Anonymity and Information, for Better or Worse

I thought I once had a post here, I forget what about. It was made at the same time as the account so probably something Asian entertainment related... but probably whining too. That's why I made it so only I could see it. Only now I can't see it either. That's alright. I was only going to proofread it to think about making it public.

I felt like the bareness of my account was suspicious, even though it is bare for privacy reasons. All of our social networks, everything we do starting to interlink, cached forever somewhere. I don't plan to run for office, so I'm not sure what anyone would do with a picture of me drinking legally at a party, or the (presumably embarrassing) rants or profiles I wrote back at 16. I just think it's weird that it's out there. I saw a site once that cross-referenced me, my address, my previous address, the address I was given when my identity was stolen, my phone number (when I had a landline), my mother, her relation to me, her address, number, and previous address. I know that there can be positive reasons for finding someone through these methods, but there are also bad ones. I hope my mother won't mind my saying- she had an abusive husband for a very long time. I also was involved in some domestic violence education and activism in University, so I can't help thinking personally about the things I learned. Statistically there's no harm in all this nonsense- what TV do I watch? -but a certain degree of anonymity isn't always a bad thing either, in forums where anyone can see you.