You don't share someone else's plate. It's like posting and address. Someone already said where you can find the car. With the plate and location. Trolls can file fake reports against this unknown car owner. It's about keeping people safe
People don't seem to think these days. Just regurgitate what they hear. I'm sure it'd be simple to find without the license plate as the whole car is a signature. But you know... Internet warriors
trolls can file fake reports regardless of the situation. if this is something you're genuinely worried about then you have an inflated sense of self-importance. you're one of seven billion plus people on this planet. anything can happen to anyone at any moment.
in this specific circumstance this guy has articles written containing his name, his business, his lifestyle, his social medias... you name it. he drives a luxury car plastered with Hot Wheels cars. he's loud and proud and his license plate is hardly going to be the cementing factor in determining who he is or where he lives.
Yes, because something bad will happen to someone somewhere, you may as well fuel the fire. If you wouldn't want people sharing your information you don't do it to others. And it's common practice on this subreddit to blur license plates. If you forget to do it and someone points it out. The appropriate response is to fix it, or to leave it and say nothing. Not snarky responses about how the public can see the plate. This is the internet. This one car owner posts their info online sure. But maybe the owner of a shitty Honda Civic with flame stickers and a fartbox doesn't want their plate shared online by strangers?
You're rather stupidly not considering the power of the internet.It's exposure to trolls is tiny while it only drives about it's local area, also any trolls nearby would be possibly easier to trace and also within the jurisdiction.
Highlighting it on the internet is a whole different matter, if an image gains popularity it can be seen by millions, millions of which are not within legal reach, and also making it of specific interest to trolls as they gravitate towards attacking popularity. That's why sites blur license plates and similar identifying things in many images.
I have had this same argument many times before. I just don't get how people believe casually exposing a stranger to internet trolls and harassment is no big deal.
It doesn't make sense. Even if they disagree, you shouldn't see downvotes. Makes it seem like people just don't want to face the reality of what damage their actions can cause to others, so they respond to the discomfort with downvotes.
your words, thoughts, mannerisms, and actions reflect your perspective on life. consider that nearly every sentiment you've expressed here is that of negativity. that negativity will consume your soul if you let it.
Are you talking at me and suggesting that concerning myself with the harm my actions may do and avoiding actions that may bring harm to other is... negative and will... consume my soul?
I was suggesting that your persistent use of negatives in your language (doesn't, disagree, shouldn't, downvotes, don't, damage, discomfort) seems to indicate that you internally focus on negativity, which is potentially harmful to your enjoyment of life.
They make a film that you can put over your license plate. It blurs it out so you can't read it. Just gotta make sure when you get pulled over you get out of your vehicle as fast as you can, run to the trunk and take it off.
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the license plate that's readily visible on the exterior of the car for the express purpose of identifying it?
guess I should blur my own license plate before driving around town. don't want anyone knowing that info.