Internet Doesn't Delete

[Martyr]

I had an old screen name for an old forum once, and i looked it up, randomly, after the screen name had been changed completely and the forum abandoned for years, and as many posts as I posted under that name came up on Google and many other search engines.

basically, if I ever go by that name, and then get googled, everybody will find out that forum aspect of me from way back then. And I was kind of a chump back then, if you get me.

I looked up Xavierlonique, from my profile here, and it came up on Google. The only listing for Xavierlonique, and it nailed a tiny little last name from my tiny profile in all the web.

How does it feel, to think that these names you use, which may have been creative at one point, may be something you can't really use again, even if you think they've ben erased.

Or am I the only person who has a problem with this since ya'll wisely named yourselves Black Mage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10 etc...

[blackmage_nuke]

Or am I the only person who has a problem with this since ya'll wisely named yourselves Black Mage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10 etc...

amateurs

but what is the chance someone but you would google your name, and if 2 accounts came up you can always deny it was you

[Martyr]

Since it's irrelevant here,

The old screen name has 100 finds on Google, and more for other places. It was to be an ultimate web identity, especially if I started a web business. Now I gotta be more creative, which really isn't too big of a deal, at all, but still...

I won't reveal the name because it's still a link to my identity, and it's also my password here.

(SPOILER)but if you want my password, I'll change it and publicize it for everybody. That isn't my concern

[NorthernChaosGod]

I don't remember my first forum name I used, but my second one is mistaken to be messed up Japanese characters.

It really doesn't matter.

[Cloudane]

It's quite scary really. Everyone knows my internet name, and if say my employer went scouring around it could lead to a lot of trouble and embarrassment

Actually, if anyone was thorough enough they could probably find, shall we say, quite a compromising picture of me out there

Use multiple screen names, people. Or better still, don't act an ass on the internet

[Iceglow]

If searching my history of screen names, one would probably fail to turn up results as it was merely a counter strike name I used for a while. If searching the second one I used (Fallen_angel_666) then you'll get about a million hits as the screen name is VERY common, enough said I only ever had a hotmail account, and a few forum ones including here actually. I still don't know why that screen name doesn't show up in my formerly known as part on my profile but it should do after all this is the same account I registered with. My alternative at that time was fallen1 (or variations of that, no underscore, underscore before 1, l33t speak ect) I used that for about 3 months before I got bored to tears with it. I then changed to Flawed_fallen_angel_666 or Flawed_fallen_angel I used these for about a year and became shortened to FFA so eventually as with all my screen names the numbers disappeared. I changed that screen name to Lasuria, Lasuria was my character on a game and my admin name there. I used this for a long time (about 2 years) It gave me a large number of hits last time I bothered looking. The current one Iceglow was originally a password that I used in places. I stopped using it when I changed e-mail address and screen name. The reason for changing it? I wanted to break away from the game I played as Lasuria.

Though I don't doubt people hunting about would find things to embarass me on the net.

[Timerk]

I know there are some employers who ask for your internet screen name(s) on job applications now, so it is something to be aware of.

[Cloudane]

I'd use a fake one in a job application. I'm not that daft

[Christmas]

I used to be called RIKKUYUNA&PAINE69.

[Peegee]

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=...e+Search&meta=

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=...G=Search&meta=

etc

(btw I think google.ca will fail if americans click it -- change it to google.com or something)

Bizarre esoteric references can be found by searching my screen name. BTW I also exist on ratemybody.com as a black guy who likes to compliment women o.O

[Loony BoB]

I'd say over 90% of the valid results (ie, not stuff like "that was loony, bob" for "Loony BoB" are me. Certainly anything with two capital B's. You can find out which other forums I'm registered at, and find my journal and a few other things, but nothing amazingly special.

[Nominus Experse]

I know there are some employers who ask for your internet screen name(s) on job applications now, so it is something to be aware of.

I don't see how they ought to have rights to such a thing. Having a screen name ensures your anomynity and privacy on the net. Your usage and antics while on the net are your own - it's part of your personal life.

I don't see what grounds employers have to pull that one.

I Googled my screen name, and it came up with 432 results, most of which are from this forum. In fact, I would say that over 96% of them are from this site. The others are from Deviant ART, Myspace, and from the obscure compliment given by a friend who is a member of several other forums.

Hell, it's to the point where I can simply type in my screen name and be taken immediately to my Member Profile here.

[Cloudane]

I like the '69' idea, but I'm not sure how it works with the 3 of them


{/mind-in-gutter}

[Martyr]

I know there are some employers who ask for your internet screen name(s) on job applications now, so it is something to be aware of.

I don't see how they ought to have rights to such a thing. Having a screen name ensures your anomynity and privacy on the net. Your usage and antics while on the net are your own - it's part of your personal life.

I don't see what grounds employers have to pull that one.

See, that's the thing, nothing assures privacy and anonymity. Already, if I knew how, I could detect your IP address, which MUST be streamed across the net in order for you to access the net, and that address is linked to your individual computer, and your individual computer is linked to your individual accounts which are linked to you as an individual. Hackers and governments alike can figure this kind of thing out, because this so-called confidential information can be very easily compromised, or so I've heard, if the right price is put up. But apparently even that isn't necessary.

What I'm saying is, in 20 years somebody who looks up my old screen name can probably link it's IP of the post to my family computer at the time, and then i'd have to come forward and admit my, well, not crimes, but my childish and outlandish opinions. Not to mention hobbies (Would you want a president, for example, who played Final Fantasy up to age 21? I don't think so.)

[Nominus Experse]

I know there are some employers who ask for your internet screen name(s) on job applications now, so it is something to be aware of.

I don't see how they ought to have rights to such a thing. Having a screen name ensures your anomynity and privacy on the net. Your usage and antics while on the net are your own - it's part of your personal life.

I don't see what grounds employers have to pull that one.

See, that's the thing, nothing assures privacy and anonymity. Already, if I knew how, I could detect your IP address, which MUST be streamed across the net in order for you to access the net, and that address is linked to your individual computer, and your individual computer is linked to your individual accounts which are linked to you as an individual. Hackers and governments alike can figure this kind of thing out, because this so-called confidential information can be very easily compromised, or so I've heard, if the right price is put up. But apparently even that isn't necessary.

What I'm saying is, in 20 years somebody who looks up my old screen name can probably link it's IP of the post to my family computer at the time, and then i'd have to come forward and admit my, well, not crimes, but my childish and outlandish opinions. Not to mention hobbies (Would you want a president, for example, who played Final Fantasy up to age 21? I don't think so.)

It is odd, and somewhat disturbing in some ways. They say that the internet is an ever-changing, evolving thing, but I have noticed that some seemingly obscure things never seem to leave. Such things could later on spell trouble...

And if I knew that a president played FF up until 21, it wouldn't bother me much. If anything, it'd be a fun thing to talk of. But I can see what you mean. What should be the past, what shouldn't be permanent suddenly is...


But how many bosses are going to have the audacity to hack into your CPU? And at that point, such a thing warrants a misdemeanor since they're trying to access your personal life.

I realize hackers and their ilk can retrieve this information through a myriad of methods, but what concerned me is this thought of employers having the supposed rights to knowing your screen name.

A screen name is part of your personal, home life - not work. I believe most would agree.