A meme was posted to c/memes@lemmy.world with a partial picture of a driver’s licence. The Lemmy users in the comments proceeded to post all the identifying information they could get from the license, including gender, date of birth, and zip code of the person’s home. The meme is probably reposted and so this isn’t doxxing the Lemmy OP, but that’s what the users in the comments seem to think they’re doing.

Collecting and disseminating someone’s personal information is doxxing even if that information could be found anyway with enough time and knowledge.

  • BigFig@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    Are you mentally ill? Your linked post there and this make me think you need professional help

    • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzOP
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      27 days ago

      They have an empathy problem. They don’t make their posts readable because they don’t think of how others will read it. They called someone a Japanese homophobic slur because they don’t think of how others will take their words. They don’t apologise because they don’t think of how they’ve hurt others. It’s not a medical issue, it’s a personality issue. They’d get as much benefit from a spiritual guru as from a therapist. Both would just tell them to think about other people’s feelings.