Call me paranoid, but this incident REALLY disturbed me!

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R.L. — 1/3/2005 4:12:48 AM (archived)

I had a co-worker email me a link to my own post, and he had NO IDEA that I wrote it...!

God only knows how many searched those words... I halfway expect to have the FBI give me a call...

This was a harsh reminder of how public the web is- this REALLY disturbed me, my brother thinks I am being silly to worry about it, but I would NEVER have written it if I knew how much exposure it would get! Hell, I heard a guy on FOX news practically quote parts of my post!

I still have NO IDEA how my post could end up #1 on google out of 200,000+ other hits.

I would like objective opinions from those that read my post- did it come across as an irresponsible post?

Everything I posted was public knowledge, and I left out several things I felt would be too useful to trouble makers or - god forbid- terrorists...

In case you are wondering I have not been anywhere around cleaveland or colorado springs, and last I heard they have a suspect in custody...

Am I worrying too much?

The whole thread (22 posts)

Google rankings - R.L. - 12/30/2004 7:58:04 PM
- Maybe This is why... - Nick Hoffman - 1/2/2005 2:37:40 AM
  - This will knock your socks off.... - Gary - 1/4/2005 5:02:34 PM
    - Gary You Should Post This On Community - Mark Eby - 1/16/2005 5:32:07 AM
- Looks like the title of your post is the only one that matches your search term exactly. (n/t) - RobVG - 12/31/2004 5:57:35 PM
- Be careful what you post here! You may hear it on the news - R.L. - 12/31/2004 1:23:32 PM
  - Cripes, I hope nobody read about the terrorist Train Trick I was worried about. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/31/2004 8:10:58 PM
  - OMG! - McFly - 12/31/2004 2:28:45 PM
    - Clearly there IS a CONSPIRACY here! Where's the TOWG!!! - Scott Evil - 1/4/2005 6:25:17 PM
    - I watch FOX news for the same reason I listen to Rush Limbaugh - R.L. - 12/31/2004 3:21:02 PM
    - It still doesnt explain.... - R.L. - 12/31/2004 3:04:45 PM
      - Simplest answer - Tom Brosz - 12/31/2004 8:16:56 PM
        
        I think the Space board ranks high on Google - Todd - 1/3/2005 1:46:27 AM
        
        Google Ranking - Nick Hoffman - 1/3/2005 1:15:56 PM
        
        Call me paranoid, but this incident REALLY disturbed me! - R.L. - 1/3/2005 4:12:48 AM
        
        Don't worry the FBI knocking at your door is a good thing. - Scott Evil - 1/4/2005 6:31:23 PM
        
        The deeper part of the web is a small pool - Davin L. - 1/4/2005 1:44:01 PM
        
        For Robert: Hit counts listed on the TOC would be really cool. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 1/4/2005 6:35:20 PM
        
        Am I worrying too much? - Nick Hoffman - 1/3/2005 1:07:58 PM
        
        P.S. on the quotes - Tom Brosz - 12/31/2004 8:19:29 PM
- Did you type the search term in ALL CAPS? - McFly - 12/30/2004 10:58:13 PM
  - Nope - R.L. - 12/31/2004 12:04:18 AM

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