/dillon-vassallo [1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=64 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=64

ineedtosleep 14y ago
I think the point is that all personally identifiable information would be redacted. That would include company name.

mseebach 14y ago

> That's still a person who has to make a living. No, that's not an excuse. Having to make a living is not a free pass to be a douche[1] to strangers with impunity. 1: And the lies - "I was researching" which then makes "I'm sorry for the cold email" a second lie - makes him a douche.

No1 14y ago

If the spammer does not want his personal information revealed, he probably shouldn't be emailing it to people he doesn't know.

raverbashing 14y ago

Whine whine whine Too much political correctness can be bad. If you can't handle it, then don't cold-email people. He did nothing, just published this information (last name blurred, not sure if this was done afterwards) which in itself reveals no private information of any of the parts.