Ever Googled Your FR Handle?

Vanity ^ | 15 March 2001 | Windflier

[Windflier]

Ever tried Googling your Free Republic handle? I just did, and boy, did I find some surprises.

Interestingly, lots of my comments over the years on FR have been picked up and re-posted by bloggers (in a complimentary fashion). I'm honored.

On the other hand, I've also been quoted at Daily KOS and other unsavory cess pits, as a prime example of neanderthal Rethuglican thinking. Sweet. I suppose I should take that as a compliment, too(?)

One uber-liberal blogger who goes by the name "Field Negro", quoted me completely out of context in order to paint a picture of a self-hating black man, cowed and groveling at the knees, among a seething lair of white racists (that'd by y'all Freepers). Sick stuff.

I've also discovered that folks'll stop by your online photo collections and re-post your pics in the strangest places.

Try it sometime. You might be surprised at what you find.

[momtothree]

“... Thinks we’re all plotting a coup”.

Okay, which one of you guys BLABBED the secret coup information?!

[Windflier]

Apparently there is a rock(?) group that has taken my name.

You'll hear from their attorneys soon, about copyright infringement.

[boop]

Funny, my handle has millions of hits, but they’re all for BETTY Boop. My handle comes from the supermarket scanners that scan your groceries. Boop... boop... boop...

[Windflier]

LOL!

[Political Junkie Too]

All I got was a rock. :-(

-PJ

[MarineBrat]

I looked up mine a few years back and found some libs complaining about FR, and warning each other to watch out for MarineBrat because he’ll get you ZOTTED!!!!

Muahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa!!!! I guess I made an impression. :) I love a good ZOT!

[clintonh8r]

I stopped Googling my handle a long time ago. Now I just Bing my crank.....

[Hoodat]

Cool beans. My Free Republic page came up at #3.

[Windflier]

Hey! I got KOSed too!

In a way, that's sort of a badge of honor when you think about it.

On the obverse side of that thought, I've never gone to KOS or DU and copied anything the droolers had to say. I won't even sully my browser by pointing it there. I'd have no idea how to disinfect it, if I did.

[Windflier]

Funny...

[Interesting Times]

My God.

I... I own the Internets!

[DesertSapper]

Google listed an FR thread (with a post by me) on the last entry of the second results page (#20 overall). Bing had my FR profile page as the second result overall.

That's the first time I've used Google in months - and the last for while. Bing search is much better. Now if I can just wean myself off Gmail...

[The Mayor]

Mine covers everyone but me... : )
It’s when I google my real name that is scary. It has doubled since last time I checked it... About 1,390,000 results (0.08 seconds) and most of them are me... I would rather be anonymous...

[Lucky2]

LOL, mine was lucky # 2!

[AZLiberty]

I guess I’m a failure in brand management: there are unrelated AZLibertys on YouTube, eBay, Twitter (an Iranian tweets as AZLiberty), and the Acoustic Guitar Forum.

[stefanbatory]

pozdrowienia!

[Windflier]

Ping to link of your FR post, which was copied and pasted to a left-wing site. Hat tip to GeronL.

Look what I found:

http://www.politisink.com/2011/02/freerepublic-com-loves-rape/

[MNDude]

Dang! So many imposters!

[MHGinTN]

Some lefty used my handle to open a Facebook account and post semi-nude SI pix. Poor vermin, if they knew how old I am, they would have chosen some other means to try and dicredit my character.

[Nervous Tick]

From the looks of it, besides the googlebot, the only hits that blog-page is going to get are from FReepers on this thread. :-)