FBI profiler uses webmasterworld posts to profile spammer

years of posts revealed arrogant, introverted anti-authoritarian

[paybacksa]

with two cats and a light-up keyboard. Hahaha.

I played devil's advocate in a forum thread and wrote a post, and then realized.... gee is this really my opinion? What could a profiler do with a collection of posts from a forum like WebmasterWorld? Wow... somebody call the C.S.I. writers....

[duckhunter]

Digital DNA

[vkaryl]

You two just got my fiction juices flowing again. WHAT an idea you just gave me! Better outline PDQ, before the bits n pieces float away....

[Edit: btw, paybacksa, that was myself you were describing there, right? "arrogant, introverted anti-authoritarian...." but you left out .... outspoken, obnoxious, obstreperous, obstinate.... and those are my GOOD points!]

[whoisgregg]

What if you end up running for office? Interviewing for a major position with a large company? Have your posts picked up apart by a future significant other? Read for yourself what you posted ten years ago and are disappointed by your youthful ignorance?

The internet now essentially has an infinite memory. I feel bad for the really young folks who don't realize this yet. My advice? Use nicknames that can't tie back to your real name until you're 40. Maybe then you'll really know what you mean to say. :)

Or like me, just make all your interests transparent and let the chips fail where they may.