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Member Map Option Removed ?!
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members can still post their address if they want .. but i still c no need4Chess.com2default a member's real life home2other members (even if they note it2help prevent cheaters from returning, still no need2disclose that info2other members.
@LauriAikio
I had actually seen the map as a nuisance to cheaters if it is based upon the IP address they use. If they are using a service, especially if it changes locations, it could be a red flag if they claim to be from one location, that isn't Nunya Buziness USA, but their map location shows them to be from Sweden...
I hadn't really paid attention to how this works, with people who don't reveal their exact location in their profile, other than to be vague somehow, if it still showed were they actually were.
nameno1had wrote:
While I find it interesting to see where chess players are spread geographically and even where a friend may be in a specific manner, I can understand some people's concern over privacy and saftey.
Nameno, this is a chess playing and information site, I doubt if anyone is gonna get whacked out over anything that goes on here.
I allready know who you are and Close relatives and Location of Business Master Kaina....
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The removal of the old format of the world map is a detriment. I loved that map, sometimes I would spend quite a bit of time browsing it, as I am the Super Admin of two world-league national teams on here and the SA of another team that primarily plays international matches.
And you know what the cool thing about that map was, it showed the IP location of the user, not just where they claimed to be from. I found a lot of my Asian opponents on team matches were actually living in Paris (which makes sense) and a lot of other people playing under foreign flags were actually here in the USA.
Anyway, I would really like to find a way to get the old map restored.
ROFL : Contact Us 
And, if I'm not mistaken, didn't the "old" map simply show what city the user was in? It didn't post anything more specific than that, right? Pardon me if I'm wrong, but if it just showed the city/state/nation and nothing more, what's there to be paranoid about?
By my experiences it was about 300 meters unsharp. Tested by me and my friends. 
johnmusacha wrote:
nameno1had wrote:
While I find it interesting to see where chess players are spread geographically and even where a friend may be in a specific manner, I can understand some people's concern over privacy and saftey.
Nameno, this is a chess playing and information site, I doubt if anyone is gonna get whacked out over anything that goes on here.
Most likely you are right, but, there have been people who thought they were going to a job interview, who have been raped, robbed and or killed too...
Sometimes, it is better to not take chances. I do agree that the likelyhood someone would actually use that feature to go after someone here would be probably not likely. If they are well known enough, due to their chess playing identity, with USCF, FIDE, etc...once they know their name, finding them shouldn't be overly difficult.
If someone had a persons name, city and state and IP location, certainly they could probably find them, but it would be possible without the IP also, and would be about the same level of difficulty.
I think the IP location would help if the person didn't volunteer their location by name. With available IP masking, a stalker could still be chasing the wind. My thought is, though I didn't state it earlier, if people are that worried, they should have to have total anonymity.
I think due to the nature of chess, that isn't always feasible. Based upon that idea, given the measures the site offers to hide your identity, unless they make it an option to have your location displayed, I don't see the need to change it. I think educating people better when they join would go much further in keeping them safe, along with them making the best choices. At some point people have to take responsibility for their own choices.
Yeah well, if anyone here wants to come to Miami and hang out, just look me up, John Musacha from Coral Gables, everyone knows me here, the city, and in Miami Beach. Hell, I was even gonna meet up with Joey D'V if he ever was gonna follow through on that OTB chess match in Tampa.
ok, let me google the Name...and towne, and background check...be right back....
I do agree, Christopher. Totally agree.
@bullet: lol ... looks like they hv my sensei's pic there insted of mine 
John Musacha plays For Foriegner...your Famos Amos...
Well, just in the studio. I don't tour with them or anything.
LauriAikio wrote:
Yes, Folks. The Member Map.
http://www.chess.com/map/clubs
Now there are only Clubs, Events & Coaches.
It used to show Our Opponents, Friends & Group Members earlier, Offline & Online. And other CC-Members in Online.
Greets, Lauri.
I didn't notice this feature at all. Bu you can see your friends, opponents on- or off-line at your home page and group members at group home page.
Wooh.. I was just about to make a subscription. Close call ! What's the use if I can't potentially stalk opponents who beat me in chess? Blasphemy.
I know this is a joke, L1Nerd, but there are people who have closed their accounts because people found out where they lived and they needed to move.
Privacy settings are good, but unfortunately, we want to give out too much information to "benevolent" corporations such as Google and Facebook. You know the old saying: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."