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This is why I'm so confused by people wishing to document their lives, their children, their home—to strangers on the internet. On the best day, maybe that translates to positive comments and upvotes. Is the juice worth the squeeze? No. A thousand times, NO.

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Sadly, if someone wants to find information there is enough online without needing to help them with social media. My parents have never had a social media account and I deleted mine years before I had an issue with someone who found out not only where I lived but my parents as well. (and having 20+ years in the software industry, I'm aware of how things work). Doing a simple search isn't that difficult to get the addresses. Though, it was probably a tracking device and considering the later disabling of important drive functions that my long time mechanic had no answer for except to not charge me hours of work looking at it and telling me to just get what I could for it, I lean towards tracking device. Staying off social media helps, but when someone wants to harass another, I think not being easily online just made it more fun for him. At least I would find the challenge more gratifying.

> Sadly, if someone wants to find information there is enough online without needing to help them with social media.

I agree, but there is a fundamental difference between dealing with/managing publicly available information and contributing to it by vlogging/blogging/posting otherwise non-public details about your life and family. Sure, anyone could use the internet to find me/info about me with the right details and resolve—but I refuse to help or add to the pile by documenting my life for their perusal. Maybe I'm just turning into a curmudgeon, but I have ZERO desire to participate in this trend.

It's a shame, kind of. I'd love to blog and write under my real name online (just industry or school related things), but I'm terrified of someone using that information to hurt me or the people in my life.

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