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Not everyone who needs this is a bad guy. I did this, as a favor to a friend. She had written some erotica under a pen name and someone recirculated it, again
by at_a_remove 4y ago
Not everyone who needs this is a bad guy.
I did this, as a favor to a friend. She had written some erotica under a pen name and someone recirculated it, against her wishes, under her real name. Well, the magic of RSS took hold and suddenly any search for her was smutty. And she was looking for a job change at the time ...
- clnq 4y agoOne can also change their name in that case. It might be one of the most effective ways of wiping one's internet slate clean.
- iakov 4y agoPerhaps a bit too radical? Imagine the headache of changing your legal name everywhere - from banks and driving licenses to frequent flyer cards and your doctors office. Uff, Id rather try the whitewashing first.
- clnq 4y agoI don’t have to imagine. I changed my last name when I got married, as many people choose to do. It’s not a big headache. You could also do it for another reason than marriage. The effect will be the same. And it’s easy to do. Whitewashing is definitely a lot more involved, especially if it goes beyond right to be forgotten requests. I feel like most people realise this. I know people who have changed their names to “reinvent” themselves and no longer be associated with their past. Famously, witness protection programs also work like that sometimes. It’s just the most efficient and common sense way to give up one’s old identity.
- at_a_remove 4y agoSometimes, rather than pull out the vacuum or scrubbing down the toilet, I just move to a new place. It's a lot simpler and quite thorough.
- base3 4y agoI did reputation scrubs for recovering alcoholics who couldn't get jobs because of pre-rehab pictures and social media posts. I was a volunteer. I still think I did the right thing.