Yeah you can look up people by reverse username, reverse e mail, reverse anything!!

I work in sales and real estate...I look up people's private info all the time.

holy hell

Lock your journals
Who knows your user name

it gives my profile for loddddsa sites

Its the chance you take when going on a public site/forum

To make sure that the site is secure always look up top and make sure that it says www.https:// The "s" stands for secure site.

I guess that's how I got that distasteful message I received and freaked on last nite! Took immediate action via info from two of my friends and DS and got a message he was banned from Doug this morning! Thank God we have guardians here!

thats why lots of people changed there names n why i lock my journals now xx

Yikes! I was so ignorant to think this was a little more private than that. Personal pics are gonna have to come down...I could really lose my job & have many other problems. This kinda sucks, but as long as I use an alias & don't put address, real photos of myself or family members, then I wouldn't think it would be a big deal...

This is the only place I can really be myself & be open & honest about this part of life, so that's not going to be a deal breaker for me. I have NO support in the real world. I hope we don't lose a bunch of members because of this...

Dear newbies....we go through this every few months.It's not new info.

If you Google your screen name ,your profile page comes up.(that's why many people leave the profile page kinda sparce)
Your HUGS are available to anyone who Googles your name...and so is your friends list.If your Journal is not locked,they have access to that also.Your private MESSAGES ,can Not be accessed.So if you don't want the world to read too much about you...keep it in your message communications.If you are a Blogger,or belong to anyother sites that are {.org}..the same info is available...DS is not the only site that has this kind of set up.If you are concernrd...go to your personal profile page ,and edit age ,state,meds you take...anything ,you don't waqnt known.
remember,this is the electronic age,and if someone wants info on you,they can find it...please be not afraid.....P.S.we usually lose a few newbies,when this info comes out.

dancingd....when I Googled that..I was the first one on the page...every other dancingd was a soft porn or stripper site..boy ,I was thrilled at that!LOL!!

BORING

this was the hot topic when i first joined DS in july