A short paragraph about PRIVACY.

[Alissa Brooke]

Now that we all know it is really Jessica Rose behind "Bree" I'd like to take this time to remind you all that she is a REAL PERSON, actress or not, and that harassing her personally at this point would probably not be a good thing to do. Obviously she will know she has been outted soon, but, I doubt she'd like 5000 friends requests and messages like "R U BREE?"

So please, be kind, and think of what YOU would ((or wouldn't)) want if you were in her position.

Thanks!

-Alissa

Edit: This has been unlocked and made a topic at the request of mettle.

[flwright]

I'll second that, Alissa. Give yourself some karma!

FLWright

[britgirl15]

I thought a ton of you guys had already messaged her, including, um, You...

Personally I wouldn't dream of it.

[hairgirl]

I've no interest in sending her any messages. I just wanted to know who the heck she was!

[mettle]

I'm not sure I'd want people trying to start friending/hounding me on MySpace and joking about my sex life and sexuality...

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But that's just me.

admin said:

Now that we all know it is really Jessica Rose behind "Bree" I'd like to take this time to remind you all that she is a REAL PERSON, actress or not, and that harassing her any further at this point would probably not be a good thing to do. Obviously she will know she has been outted soon, but, I doubt she'd like 5000 friends requests and messages like "R U BREE?"

So please, be kind, and think of what YOU would ((or wouldn't)) want if you were in her position.

Thanks!

-Alissa

[Alissa Brooke]

Aah, the difference is I'm not messaging her ASKING if she's a lesbian It's perfectly okay to speculate about celebrities, but when you start bugging them about it is when it gets icky *nodnod*

[tunafish]

admin said:

Now that we all know it is really Jessica Rose behind "Bree" I'd like to take this time to remind you all that she is a REAL PERSON, actress or not, and that harassing her personally at this point would probably not be a good thing to do. Obviously she will know she has been outted soon, but, I doubt she'd like 5000 friends requests and messages like "R U BREE?"

Well said.

[jayhenry]

I have to respectfully disagree. She went to Hollywood, she posted the pictures on the Internet, she posted the profile on MySpace. She presented this information to the world, of her own free will, and then went out and sought fame.

If she doesn't want friend requests from strangers on her MySpace, she can close the account. But she doesn't have some sort of right to put this information out on the Internet, and expect us not to look. Nobody has that right.

If anything, it should serve as a cautionary reminder to all of us about privacy in the digital age. All of us are merely a scandal away from having our lives combed over just like this. If your roommate or S.O. somehow became famous and people started plowing through your accounts, you'd have to deal with it. Maybe you should consider that before you upload photos to your MySpace.

[mettle]

I basically agree with Jay, except that most people don't realize the capabilities of google cache.

The internet presents itself as a very ephemeral medium with dead links, unmaintained pages and the ability to delete or close anything you put up.
Not everyone know that if the google worms get'ya, you're trapped.

In the real world, if you make a legal mistake before 18, you get a slap on the wrist, but your record is wiped clean when you become an adult (except for certain crimes, maybe?).

On the internet, if you post one stupid thing when you're 18, you're screwed for life.

That doesn't seem fair.

jayhenry said:

I have to respectfully disagree. She went to Hollywood, she posted the pictures on the Internet, she posted the profile on MySpace. She presented this information to the world, of her own free will, and then went out and sought fame.

If she doesn't want friend requests from strangers on her MySpace, she can close the account. But she doesn't have some sort of right to put this information out on the Internet, and expect us not to look. Nobody has that right.

If anything, it should serve as a cautionary reminder to all of us about privacy in the digital age. All of us are merely a scandal away from having our lives combed over just like this. If your roommate or S.O. somehow became famous and people started plowing through your accounts, you'd have to deal with it. Maybe you should consider that before you upload photos to your MySpace.

[beingbored]

mettle said:

I basically agree with Jay, except that most people don't realize the capabilities of google cache.

How did he get access to her photobucket with google cache. Was her photobucket password locked before or not?

I HAVE DONE A LOT OF STUPID THINGS PAST 18 THAT ARE DOCUMENTED ON PHOTOBUCKET. I'm scared now, haha!

I'm sort of scared Jessica won't make more videos. :\ Come back Jessica! Come back Jessica's sister!

[jayhenry]

People don't know about Google cache because they're too lazy to pay attention. The media literally beats people over the head about Internet privacy. Privacy on MySpace is the cover story of US News and World Report right now! The cover. A big picture of a kid and "MySpace" and "Privacy" in big letters. And it's been in Time and Newsweek and every television news broadcast and every newspaper in the country and most countries time and time again.

Some people golf in thunderstorms. And when lightning strikes, I'm sorry, ignorance is not an excuse.

[lesbrent]

Employers check myspace for job candidates to see what their background is or if they have a picture of them drinking and smokin dope.

I agree, there is no such thing as internet privacy. Everyone should think twice before putting anything personal online. Celebrities want fame and with fame comes lack of privacy.

[curiousgeorge]

Word to Mettle.

[BaileysMom]

lesbrent said:

Employers check myspace for job candidates to see what their background is or if they have a picture of them drinking and smokin dope.

Really? *gulp*

Um, Lissa, I need to change my profile location to, um, let me think, um, Timbuktu? Yeah. Uh, erm, think I need to work on my myspace page.

[BaileysMom]

shifty said:

Yea I just learned about this today. Colleges also do this to get a "Background check" and see how you act, so they will get an idea of how your dorm behavior will be, etc.

(Friend's college asked for her myspace and facebook address when she went to apply there)

Jesus. It's a really good thing I am, well, just in case anyone is looking for me, 103 (ha!). I never would have gotten into college. And I sure as hell would not have gotten hired.