Playing "I've got a secret" in a public discussion forum where people earnestly look for news updates is childish and irresponsible. It would have been more mature to keep completely quiet about unsubstantiated rumors, or to honestly inquire whether anyone knew whether Cheney or GHW Bush (both names were floated last night) were spectators on that date. FReepers have an amazing ability to determine who is where and when very quickly.
It is beyond irresponsible to chatter about secrets obtained from YouTube comments. If you want to gossip about secrets, take it off the discussion board to personal FRmail.
In this time of lightning fast internet, it would take an impossibly grand conspiracy to prevent news organizations and attendees from announcing the names of celebrities who were present at the event. The persistent secretive discussions in the forum last night were nothing more than foolish attention seeking, most likely peppered with substantial alcohol consumption.
Well said. I especially object to comments about national security and such. If I had known the source was stupid You-tube comments from the beginning, I never would have given it another thought. Thanks for calling them on it.
You have your opinions and we have ours. As for the comment about alcohol, I don’t touch the stuff and I have no need for attention. I am only interested in the truth.
I only entered the discussion after seeing other comments. I am still trying to determine how it was possible for me to get incorrect information, although not directly, from people I know were on the ground at the scene. I will know more when my friends return from Reno and I can talk to them directly.
You probably think I made the the whole thing up, but you would be wrong. I still stand by my contention that in this case it was better to withhold the name pending confirmation.
Divulging the name would only served to fan the flames of the rumor mill.
FReepers have an amazing ability to determine who is where and when very quickly.
I wish I’d known it started on youtube, I spent a few unnecessary hours worried sick over a prank.
“It is beyond irresponsible to chatter about secrets obtained from YouTube comments. If you want to gossip about secrets, take it off the discussion board to personal “
First of all my comments were not based on a YouTube video, and please tell me how those of use that knew the name could have ever located each other if the subject hadn’t come up on an open forum?