Someone posted personal info about me in the comments page
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The last two times, I received messages from the moderators saying that the messages had been “unapproved” and that that the blog owner had been warned–so it was dealt with officially.
For the record, I actually discovered these entries by searching for my name on google to see if I could find a review I wrote–it’s on one of the first pages. I don’t think asking the blog owner would help, either, since he’s probably “reapproving” these comments after being warned.
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That’s why I put the “apparently” in there. Mark — head of WP Support — entered the forum, told sandor00 to report the problem to Support and “give every detail”. Whether Mark or Support did something or not, sandor00 was left with the impression he/they did.
I reported it to Staff and the postings are gone.
Thanks everyone for your help. :)
So I’m not surprised sandor00 is a little shocked at the current response. Knowing WP will not interfere this time, the best option for sandor00 is to contact the blog owner directly. If their public information is so readily available to their ‘cyberstalker’ they should consider changing as much of that information as makes sense — unlisted number, for example.
Also, contacting the police, just to let them know there is a stalker situation, is always a good idea. They can take it seriously, or not, but at least it’s on the record.
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OK. Now we know that, and I understand your confusion.
That said, I don’t think discussing this matter any further in this public forum will add any good to it. It is a matter between you and Support staff, since most of us here are just simple volunteers and fellow wordpress.com users and have no access to anything behind the scenes. Staff occasionally turn up, but they normally don’t disclose any specifics as to why or why not they take certain actions.
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sandor00… just to clarify,when you say “moderators” dealt with the comments, do you mean WordPress staff?
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feartheseeds:
yes, Mark and Sheri were the ones
For the record, I’ve since removed every trace of my real name and username off the ‘net. As of now, this wordpress entry is the only one left.
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sandor00… I can understand why you’d be confused at the response you’ve received here. You might get a more favourable one if you contact Support directly. In your email you might want to refer to the emails you received in 2008 from Mark and Sheri which outlined how WordPress helped you with this problem. Unless WordPress policy has changed in the past eleven months I’m sure they’ll be glad to help you again… if it has changed, you might want to ask to see it in writing. Good luck.
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