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The best/worst part about this is that spending 1000 euros doesn't remove the comment from the internet, it just removes it from the little private list they ha

The best/worst part about this is that spending 1000 euros doesn't remove the comment from the internet, it just removes it from the little private list they have. But that's not publicly visible because they're charging 10 euros to check if your number is in this list, so paying 1000 euros essentially gets you nothing. As poor of a "scam" as this is, I'd bet somebody out there has already paid 1000 to remove it from their list. Despite what all of those reputation management services promise you, I don't think that you can remove stuff from online like this. Between normal social networks where people post private information unaware of what they are doing, things like http://www.dirtyphonebook.com http://www.dirtyphonebook.com that are designed to destroy privacy, and Google caching everything and making it permanently available for anybody in search, you really have to be smart about what you put online before you put it online. Personally I'd recommend giving up on social networks altogether and just using throwaway accounts and pseudonames, but thats just my personal thing.

ams6110 14y ago
This is the tip of the iceberg. My mode of operation is to assume that anything I post on the internet will eventually if not immediately become public. And remember it stays there forever. I think a lot of people who are in their 20s now will learn this to their dismay when they try to do something like run for public office in another 10 or 20 years time and everything they posted on social networks while they were in college comes back to haunt them.
- ifyoubuildit 14y ago
  The issue of running for public office comes up a lot, but what about kids seeing all of their parents social network activity 20-30 years down the line?
  - anonymous 14y ago
    > EWww, people used to be HETEROsexual? There is actually a short sci-fi story about a future where homosexual relationships are the norm and people are grown artificially. I can't remember the title or author and apart from the premise, there wasn't anything interesting in it.
    - kynan 14y ago
      Possibly you're thinking of The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21611.The_Forever_War http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21611.The_Forever_War)?
      - zem 14y ago
        almost certainly not - that's a novel, and one of the all time greats of the genre.
        tempestn 14y ago
        Yes, but aside from the word 'short', it fits perfectly. If parent can't remember any details, it's possible they misremembered the length.
- Vivtek 14y ago
  I'm thinking that in 10 or 20 years time nobody will care - because we'll all be equally guilty. That, or nobody will run for office anyway, just purchase it.
raverbashing 14y ago
You can probably google your phone number and avoid paying the 10E Of course, people were idiots to post their phone number in a porn site in the first place. Like the "Oh, ok, they need my CC number but only for checking I'm not a minor"

ams6110 14y ago

This is the tip of the iceberg. My mode of operation is to assume that anything I post on the internet will eventually if not immediately become public. And remember it stays there forever. I think a lot of people who are in their 20s now will learn this to their dismay when they try to do something like run for public office in another 10 or 20 years time and everything they posted on social networks while they were in college comes back to haunt them.

ifyoubuildit 14y ago
The issue of running for public office comes up a lot, but what about kids seeing all of their parents social network activity 20-30 years down the line?
- anonymous 14y ago
  > EWww, people used to be HETEROsexual? There is actually a short sci-fi story about a future where homosexual relationships are the norm and people are grown artificially. I can't remember the title or author and apart from the premise, there wasn't anything interesting in it.
  - kynan 14y ago
    Possibly you're thinking of The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21611.The_Forever_War http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21611.The_Forever_War)?
    - zem 14y ago
      almost certainly not - that's a novel, and one of the all time greats of the genre.
      - tempestn 14y ago
        Yes, but aside from the word 'short', it fits perfectly. If parent can't remember any details, it's possible they misremembered the length.
Vivtek 14y ago
I'm thinking that in 10 or 20 years time nobody will care - because we'll all be equally guilty. That, or nobody will run for office anyway, just purchase it.

raverbashing 14y ago

You can probably google your phone number and avoid paying the 10E Of course, people were idiots to post their phone number in a porn site in the first place. Like the "Oh, ok, they need my CC number but only for checking I'm not a minor"