Eating Disorders Support Group
Eating disorders are marked by an obsessive need to control the intake and/or purging of food. This community is dedicated to those struggling on the road to recovery. Join to discuss your experience with others and find support. Get advice, ask questions, and meet others who are going through similar struggles.
I was visiting the another support group discussion and I found that by searching you can pull up the profile by username. I searched it myself, and I'm like four hits down with all my information available. This upsets me. I don't discuss my problems in real life so I come here to journal and find support.. So what do they do? Put it on Google.. I'm not deleting my profile like other people, but I am going to friends only. Anyone is welcome to message and add me, I love the friends and support on my journal entries, I just don't want all my business out there for everyone and anyone to read. I hope you understand and I thought everyone might like to know this for themselves. Or maybe it's just I'm slow on picking things up. But yeah, so message me, add me, whatever. I love people giving thoughts and advice. And I love everyone who takes the time to care enough to read my day.
Thanks.
-Barbara
Thanks.
-Barbara
deleted_user
I had noticed that also, and have my account activity, profile, and journal entries available for friends only. It's great when people care enough to be your friend, though not everyone on this board is that kind. I agree with you, Muff, our issues are not the business of everyone out there.
deleted_user
Our profiles are available through a Google search also. I searched for DrugDoc, one of my friends, on Google and found a link to her profile. So much for DS being anonymous.
deleted_user
I already knew that from other sites I've made profiles at- just another reason to post journals for friends only! Good idea.
deleted_user
I tried it and didn't get anywhere with my username... buy I didn't go through all the pages either.
KayBeth
Thanks for early sharing. Most of my journals were not friends only so have been thru and changed them as I also show up on google. Don't like my profile being linked either is there anything to stop that?
deleted_user
that is why i've asked doug to be able to lock our accounts, so all someone who isn't on our friend's list can see is the 'about me', 'interests' , location, etc but not hugs, journals, groups
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