Discussion How likely could someone you know "irl" ID you based on your post history?

[livershapedbox]

I guess it'd be obvious to my sister, but I wouldn't really care if she found out, at worst she might tease me about some embarrassing things I posted about that she doesn't know about yet.
There are other people that could connect the dots enough to suspect it, but not enough to be completely sure and they are unlikely to ever stumble upon this site anyway

 

[cme-dme]

Probably not anybody irl as I don't talk about mental health things very often irl but I have an online friend who probably could id me. If you already know who I am, my username here could raise eyebrows if you know what you're looking for. I also have talked about my interests, likes and dislikes on here before which could all be used to id me. I used to have my birthday public on my profile but I disabled that because it's far too precise of a data point to have out in the open.

 

[Eriktf]

yes some might but i dont think they even know of SS and if they do i dont think they randomy finds my profile

 

[FoxSauce]

Well idk if people really know me here in irl and I doubt moslty but im moslty worried this could be used against in the future not just here tho.

Idk if anyone feels like this?

 

[Malfunction]

Doubt I'd be identified.

My username is not one I've used anywhere else and I've not really posted anything revealing. My situation is also pretty common. I don't really share much in person let alone online to begin with.

If it happened, I don't think I'd care.

 

[SoulCage]

We could make this into a poll, because it would be interesting to see the summary of our data...

I believe (most people here seem to believe it too) that it's easy to figure out who you are, even if you try to be careful.

In the beginning I thought I was afraid about "revealing" myself, but I grew more suicidal and therefore cared less about it, because I might gonna die anyway soon (well so much for that......)
I was annoyed by limiting myself and felt better whenever I released my real thoughts. So I continued..
I think the people I know might have heard of the site, but were influenced by the narrative that this is a place of doomers and a cult. They don't know the real benefit of this site and therefore are too disgusted to bother with reading user posts. As usual... Influenced by media opinions and not by facts

The only thing I will not post is an active attempt, because I think that someone might be able to interfere. I would post it with a long delay, just to say goodbye to everyone here, but without fearing being interrupted.

 

[starboy2k]

If anybody I know in real life is also on here (which wouldn't be surprising because literally everyone I have had a conversation with within the past year are annoying family pro-lifers) you are one of the reasons why I am on here, I hate you, and I wont miss you when I finally off myself.

 

[Blurry_Buildings]

I don't think anyone I know would care, even if they found my account here. I act like a somewhat normal person in my limited interactions with people, and could easily explain this.

I try to change my typing style sometimes though. My parents were/are very strict with wanting me to use correct grammar, even in my speach. It's hard for me to intentionally not use correct grammar, unless I am creating run-on sentences, which I have a bad habit of doing whenever I type anything. I've been trying to change that recently by typing like normal people do, without grammar, and with the smile/ frown faces.

 

[EternalShore]

-typing style

hmmmmmmm~ rofl~
if only I had irl's who actually cared about me whatsoever, I might worry! xDDD altho, it's more so depressing really~ I've literally been on this site in class before, and no one cared~ altho, I did eventually remove the banner! hehe~ I'd be more worried about online frens, but at the same time, half of them come from here, and I've probably mentioned this site to another third~
oh, ig, there could be family members? But that'd more than likely just be because of bad op-sec on my part~

 

[Satori Komeiji]

I haven't posted much so far but I believe I've already revealed enough that somebody who really knows me such as my mom or my online friend could ID me. It's unavoidable though unless you intentionally use red herrings or obfuscate the information you provide about yourself and alter your writing style. I don't have the energy to do things like that and I also don't like lying, even to internet strangers on a public forum.

 

[Sprite_Geist]

Very unlikely. I do not have many people in my life to begin with, and around 95% of those who see me regularly are acquaintances; we do not know each other personally in the real world, so it is doubtful that they would recognize me online just from my writing/speech patterns.

 

[Dejected 55]

They would have to know me... they would also have to know about this site... and either have their own issues that brought them here OR be specifically looking for me. Either way, that would make them attuned to seeing and recognizing my posts. So, I doubt anyone I know would be here... but if they were, undoubtedly they would be able to identify me.

 

[mangorose]

Very unlikely considering this is my first post

 

[Carrot]

They would know.

I'm sometimes in a mood to hide information, sometimes I don't care to hide anything. I'd need to stay consistent for it to work.

I don't care much, I don't have much to hide.

 

[Anura]

Highly unlikely because I haven't posted that much and I try not to give out too much personal info online. The way I act online is also pretty different to the way I am irl, so I'd say I'm pretty safe from being recognised.

 

[AnimeSlayersFan]

I think people know way less about you than you think, people are just preoccupied with themselves. For someone to know who I was here, they'll have to do some detective work, but it's the same as saying someone you meet in real life can track you down and kill you when you are vulnerable, this would be probably really easy, people have stable routines more or less, but we don't live in constant fear of this happening, nor we wish to do it to others.
There's a base level of apathy that keeps people pacified enough not to worry about you.

 

[alwaysalone]

Highly doubtful anyone would know it's me. I do find that since joining this site I tend to wonder if people I know are here and I just don't know. A young man I was acquainted with committed suicide a few days ago. I wondered if he'd been a member. There were a few things I knew about him I've seen some others here say but it's pretty general. I hope if he was here he had some relief before he died.