ummm no offense here to anyone but I dont think this site is meant to be private anyway. I remember reading somewhere on here, maybe in the registration stuff not to post anything you would not want the whole world to see because psych central is free because of how it is google -able and the ads, people pay to have their ads on psych central which allows Doc John to offer this site to everyone for free.

yes there is a rule here that members can not use what other members post here .......Without......permission of the poster....but its an honor system thing, But that does not prevent any actual viewing/ reading and using the posts elsewhere...

let me show you what I mean log out of your accounts. then come to psych central with out logging in. can you read the posts? yes. can you right... click and copy and paste your posts to your journals, or save on your computers yes. can you with out being here on psych central google your username and see your posts and after googling your username then click on google images see any images/ memes you have posted here yes to both.

is there any way of knowing who around the whole world is coming to psych central viewing, reading, copy paste -ing elsewhere no... every computer made automatically comes with right click copy pasting built in to the operating systems (example... microsoft windows of any version....) not to mention every internet website also has their own servers and programs and site domains that also have their own what is called options...

this site was never advertised as private and as far as I know has always included disclaimers in the registration to never post any pics or posts that are personal and private.

its the internet and as long as this site is listed with search engines for advertising and to promote the site, in order to keep the site a free to everyone, no fee to register and become, and remain members posts and pics and memes posted here are going to be found outside of psych central too.

because I read any sites registration and privacy disclaimers I know that every website I go to say the same thing... to never post any personal and identifyable things and never post anything that violates state and federal laws like criminal activities I knew from the moment I registered that I would never post anything I did not want my friends, family and strangers to know and I would never ever post any pics of me my friends or family, all of which (posts and pics) can be used outside of psych central too and theres nothing anyone can do about it. just the way the internet works.

there is also a frequently asked section and the rules and guidelines section here that also discusses the fact that this site is searchable on search engines and to not post anything of a personal nature that you would not want the world to know about.

in other words I am not surprised when I encounter one of my posts/ information that I have posted here is found outside of psych central, thats the risk I take by being a member of psych central, replying to posts and posting my own posts and threads.