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Do you think the reaction would be the same if there was never a story written in a paper or wherever the "crime story" appeared? If someone googled your name,
by cronix 5y ago
Do you think the reaction would be the same if there was never a story written in a paper or wherever the "crime story" appeared? If someone googled your name, there are a lot of websites that show your personal records (current/past addresses, employment, family members, etc) along with arrest records and for a low low price of $x you can view them. Would they not find that public info eventually?
- tyingq 5y agoDiscoverability matters. Not everyone googling your name is looking for arrest records. Most would just be looking for a little info on who you are. A news story popping on the first page is a much more immediate barrier than a deliberate background search.
- joshmn 5y agoI think that’s a fair question. To me, any third-party narration is much more haunting than what public records can show. Public records leave room for questions about “what happened” whereas a “crime story” is a story. The story part — someone using their own words to describe an account — is what haunted me personally, and I imagine individuals who are/were a subject of such a publication.