I'm doxxed to the point I regret it
my role (bd) conventionally left me no choice, but I could have done it differently if I had known the ways earlier. the internet is a forever storage, tho
myself and even my family have been targeted multiple times, and this has nothing to do with crypto and CT
I was underage and spent too much time online. had my Tor, VPNs, 4chan/2ch, chats with anons and a pretty fake identity. "smart" conversations borderline with classic teen egirl grooming story. [luckily, people are less perverted in this side of the world]
but one day, they found me: my actual name, socials, and my family. there was no pretentious artsy journalist (pathetic), just a high school girl who wanted to have friends on da computer. and "friends" turned out to be derranged, sick people, who threatened to target all of my contacts with spam and worse
then I first went anon for a few years
oldschool sales taught you to be public to earn trust, so I doxxed professionally. later I started doing my fundraisers and almost ended working with military tech. my old office was damaged with drones, and I know I'm clearly "on the list"
after all these attacks and risks of disclosing my identity, the crypto felt relatively safe. CT is not insulated from schizos and hate, but except for a few DMs and "not shaping anything" incident, it's been okay
people recognize me at the conferences, and I'm aware I have the boost to my reach when I facepost (hereby referring to one of shanks' comments about privileges, iykyk). it's easier to reconnect and start conversations. I have no problem with KYB for my primary sales targets and being "public" for the sake of my employer's exposure
however, there is a very thin balance between being a normal girl posting life content as she could, and having my best ideas/views not reaching the right people because my f-id posts harm. there is a thin line between being private and staying relevant
if I could change a thing, I'd have to doxx anyway. but I would do this in a smarter way