Tue Mar 25, 2014, 01:55 PM

MineralMan (145,255 posts)

What Is Posted on DU Doesn't Stay on DU.

That's something a lot of us don't think about much. But, when you post something on DU, it's searchable on Google, and Google likes DU a lot. If you start a thread on DU in GD or any other public forum, you can search for your thread title a few minutes later and, if you put the title in quotation marks, it will be the top result in the search results page.

That's because Google constantly watches DU and ranks things posted here pretty highly. We're a popular website.

If you post something that is unique or emphatically worded in the body of a thread, that will also show up in a Google search, if you use those unique keywords.

Sometimes, if you type something extraordinary and if you are well-known outside of DU, that extraordinary thing will be found and posted on many other websites. Once that happens, what you wrote has the potential to go viral, if it is extraordinary enough or if you're well-known enough. Most DUers aren't well-known, but what they post here can still be found on Google.

You can see this for yourself. Just Google your own screen name. You'll find all sorts of things you wrote on DU in the search results, unless your screen name is very common. If you post a lot on DU, lots of results will show up. Usually, some of what you wrote will show up as well. If it's unusual, striking, or out of the ordinary, it's sure to show up.

All of this is to suggest that thinking about what you post on DU is worth doing a little. It will be searchable and connected to your screen name for a long, long time. In some cases, it may appear on other websites, including some websites you may not particularly care for or that don't represent your views. That's more likely, of course, if you're a well-known poster on DU. Then, it might show up on websites that dislike DU and what it represents very much. It could even go viral in ways you won't like.

It's good to consider what you write here and to think before clicking the "Post" button. Once you do, Google will find it and so can anyone else. It can be embarrassing at times, as I have learned myself. Being embarrassed by one's own words isn't much fun, which I've also learned. From learning that, I've learned to reread what I've written before posting it on DU.

If you want to see how it works, go to Google and search for this, including the quotation marks: MineralMan "Paul Ryan is an absolute Poopy-Head."

Wait a few minutes from the time I posted this thread, and you should find it right away.

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237 replies	Author	Time	Post
What Is Posted on DU Doesn't Stay on DU. (Original post)	MineralMan	Mar 2014	OP
Its not just DU.	dipsydoodle	Mar 2014	#1
"Its words strings which are linked to."	Spitfire of ATJ	Mar 2014	#84
I thought only NSA did that. nt	kelliekat44	Mar 2014	#184
interestingly, back in the early days of DU googling "mike_c"...	mike_c	Mar 2014	#2
If you include democraticunderground.com after your screen name,	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#6
Paul Ryan is an absolute Poopy-Head	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#3
It's already on Google. I just checked.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#11
Don't know why I'm laughing so hard, Mineral Man....	llmart	Mar 2014	#176
freerepublic took my post from over a year ago about my fiance leaving me	blueamy66	Mar 2014	#4
Yes, that happens a lot.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#9
Can't they stick with political issues and not personal ones?	blueamy66	Mar 2014	#15
They could, but they don't.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#18
I would say its like the moral of the parable of the scorpion and the frog. "It's their nature."	stevenleser	Mar 2014	#56
i guess that you are right.	blueamy66	Mar 2014	#75
They don't have lives. They let their hate destroy them and eat their insides.	Manifestor_of_Light	Mar 2014	#122
I've made fun of their politics, never their personal issues. I've even sent condolences to someone	stevenleser	Mar 2014	#129
Who takes joy in other people's misfortune?	Jesus Malverde	Mar 2014	#154
really?	reddread	Mar 2014	#172
That was nice of them.	blueamy66	Mar 2014	#190
shoulda been there	reddread	Mar 2014	#193
So check this out. I posted last Friday about my Mom having a stroke and after	Maraya1969	Mar 2014	#188
Karma is a bitch.	blueamy66	Mar 2014	#191
I hope your mom is doing okay	lululu	Apr 2014	#231
My Mom is doing so much better. We think she will be able to come home from the rehab	Maraya1969	Apr 2014	#232
damn. ITS EVERYWHERE.	bunnies	Mar 2014	#5
My own posts get spread around a lot	MrScorpio	Mar 2014	#7
It's the cost of fame, MrScorpio.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#22
I get directed to the wiki on Gloria Swanson's "Sunset Boulevard,"	closeupready	Mar 2014	#8
And if you're applying to colleges (or for jobs), watch out	frazzled	Mar 2014	#10
Wouldn't they have to know my user name on DU to search for me?	blueamy66	Mar 2014	#19
What I got from this article ...	frazzled	Mar 2014	#38
That should be illegal.	cui bono	Mar 2014	#67
It's not illegal, though.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#100
not only that but they might as well say "we want an incurious student body"	Iris	Mar 2014	#210
Places of employ and future employ would be interested to know what kind of person you are	Whisp	Mar 2014	#77
The article implies they go beyond "real names"	frazzled	Mar 2014	#117
It's a good reason to guard your personal details closely.	MADem	Mar 2014	#153
Meh, I don't care	quinnox	Mar 2014	#12
I'm so glad we have volunteer net nannies reminding us to	Warren Stupidity	Mar 2014	#13
It might not matter to you, Warren.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#16
my also be overrun with	hfojvt	Mar 2014	#37
Net Nanny says not to worry.	OnyxCollie	Mar 2014	#134
That made me laugh	pintobean	Mar 2014	#137
I'e been occasionally ridiculed elsewhere for some of my posts here	n2doc	Mar 2014	#14
That's very true. If you are a public figure, it's even more important	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#17
That's likely to give us a really crappy set of politicians 20-30 years from now	starroute	Mar 2014	#34
Unfortunately you are right	n2doc	Mar 2014	#41
All the stupidity on Twitter	customerserviceguy	Mar 2014	#138
This message was self-deleted by its author	Cali_Democrat	Mar 2014	#25
we used to have a book club	hfojvt	Mar 2014	#52
Huff Po also follows DU. Many times things that are posted here first, immediately	mfcorey1	Mar 2014	#20
Yes, it does.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#24
Google searches tend to produce results from sites you visit regularly	Spider Jerusalem	Mar 2014	#21
Exactly right.	Sheldon Cooper	Mar 2014	#53
Yes, they tailor their searched based on other sites you visit as well.	cui bono	Mar 2014	#74
LOL if you type in 'DU rex' in google it thinks I am durex the company!	Rex	Mar 2014	#23
I deleted the account there the next day.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#26
I liked your introduction.	Rex	Mar 2014	#30
Something to think about for sure.... /nt	think	Mar 2014	#27
A little experiment, Mineral Man:	bvar22	Mar 2014	#28
I run NoScript for Firefox.	Maedhros	Mar 2014	#36
I actually don't mind.	bvar22	Mar 2014	#45
I just have a general policy against corporations collecting data on my activities.	Maedhros	Mar 2014	#76
We need an online privacy act for both the government and the corporations to get off us.	TheKentuckian	Mar 2014	#131
It all hinges on the the question "who owns information about ME?"	Maedhros	Mar 2014	#136
Weird. Bing gave me "Leann Rimes Naked" as a related topic.	hunter	Mar 2014	#39
OK. I googled "Bare Naked Working Girls"...	Whiskeytide	Mar 2014	#42
I found the exact same pages you found.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#49
Do you believe that anybody at any computer would get those hits?	bvar22	Mar 2014	#61
Yup. They'd find your posts.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#64
Run incognito mode.	joshcryer	Mar 2014	#96
And the second hit is now this thread. And the third hit is also from DU.	winter is coming	Mar 2014	#208
I would pick a screen name that is in no way similar to your actual name.	Tommy_Carcetti	Mar 2014	#29
That depends	jeff47	Mar 2014	#35
You did not sleep with Teresa D'Agostino?	FrodosPet	Mar 2014	#43
Shit! Dammit!	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2014	#73
''Watch what you say.''	Octafish	Mar 2014	#31
Google says no results found for "Ari Fleischer blows weasels".	hunter	Mar 2014	#44
Google will find it now, though.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#51
Indeed	Oilwellian	Mar 2014	#62
I nearly passed out when I saw one of my DU posts at the top of a Google search	rocktivity	Mar 2014	#32
You mean, if I post, "Eric Cantor has sex with sheep"	Hoppy	Mar 2014	#33
If you make "Eric Cantor has sex with sheep" an OP...	TygrBright	Mar 2014	#81
But that would be Google Bombing of the phrase Eric Cantor has sex with sheep.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#109
Absolutely and I would never advocate Google Bombing Eric Cantor has sex with sheep.	TygrBright	Mar 2014	#120
What a horrible thing to say about Eric Cantor, having sex with sheep!	Ikonoklast	Mar 2014	#123
Goodness...	druidity33	Mar 2014	#157
I have also heard that "Eric Cantor has sex with sheep".	11 Bravo	Mar 2014	#195
I googled my screen name	Motown_Johnny	Mar 2014	#40
The first 5 pages contained nothing I posted	Kaleva	Mar 2014	#155
Use DU to get your message out.	Boudica the Lyoness	Mar 2014	#46
Absolutely. It can be used to good effect.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#54
Every moment the members of Conservative Cave are here, they are not fucking goats.	msanthrope	Mar 2014	#58
People on Conservative Cave are fucking goats?	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#92
Now Google does. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2014	#145
Posters on the Conservative Cave are having sex with goats and sheep	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#151
Poor goatfuckers. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2014	#159
I am feeling sorry for the goats	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#160
I shall think of the poor goats.	Boudica the Lyoness	Mar 2014	#113
speaking of goats...	steve2470	Mar 2014	#119
My daughter and I just watched this and laughed until we cried!!! Thank you! nt	msanthrope	Mar 2014	#146
my pleasure, there's tons of these on Youtube	steve2470	Mar 2014	#147
The posters on the conservative cave are really going nuts	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#197
You mean the goatfuckers at Conservative Cave are hurt? "Goatfucker" is such a unique	msanthrope	Mar 2014	#203
It's just goats now?	NuclearDem	Mar 2014	#212
thanks for raising awareness, sincerely	steve2470	Mar 2014	#47
Googleing my screen name gets a bunch of John Lennon hits.	PowerToThePeople	Mar 2014	#48
Yup, hence fake names. nt	Deep13	Mar 2014	#50
Screen names help with Internet anonymity,	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#55
don't piss off 4chan, they will truly hunt you down......	steve2470	Mar 2014	#80
Oh, they're not the only ones.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#83
yes	steve2470	Mar 2014	#87
Right, that's true. nt	Deep13	Mar 2014	#93
We all know who you really are, you evil genius.	Ikonoklast	Mar 2014	#133
Guess again.	Deep13	Mar 2014	#140
Didn't you hear about that guy whose racist, homophobic history on FR was	Bluenorthwest	Mar 2014	#57
I was wondering if you would show up.	pintobean	Mar 2014	#60
so you don't believe in forgiveness or that people can learn from their mistakes?	Whisp	Mar 2014	#79
There is a lot of advice in the OP	pintobean	Mar 2014	#88
No, not really.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#121
You knew it would be hurtful	pintobean	Mar 2014	#124
That wasn't my intention. My intention was to inform.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#127
Yes, stating the obvious	pintobean	Mar 2014	#128
You advocate hiding facts from people?	Thor_MN	Mar 2014	#163
I don't know what you're talking about	pintobean	Mar 2014	#166
You are probably correct as there in nothing offensive in the OP.	Thor_MN	Mar 2014	#168
It's obvious that MM knows.	pintobean	Mar 2014	#169
So you have your undies in a bunch about something you can't explain.	Thor_MN	Mar 2014	#170
It can be explained.	pintobean	Mar 2014	#171
Ahh, so this is a grudge you hold from some other site that no longer exists?	Thor_MN	Mar 2014	#173
No. DU's Meta forum.	pintobean	Mar 2014	#174
I don't think that word means what you think it means.	Thor_MN	Mar 2014	#175
Maybe you could learn something from context	pintobean	Mar 2014	#177
What facts were those?	bvar22	Jun 2015	#233
Sorry, not going to analyse a thread from over a year ago to figure out what the poster I responded	Thor_MN	Jun 2015	#235
this is what I keep trying to tell people....	VanillaRhapsody	Mar 2014	#59
A couple conservative groups monitor our board closely including this thread	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#63
That's true. They spend their days mocking DU and DUers.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#66
Yes but their posts are so ignorant that they are funny	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#69
It would be amusing, except that they	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#71
The posters on that board are asking for their own board on DU	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#161
Their feelings aren't hurt. They simply stared into the cold, grey dawn	bluestate10	Mar 2014	#182
You are being kind	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#185
Pardon me,	pecwae	Mar 2014	#206
I spend some time over there because it is funny	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#220
Ha - good one! n/t	pengillian101	Apr 2014	#230
The freakout on the conservative cave is up to 9 pages now	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#224
Is it?	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#226
They are really funny	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#227
Like I posted above, they made fun of my break up.	blueamy66	Mar 2014	#78
you really can't get too vulnerable on DU or anywhere on the internet....	steve2470	Mar 2014	#99
I'm learning.	blueamy66	Mar 2014	#101
And these idiots found the death of my dog to be amusing	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#198
I know. I saw that.	blueamy66	Mar 2014	#216
Yeah, that's really amusing...	blueamy66	Mar 2014	#217
The posters on the conservative cave lack class and are not self-aware	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#221
This message was self-deleted by its author	blueamy66	Mar 2014	#213
When I google my screen name	stage left	Mar 2014	#65
Yes. Your screen name will find lots and lots of pages, and	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#68
I'm so lost in google pages	stage left	Mar 2014	#103
Maybe that's a good thing.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#105
Oh yes!	fleabiscuit	Mar 2014	#70
I am hoping that some of these WILL go viral	hfojvt	Mar 2014	#72
Paul Ryan isn't an absolute Poopy-Head?	Enthusiast	Mar 2014	#82
Why, of course he is. I'm just the only person	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#86
Paul Ryan is an overrated Poopy Head	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#130
I'm with you on that.	Enthusiast	Mar 2014	#142
Maybe it's something YOU don't think about but many of	Cleita	Mar 2014	#85
Oh, I think about it.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#89
It's pretty obvious to whom you are directing this.	cui bono	Mar 2014	#90
Actually, I'm directing this at all DUers,	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#97
I'm well aware of this -	Ms. Toad	Mar 2014	#91
Watch out for those photo hosting accounts.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#95
That's why the one I use for DU	Ms. Toad	Mar 2014	#98
Well said! +++ 1,000 +++ n/t	RKP5637	Mar 2014	#108
Thanks, Mineral Man!	mountain grammy	Mar 2014	#94
I'd imagine that Will is aware of this	LanternWaste	Mar 2014	#102
Yes. I'd be surprised if he isn't.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#106
Dude, I just Tweeted and posted YOUR thread to Facebook using the nifty buttons...	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Mar 2014	#104
That's fine with me.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#107
No shit!	William769	Mar 2014	#110
they need help	steve2470	Mar 2014	#112
I put it as kindly as I could also.	William769	Mar 2014	#114
they are on the losing side of history	steve2470	Mar 2014	#116
No argument from me.	William769	Mar 2014	#118
aw consider it a badge of honor, William769	Skittles	Mar 2014	#148
How I of all people could be controversial is beyond me.	William769	Mar 2014	#150
to them, your sexual orientation is the controversy	steve2470	Mar 2014	#152
Donald Rumsfeld is a shaved ape	MFM008	Mar 2014	#111
Give it five minutes or so.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#115
I agree that Rumsfeld is shaved ape	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#204
Great cartoon	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#218
Yes, a lot of what is posted has been reposted on google	polynomial	Mar 2014	#125
MineralMan is an absolute Poopy-Head	pinboy3niner	Mar 2014	#126
.	pintobean	Mar 2014	#149
For extra fun	Flying Squirrel	Mar 2014	#132
...	pinboy3niner	Mar 2014	#143
So, are you saying that all those ...	1StrongBlackMan	Mar 2014	#135
Has the news gotten around that we were squabbling on DU about Pitts rant against Obama?	lumpy	Mar 2014	#139
Oh yesh. ~eom	fleabiscuit	Mar 2014	#141
Imma tweet this on TWITTER kay?	yuiyoshida	Mar 2014	#144
I'm an app and a Serbian phrase on Google	IDemo	Mar 2014	#156
DU posts	ohnoyoudidnt	Mar 2014	#158
Oh no you didn't!	Rex	Mar 2014	#196
Yikes! When I looked myself up...	MannyGoldstein	Mar 2014	#162
Conservative Cave is our stalker, it seems.	Benton D Struckcheon	Mar 2014	#164
There's also the Independent Women's forum. eom	Cleita	Mar 2014	#180
The idiots on the conservative cave are upset because we hurt their and their goats' feelings	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#186
They are utterly hilarious	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Mar 2014	#200
Right now these idiots are conducting an internal poll as to how to deal with DU	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#201
"How to deal with DU"?	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Mar 2014	#202
The meltdown on the conservative cave is really funny	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#205
There's not much you can do with people who still think Benghazi is a winning issue.	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Mar 2014	#211
Evidently I was invited to join their board	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#222
These idiots are still freaking out	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#225
I thought most people knew this.	Texasgal	Mar 2014	#165
probably at least one person did not know this	steve2470	Mar 2014	#207
Based on the comments in this thread and the number of recs	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#209
Post removed	Post removed	Mar 2014	#167
Thank you for this reminder.	nilesobek	Mar 2014	#178
So why doesn't DU use a robots.txt file	FarCenter	Mar 2014	#179
Do you think that's what folks and the admins want? DU comments to be shut off from search engines?	stevenleser	Mar 2014	#189
Why would DU do that?	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#192
I don't care where my posts end up. I won't swim into the	bluestate10	Mar 2014	#181
Wow...I had no idea	KauaiK	Mar 2014	#183
Sad, pitiful, shriveled people.	Manifestor_of_Light	Mar 2014	#187
Touche'!	kickysnana	Mar 2014	#194
Good warning, MineralMan.	Manifestor_of_Light	Mar 2014	#199
Fuck Bush ...testing Google.	L0oniX	Mar 2014	#214
Well, if you search for the whole post title,	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#215
Duh	deaniac21	Mar 2014	#219
Thank you for your thoughtful reply. nt	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#223
My one infamous comment will be there forever, I guess	Generic Other	Apr 2014	#228
Hahaha I just looked up another DUer	Generic Other	Apr 2014	#229
AS long as you have time to Howl at the Moon,	bvar22	Jun 2015	#234
I posted this a year ago last April	Generic Other	Jun 2015	#236
MineralMan posted an old thread from 2014 that had a line to your thread.	bvar22	Jun 2015	#237

Response to MineralMan (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 02:01 PM

dipsydoodle (42,239 posts)

1. Its not just DU.

Its word strings which are linked to.

To confirm just pick any news item for example in any source you please, pick a random a string of say 10 words and then search that string. You'll find the news item you used.

What Is Posted on DU Doesn't Stay on DU.

1. Its not just DU.

84. "Its words strings which are linked to."

184. I thought only NSA did that. nt

2. interestingly, back in the early days of DU googling "mike_c"...

6. If you include democraticunderground.com after your screen name,

3. Paul Ryan is an absolute Poopy-Head

11. It's already on Google. I just checked.

176. Don't know why I'm laughing so hard, Mineral Man....

4. freerepublic took my post from over a year ago about my fiance leaving me

9. Yes, that happens a lot.

15. Can't they stick with political issues and not personal ones?

18. They could, but they don't.

56. I would say its like the moral of the parable of the scorpion and the frog. "It's their nature."

75. i guess that you are right.

122. They don't have lives. They let their hate destroy them and eat their insides.

129. I've made fun of their politics, never their personal issues. I've even sent condolences to someone

154. Who takes joy in other people's misfortune?

172. really?

190. That was nice of them.

193. shoulda been there

188. So check this out. I posted last Friday about my Mom having a stroke and after

191. Karma is a bitch.

231. I hope your mom is doing okay

232. My Mom is doing so much better. We think she will be able to come home from the rehab

5. damn. ITS EVERYWHERE.

7. My own posts get spread around a lot

22. It's the cost of fame, MrScorpio.

8. I get directed to the wiki on Gloria Swanson's "Sunset Boulevard,"

10. And if you're applying to colleges (or for jobs), watch out

19. Wouldn't they have to know my user name on DU to search for me?

38. What I got from this article ...

67. That should be illegal.

100. It's not illegal, though.

210. not only that but they might as well say "we want an incurious student body"

77. Places of employ and future employ would be interested to know what kind of person you are

117. The article implies they go beyond "real names"

153. It's a good reason to guard your personal details closely.

12. Meh, I don't care

13. I'm so glad we have volunteer net nannies reminding us to

16. It might not matter to you, Warren.

37. my also be overrun with

134. Net Nanny says not to worry.

137. That made me laugh

14. I'e been occasionally ridiculed elsewhere for some of my posts here

17. That's very true. If you are a public figure, it's even more important

34. That's likely to give us a really crappy set of politicians 20-30 years from now

41. Unfortunately you are right

138. All the stupidity on Twitter

52. we used to have a book club

20. Huff Po also follows DU. Many times things that are posted here first, immediately

24. Yes, it does.

21. Google searches tend to produce results from sites you visit regularly

53. Exactly right.

74. Yes, they tailor their searched based on other sites you visit as well.

23. LOL if you type in 'DU rex' in google it thinks I am durex the company!

26. I deleted the account there the next day.

30. I liked your introduction.

27. Something to think about for sure.... /nt

28. A little experiment, Mineral Man:

36. I run NoScript for Firefox.

45. I actually don't mind.

76. I just have a general policy against corporations collecting data on my activities.

131. We need an online privacy act for both the government and the corporations to get off us.

136. It all hinges on the the question "who owns information about ME?"

39. Weird. Bing gave me "Leann Rimes Naked" as a related topic.

42. OK. I googled "Bare Naked Working Girls"...

49. I found the exact same pages you found.

61. Do you believe that anybody at any computer would get those hits?

64. Yup. They'd find your posts.

96. Run incognito mode.

208. And the second hit is now this thread. And the third hit is also from DU.

29. I would pick a screen name that is in no way similar to your actual name.

35. That depends

43. You did not sleep with Teresa D'Agostino?

73. Shit! Dammit!

31. ''Watch what you say.''

44. Google says no results found for "Ari Fleischer blows weasels".

51. Google will find it now, though.

62. Indeed