The other day, I posted a new post about being wrong about how I took my supplements. Then, later today when researching Calcium citrate use, I found my post on Google... so for personal posts, no privacy when you post and reply on Bariatric Pal, this is wrong! Our support group functions should not be public.... what is going on here?

I'm guessing that the confusion/upset over this is a generational thing. People that did not grow up with the internet don't understand that the internet in itself is basically a big free for all with zero privacy. This is a message board. The whole point of it is to have discourse with varying people, and you're relying on those people to be honest about themselves and trusting that they aren't distributing your photos and information around the world. I have seen people literally track down people offline based on the information that was provided on message boards and harass them at their workplace. This is why I do not post photos and try not to post anything more than the vaguest personal information, etc. You never know if the person you're talking with or arguing with online is a psycho.

Bottom line: The internet isn't a therapist's office; there is zero expectation of privacy or confidentiality.

Edited September 19, 201510 yr by losing_the_band

I'm guessing that the confusion/upset over this is a generational thing. People that did not grow up with the internet don't understand that the internet in itself is basically a big free for all with zero privacy. This is a message board. The whole point of it is to have discourse with varying people, and you're relying on those people to be honest about themselves and trusting that they aren't distributing your photos and information around the world. I have seen people literally track down people offline based on the information that was provided on message boards and harass them at their workplace. This is why I do not post photos and try not to post anything more than the vaguest personal information, etc. You never know if the person you're talking with or arguing with online is a psycho.

Bottom line: The internet isn't a therapist's office; there is zero expectation of privacy or confidentiality.

I agree... growing up in the technology age, I've always known that nothing online was private. I have also always known that everything I put out there, typed or spoken, will be available forever, even if I delete it. Once it's digital, it exists forever.

Try googling your own name. You would be surprised at what might come up.

People are always asking me why there are no before and after pictures of me. There are people who know my real first name on here, but I am really careful. I am surprised too, that everyone does not know that anything you say on the internet anywhere, can show up through a search engine.