Posting on The Internet

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Originally Posted by air bender

A small Airline based forum has bought two CC undone.The administrator of the forum did not place tight enough security on the site and management infiltrated it.Managment are generally held in contempt and a number of people vented.One member of the forum reported a post to her manager who up to that point was not aware of the forum.A manager joined took some some screen shots and the hunt was on.One OBM was forced into an embarrasing apology.Another was incorrctly identified and forced to resign.
Being critical of management in a public forum can contravene company rules and will lead to punishment which may include possible dismissal.
If you want to vent make sure you can't be identified.
Do not post from home.Most sites have a record of your ISP address.You can be traced

An accurate, if somewhat alarmist view: This kind of thing comes up occasionally on PPRuNe - It falls into the category of a grain of truth being cooked into a bowl of rice.

It is quite correct that you can (eventually) be identified through your IP address and ISP - doing so involves determined work by lawyers, and time.

However, identifying you has to be worth their while.

The overwhelming majority of comments on PPRuNe are, like the post above, low level, non-specific, unprovable gripes and moans - the sort of agitprop tirades that Managers and airlines shuck off like water from a duck's back. They are rarely as important as the author believes. It is when you post something libellous and damaging that problems can arise - the short answer therefore is... don't. If you write something that you would not contribute with your name attached to it, then consider carefully whether it is worth posting at all - it is probably libellous, irrelevant or boring for everybody else (see the post immediately above this one for an example of almost all of the above points).

Airline managers do browse PPRuNe, but not nearly as frequently as some believe. They certainly don't need to use PPRuNe to identify the troublemakers or the disaffected at work - Those people tend to identify themselves daily on the job.

Just post here with your common-sense switch in the 'ON' position and you'll be fine.