I hate it that when I searched myself in Pipl, I saw more than I was expecting.
It is so creepy. It digs in through all websites, and provides me a list of accounts that are related to my name. This includes accounts that I have:
- no idea existed
- created out of a whim and have absolutely no memory of
- created out of a favor
- created to access a specific part of a website
- created to get leverage for an online marketing campaign
I love it because I get to know what accounts still exist. Since I know which ones are "easily" visible, I have the power to get rid of them :D Fortunately my name is quite unique and finding real accounts related to myself is easy.
Some of the more popular accounts I have deleted:
- MySpace which by the way, as of the moment, has the lamest logo for a website that has a market of about 43 million unique visitors each month. Unbelievable.
- Scribd
- Friendster (still thinking about it though because there are some nice memories from that site, which I can probably migrate to a nicer archive:)
