So many questions being asked!

I was just thinking the same 🤔

There does seem to be a pattern.

Yep I agree

I’ve asked admin to have a look.

We’ve had spates of threads like this before.
Charitably I’d like to think it’s a lonely person desperate to be involved in a conversation so is firing off questions to provoke a reaction.
But what colours/sounds/smells remind me of the home I left 60 years ago?
I neither remember nor care.

And members keep giving out information 🤷‍♀️
If a complete stranger came up to you in the street would they still give some of this information out, No.
But because GN is viewed by many as this cosy little club it’s perfectly safe.
It shows when members post that tgey don’t use social media.
That shows they have no idea what this site is.

Have to admit I've probably added to a couple but I'm glad I'm not imagining it.

Admin do not see a problem thus far but will keep an eye out.

If you are talking about the account name that springs to mind which is a new one, they aren’t discussions. They are lists, like most of the games.

Even if the person initiating all these is doing so innocently they are effectively asking for data that could be useful to hackers if there were to get hold of the members’ account database.

The amount of daily bot-generated accounts on this site is very worrying suggesting to me that site security is poor.

People give far too much away about themselves in chat anyway, their dates of birth, where they bank and so on. It’s very worrying.

There was another account name doing this recently. Same person? If this latest is genuine perhaps they could reply here to explain their curiosity.

I was wondering if perhaps they were setting a novel back in the mid-20th & wanted a few details for realism..
Don't think any sort of, impressions, from then would help identify who I am now?

The previous threads were asking where your dog slept, what can you see from your window.

It was verging on creepy so I did report it.

I think this is less sinister but a little odd.

Yes, I think it’s important not to be paranoid but also to be mindful of motive when lots of questions are being asked. And, as I said, even if that person is doing so innocently, the things that are revealed could be useful to others whose intentions are not innocent.

Often, people are not very imaginative when it comes to making up passwords, may use combinations of the numbers from their date of birth, a pet’s name, a place they come from or would like to visit etc.

Look up data harvesting, brute force attacks and credential stuffing to see what hackers and scammers do.

They’ve made me wary although I did post on one I’ve ignored the rest. So much information gathered.

I thought they were fill-ins, but some are mildly intrusive.

Nothing I post would be of any help to anyone trying to get at my passwords/memorable events etc. I have more sense than to post anything that might give that away, or even hint at itto it.

The OP never interacts which I find suspicious.

What will be the next one I wonder?

I remember a poster asking when we lost our virginity!!!!!

Nobody has to answer do they? I think they’re simply initiating a topic to talk about.
However some posters do like to give tmi really rather than just an answer which won’t give anything away.

Sago

The OP never interacts which I find suspicious.

What will be the next one I wonder?

I remember a poster asking when we lost our virginity!!!!!

😲Did anyone actually reply to that?😁

I have been answering those threads, didn’t suspect a thing and found it interesting to read other people’s replies.
Now I’m not so sure though I doubt anything I have said is in the least bit revealing about me as a person.

Guilty of answering those threads. But it's the ones on this forum that the OP is asking for your advice . I gave mine and got slated for it. Had my character assassinated . Most of the names here have been on GN long time like me. The thread I answered most of the names where new.

One thread asking for lists tanith turned out to be AI generated and was deleted by GNHQ. Turned out it was a marketing company who wanted to know what ads to put on GN.

Its sad we have got to a stage where we have to become suspicious of every new thread. Sticking to ones I have been on for years at least I know they are genuine.

Hopefully it’s all just curiosity but at least we’ve reminded everyone to be mindful of what they post on here.

Promise I'm not a bot. :-)

lovethepuppies a bot wouldn't call themselves that. A friend has just got one and its so cute chocolate brown and furry. Forgot what breed.

It’s becoming quite an interrogation.
Ve haff vays off making you talk?