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Originally Posted by Squaw
Hi..just an opinion but not everyone can "see" what you post here, and no one knows who you are unless you reveal that, and no one knows what state you are in, etc..a lot of posts on PC remind me of other peoples situations but that doesn't mean I know it's them. I hope this helps so that the rest of us may be able to help you with your problems. We try to support one another here..  |
up just wanted to let you know that everyone in the whole world can read all the posts here. If I remember right this is one of the Frequently asked questions on whether psych central is searchable by search engines.
(you can test this by not logging in and reading all the posts even though you are not logged in)
people around the world can not access the profiles of each member but they can read all the posts and in some situaitons have found members when they placed too much personal information in their posts.
if you feel you have put too much in a post the moderators can help you to edit or remove posts...think there may be a limit on how many removals. any members can also ask for user name changes if they think someone has recognized them but again I think there may be a limit on this too.
how I keep personal identifying information out of my posts is I write my posts on my computers writing programs first, doing my edits and so on, (windows 10 has at least two writing programs microsoft word and microsoft notepad. there are other free writing programs in the "store" app and also there are many blogs and journal / writing programs online that are also free.
I just edit out names and make up names for them example my alter Rains name is the same as a friend of mine so instead I used the name Rain because it was raining outside when I was making my post.
I also do not use the same username and email anywhere else other than psych central this way my username and email here can not be traced or linked to any other website or person.