What do y'all think about "people search" tech?

Jennifer · 02-28-2008, 02:46 PM

After doing a scan on yahoo of our favorite "relational guru" Adam007 (and finding more than I think he would have ever expected), I decided to do a scan on the userid I've settled on outside this forum (i.e., my handle on pretty much any other sites I'm going to).

I had originally wanted a unique handle, so that people didn't confuse me with someone else.

So when I googled it, I guess I got what I asked for: Page after page of all the sites I've been posting on... MBTI sites, trans-support sites, Yahoo Answers, WordPress, etc. Plus any site that my posts were getting piped to (e.g., some sites run Yahoo Answers feeds, and things I wrote 18 months ago were showing up on these other sites!)

Wow.

I'm a little amazed... and a little creeped out.

I know it's not "new" news, but what do y'all think about this and its implications for people, culture, etc?

Randomnity · 02-28-2008, 03:00 PM

Huh. I thought mine was fairly unique, I made it up on the spot and everything, but after googling it, I'm clearly very unoriginal.

Thanks a lot for bringing my attention to this.

Uberfuhrer · 02-28-2008, 03:09 PM

So you just Googled the words "Adam007"? I did and I saw an Adam007 at a bunch of movie profiles, but I was looking at posts and they were movie-related. Are you sure it was the same one?

What, specifically, did you type in? I wanna see this for myself!

Jennifer · 02-28-2008, 03:13 PM

Try this search.

Then try this one. (is that you on OKCupid?)

proteanmix · 02-28-2008, 03:37 PM

I scroogled Adam007, Gary007, and Jason007 and got much the same results. I only pop up here, INTPc, and MBTINebulous. I try to move with stealth across the internet.

Anyway, I google people and I don't feel bad for it. I don't care if someone googles me because I'm careful about what I write on the internet and if anything will come back to haunt me. I told you, strangers in grocery stores are the best people to reveal your secrets to.

Falcarius · 02-28-2008, 03:54 PM

To be honest I don't really care.

This, this, and this is not even me.

It did give me a cool link to this. It also give a link to my profile on the veggie boards, intjforum, and myspace.

Uberfuhrer · 02-28-2008, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by proteanmix

I scroogled Adam007, Gary007, and Jason007 and got much the same results. I only pop up here, INTPc, and MBTINebulous. I try to move with stealth across the internet.

What about Raincrow007?

Jennifer · 02-28-2008, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by proteanmix

... I told you, strangers in grocery stores are the best people to reveal your secrets to.

Yup... because the checkout line clears out REALLY fast...

mippus · 02-28-2008, 05:07 PM

It scares me, especially since the net's memory is limitless...

Colors · 02-28-2008, 05:26 PM

It doesn't really scare me. As long as you're not ashamed of yourself, right?

For anonymity reasons, I do choose to use more than one username on the internet- it keeps my various interests separate and helps me control who knows what about me. Of course, "Colors" is too general to really get anything (278 million results!).

And it's totally amusing to google yourself! Though it does seem random what turns up #1, especially since it changes over time.

02-28-2008, 02:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jennifer The Doctor is IN Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INtP Location: Free at last. Posts: 14,307	What do y'all think about "people search" tech? After doing a scan on yahoo of our favorite "relational guru" Adam007 (and finding more than I think he would have ever expected), I decided to do a scan on the userid I've settled on outside this forum (i.e., my handle on pretty much any other sites I'm going to). I had originally wanted a unique handle, so that people didn't confuse me with someone else. So when I googled it, I guess I got what I asked for: Page after page of all the sites I've been posting on... MBTI sites, trans-support sites, Yahoo Answers, WordPress, etc. Plus any site that my posts were getting piped to (e.g., some sites run Yahoo Answers feeds, and things I wrote 18 months ago were showing up on these other sites!) Wow. I'm a little amazed... and a little creeped out. I know it's not "new" news, but what do y'all think about this and its implications for people, culture, etc? __________________ Blog: Seasons of Mist

02-28-2008, 03:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
Uberfuhrer Full Circle Join Date: May 2007 Type: ENTP Location: Detroit, Michigan Posts: 8,534	So you just Googled the words "Adam007"? I did and I saw an Adam007 at a bunch of movie profiles, but I was looking at posts and they were movie-related. Are you sure it was the same one? What, specifically, did you type in? I wanna see this for myself! __________________ "Place quotes in your signature to appear profound." --Uberfuhrer

02-28-2008, 03:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jennifer The Doctor is IN Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INtP Location: Free at last. Posts: 14,307	Try this search. Then try this one. (is that you on OKCupid?) __________________ Blog: Seasons of Mist

02-28-2008, 03:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
proteanmix Allura red Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: Location: storming castles Posts: 3,047	I scroogled Adam007, Gary007, and Jason007 and got much the same results. I only pop up here, INTPc, and MBTINebulous. I try to move with stealth across the internet. Anyway, I google people and I don't feel bad for it. I don't care if someone googles me because I'm careful about what I write on the internet and if anything will come back to haunt me. I told you, strangers in grocery stores are the best people to reveal your secrets to. __________________ Concentric objects share the same center, axis or origin with one inside the other.

02-28-2008, 03:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
Falcarius The Unwieldy Clawed One Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: COOL Location: Eustreptospondylus, Liopleurodon, Megalosaurus, and Cetiosaurus all lived here. Posts: 1,380	To be honest I don't really care. This, this, and this is not even me. It did give me a cool link to this. It also give a link to my profile on the veggie boards, intjforum, and myspace. __________________ *"No, no, me make they no eat you; me make them much love you."* - Friday, Robinson Crusoe's illiterate Caribbean ex-cannibal slave convert to Protestantism. Rate Falcarius' goodness on his johari/Rate Falcarius' badness on his nohari.

02-28-2008, 03:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
Randomnity insert random title here Join Date: May 2007 Type: ISTP Posts: 1,455	Huh. I thought mine was fairly unique, I made it up on the spot and everything, but after googling it, I'm clearly very unoriginal. Thanks a lot for bringing my attention to this.

02-28-2008, 05:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
mippus you are right Join Date: Jan 2008 Type: InTp Location: Belgium Posts: 885	It scares me, especially since the net's memory is limitless... __________________ Vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas

02-28-2008, 05:26 PM	#10 (permalink)
Colors Metalife Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: ISTP Location: Among the jasmine Posts: 1,051	It doesn't really scare me. As long as you're not ashamed of yourself, right? For anonymity reasons, I do choose to use more than one username on the internet- it keeps my various interests separate and helps me control who knows what about me. Of course, "Colors" is too general to really get anything (278 million results!). And it's totally amusing to google yourself! Though it does seem random what turns up #1, especially since it changes over time. __________________ "In their youth, no one realizes that the trees that stretch into the sky are, at the same time, sending their roots deeper and deeper into the earth." - Noriko Ogiwara

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