I understand that you're not supposed to post where you work, in case your employer reads the thread. On the other hand, if it's a "sightings" type thread, saying "I saw this while shopping at WalMart" is mostly harmless. How much detail in a "sightings" type thread is too much from an "outing" viewpoint?
I'd imagine that saying "A driver for Prime did $stupid_thing at the TA" (Prime is a large trucking company, TA is one of the 3 biggest truck stop chains in the U.S.) is vague enough that even if their employer were reading the thread they wouldn't be able to identify the driver (on any given day, dozens of their trucks would have been at a TA somewhere).
Saying "The driver of Challenger Motor Freight tractor 3985 (Note: CMF uses 5-digit unit numbers for their tractors - cookies for where I got this specific unit number) did $stupid_thing at the 49er truck stop in Sacramento", even without the unit number, would almost certainly be "outing" the driver (to the best of my knowledge, it is VERY rare for a CMF truck to be in California).
Is there a defined point for how much information would be considered "outing" someone in a "sightings" type situation, or is it strictly a judgement call?
I'd imagine that saying "A driver for Prime did $stupid_thing at the TA" (Prime is a large trucking company, TA is one of the 3 biggest truck stop chains in the U.S.) is vague enough that even if their employer were reading the thread they wouldn't be able to identify the driver (on any given day, dozens of their trucks would have been at a TA somewhere).
Saying "The driver of Challenger Motor Freight tractor 3985 (Note: CMF uses 5-digit unit numbers for their tractors - cookies for where I got this specific unit number) did $stupid_thing at the 49er truck stop in Sacramento", even without the unit number, would almost certainly be "outing" the driver (to the best of my knowledge, it is VERY rare for a CMF truck to be in California).
Is there a defined point for how much information would be considered "outing" someone in a "sightings" type situation, or is it strictly a judgement call?
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