DeviantART Beware: taxidermysecretsanta
Hello, I'm typing this post up to spread the awareness that there is a new trend that cycled all across DeviantART very recently, and this trend, is a very UNSAFE trend.
While secret santa is a very fun event, and it is very exciting to get a gift from someone you may not expect from. Like, maybe a famous artist making you a gift? I had that happen to me before! Recently, I've encountered a secret santa group, taxidermysecretsanta. That group, basically, is once a year worldwide taxidermy gifting event. That sound exciting, right?
http://taxidermysecretsanta.deviantart.com/
I must warn you that they have set up a very unsafe rule, where an individual have to put up their address on the journal to the public! I am concerned for their safety. Especially with how we have so many young teens on DeviantART. I've been on DeviantART for 7 - 8 years, enough to know what kind of people we have on that site.
THEIR JOURNAL REQUIREMENT:
http://taxidermysecretsanta.deviantart.com/gallery/50207071/SS-Journals
From what I've explored, there is so many members from all age and place has exposured themselves to the potential internet predator just because they gave their full name and address out.
I do not see why would that group not either-
- Ask member to get their own postal office mailing address
- Have their address saved privately via note and only share it to their secret santa instead of where 100+ random strangers can see.
- Or any other alternative safer method?
To be honest, that risky influence is pretty fucked up and I think we all should do something about it. I ABSOLUTELY do not want to hear about DeviantART + that Group having to go through a tedious legal process just because of one of our teenager friend got harmed by an internet predator from exposing themselves with home address to the public! .
This is a serious business. Like, for real.
I've expressed my concern on their page last night after a buddy of mine showed me that link. ~Mod Gecko
