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trailviews is offline trailviews Post #111  January 3,2009, 4:14pm
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SarahW,412003 wrote :

I guess if not blindly trusting strangers you've never met before is having "trust issues," I'm guilty as charged.
Do you do something differently for the strangers you have met before?
 
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Did you know that people can pay other people to have their records removed from google? Just thought I'd share that...google is not a sure-fire way to know something about a person, so please don't rely on it.
 
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Did you know you can pay someone to remove all your information from google? Then there is no record of certain past information, therefore, I wouldn't rely on google to research a person...go with your gut feelings and discernment.
 
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trailviews,412043 wrote :

SarahW,412003 wrote :


I guess if not blindly trusting strangers you've never met before is having "trust issues," I'm guilty as charged.

Do you do something differently for the strangers you have met before?
LOL! No, I don't guess I do, smartie-pants.
 
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I will google them usually after the first date. but not only do I do that I will google their e-mail address as well (wow the stuff that can come up). I also google my clients before I meet with them if it is not in an "office" setting. I once googled a clients e-mail address and he had posted a question in Yahoo questions and answers and it was about non surgical ways to help *ahem* well geta certain part of his anatomy larger. insert picture of smilin Bob right here. I routinly google myself as well. But I work in Real Estate teaching agents how to use technology to improve their business so it is second nature to me to google people.
 
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It's pretty rare to get someone's full name on internet dating anyway, especially on eHarmony.


But I have done it, really just as a lark to see what comes up. It would be pretty unlikely you'd find anything negative on there anyway. Of course you have to be careful with it, because you don't want to slip up and mention anything to that person that you found out. Most people may not like that you've googled them, but I wouldn't mind because I've not nothing to hide.


I think women in particular wouldn't like it because it gives them the feeling of being stalked or something.
 
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dwreese182,412033 wrote :

If you were to pay one of those background check websites and checked my name you would find that I was convicted of Conversion (which is what they drop a felony charge of theft to during a plea bargon) back when I was a teenager. Simply asking me this would get you the same answer for free though. Of course, not all people are going to be honest about things of this matter. I would hope that if you did do a background check on me and found something that you would at least ask me about my history instead of judging me off of something that happened 8 years ago.


That last sentence hurts my head for some reason. lol
I think what most women are interested in finding out is that you dont have a rape convition aor somthing like that. If you are on the sex offender registry or that you havesomething equally as scary to the man who thought it was all about women being nosy it is all about not wanting to end up on the 10:00 news. I have tried other dating site and ended up on dates that scared the crap out of me. On one as we were standing in line grabbed me on the shoulders and started squeezing them so hard I had to physically push him off. Not that google may have helped me figure that one out but there are some obvious red flags that we look for. A convition when you are a minor IS NOT ONE OF THEM
 
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I married a guy I am divorced from now, who turned out to be not what he said he was. I am sure had I only known better to google his email address, something truly interesting would have up (he turned out to be a porn addict who spent a lot of time online and wasted a lot of my money). It is too dear a price to pay for wishful thinking and being too trusting and naive...Now I'd google anything I possibly could; I don't want to be a prize idiot again.
 
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redknight881,415137 wrote :

It's pretty rare to get someone's full name on internet dating anyway, especially on eHarmony.


But I have done it, really just as a lark to see what comes up. It would be pretty unlikely you'd find anything negative on there anyway. Of course you have to be careful with it, because you don't want to slip up and mention anything to that person that you found out. Most people may not like that you've googled them, but I wouldn't mind because I've not nothing to hide.


I think women in particular wouldn't like it because it gives them the feeling of being stalked or something.
i usually get guys full name right away. someone who does not reveal their full name willingly, i get suspicious and have second, trice thoughts about replying.
 
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legend29,385808 wrote :
Neither have I....you wanna know why? I google my name all the time and the list gets longer and longer. There are 447,000 people with my name. Here are some examples:
-Facebook profile
-is a founding member and the Director of Research
-Pattern packets by Gail Anderson for tole and decorative painting.
-is a creative director at SpotCo, a New York City-based design studio and ad agency that specializes in creating theatrical ...
-works with museum leaders to help them strategically position their museums and institutions for success and relevance in today’s world.
-knows the importance of a good traffic report. ____has been working at WDIV as the weekend morning ...
-A Comic Book Biography by Chester Brown 18.Turtle Valley by ___
-I did--_____With my own two hands... and little computer. ... A poster !!!...
-Director of Electronic Media Publications. Public Relations
-Associate professor in forensic science and entomology. Laboratory, research interests, publications, projects and courses.
-Emergency Medicine, Torrance, California,(CA), Check Doctor reports, ratings, credentials, information, background, complaints, ...
-I also seemed to have written several books !

Needless to say I don't have a facebook profile, nor have I the accomplishments of most of these folks. I even typed in with my middle name and was aghast that I am a 30 y/o male living in CA and a 4iy/o male in Detroit! Unfortuantely (for nosey people) my first and last name are very popular names, and my first and middle names cab be for male and female (if you're really good with names you might be able to guess what my first and middle names are!).
BTW: I did finally weed through the pages and find the 'real' me. And the info is wrong...it has the address I grew up as a child as my current address, and I'm still married and living on Long Island....that hurt! I worked long and hard for my divorce, to have it snatched away by a computer glitch...how dare they?

So....I don't google anyone cause i'm thinkng that not all info may not be accurate about a person.


by quoting this stuff you may be giving away your actual name, you know.
 
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