How much could someone learn about your personal life from your questions and answers on Fluther?

I think that if someone I knew stumbeld across Fluther they would figure me out. Also, if I met someone new and told them I’m on Fluther, they could get nearly my whole life story. I am not ashamed of anything I’ve shared here… and that’s been practically everything. I suppose an industrious and resourceful stalker might be able to dig up more… but then again, that’s probably true of nearly everyone.

If someone knew me then they would recognize me. I don’t lie online, but I will omit certain things to keep my safety.

You tell me. I blurt out just about everything.

I think about 10 people would realize it was me.

You can change your privacy settings on fluther to stop displaying the list of all your answers on your external profile to anyone ,or anyone outside of your Fluther. That doesn’t mean a stalker can’t use Google or an insane amount of time browsing through questions though. Especially if you’re username is the same on other sites like facebook (or have your Fluther linked to Facebook), it’s very easy to find out stuff about you, where you live, etcetera. Even though I only use this username on this site, some of you may already have information about me that could be used to get me on the phone within mere minutes, you just have to know what to look for (that’s not an award challenge, btw).

Having my own ugly face as an avatar, would give it away pretty fast. If I change it back to a default avatar, there would definitely be a couple of people that would recognize a story or two (not all my friends are imaginary :p). For now, I’m not that worried about my privacy, I’ve only seen a handful of people that even live in the same country as me, I doubt my neighbor is going to be one of them.

It wouldn’t matter much. If anyone would be interested in my thoughts and life, I’m glad. If I didn’t want people to know, I wouldn’t post it.

I have another account to ask embarrassing stuff. I use this one to ask about soft-core porn and if pissing on my houseplant is bad for it.

edit :: I’m not joking. The porn one was my first question. Plant pissing was a few months later.

If my picture and name weren’t enough, a few of my questions and the answers in them give away A LOT. Oh well.

@johnpowell “if pissing on my houseplant is bad for it” HAHAHA very funny

@deni :: I wasn’t joking.

edit :: and here was my first question.

@johnpowell well, it’s still funny, but i was picturing this scenario: you wanted to know if it was bad for the plant because you’d been urinating in your plants since it was more convenient than going the whole way to the bathroom every time you had to pee. i’ll just pretend that story is true :)

I think an observant person would have no problem figuring out pretty close to who I am, or at least a lot about me. I lay it all out there for all to see.
I tend to pee out the back where I want to kill the ivy with the salt and phosphorus in my urine. And hopefully to keep the Deer at bay.

sometimes i wish i had a penis, for the sheer convenience of going to the bathroom wherever the hell i want

I reveal a fair bit but I am fairly circumspect about certain things since both my sons are members and I know Our Founders. I doubt I’d be a internet eshibitionist in any case; as a liberrian, I have my professional reputation to uphold! ;-) (And it’s slipping daily.)

@janbb You are from Liberia?

@oratio No, just can’t spell! “Liberrian” was actually a joke spelling I use with a friend for “librarian,” but “eshibitionist” was just a typo and too late to edit. You have to take much of what I write with a grain of salt.

@janbb Pfft. I am tired and read too fast, missed the point. Sorry. :p

Yes, easily just by looking at my screen name.

Someone could figure out who I am if they were a stalker. But I’m not rich or famous enough for that.

I have no secrets. But I also have no money so blackmail is pointless.

Since my user name is my real name, and I have a picture up, they would know it was me. A few might be surprised by a few things, but for the most part nothing would surprise them.

@oratio: Well said (your first comment answering this question). That’s exactly how I feel.

They could learn a little about me, but not much. Likes and dislikes, opinions.

I’ve probably revealed more about myself on this site than I have on others, but it would still be hard to learn a lot about me.

I feel as though I know some people too intimately…their bathroom and toilet habits, their sex routines, their interior monologues, their fantasies.Their highs and lows “are second nature to me now, like breathing out and breathing in.”

@gailcalled Would you say “you’ve grown accustomed to their face?”

and at least one set of buttocks =)

@majorrich That was a LOL!

Some of my posts have included details very specific to me. Taken individually, they might not mean much, but if someone were to look at them all together, they’d have a fairly complete picture of me. Acquaintances might not realize it is me, but I definitely have some friends and family members who would instantly recognize my true identity.

However, I’m the most internet-addicted of anyone I know by far, so the chances of this are pretty low. I’ve even mentioned Fluther by name to several people, but I doubt any of them have ever checked it out.

you people know more about me than most
Only my chauffeur (lol) knows who I am online (mainly this site), if any other friends/family members stumble onto this site they most likely won’t know who I am.

@tyrantxseries asshole

fuck you, I’m not wearing that stupid hat!

@coffeenut
lol

hopefully no one is that interested in me anymore