Do you research potential partners/dates?

Del 2.0

Was very surprised in work today to hear two girls talking about how anytime they meet a new guy, they look him up on Facebook and Google before they'll go out with him. Is this the new norm?

ThinkAboutIt

Gotta see if they're DTF or not, like.

smash

I always request nudes first.

davet82

i go to the garda station before any dates i go on, just in case

Battered Mars Bar

It is the norm. I said it to a girl once that I checked her out on Facebook before a "date" and she freaked out Like WTF ya expect?!

Mr.Biscuits

Yes, if they haven't done a bukkakee on xVideos, they can fcuk off.

Del 2.0

Seriously!!!
But what do you get to see except the FB profile pic?

Battered Mars Bar

Del 2.0 wrote: »

Seriously!!!
But what do you get to see except the FB profile pic?

Well you google the sh!t out of them as well

Seachmall

Del 2.0 wrote: »

But what do you get to see except the FB profile pic?

Depends on their privacy settings and their friends' privacy settings.

stupidusername

Is there no romance left in the world!

Snowie

stupidusername wrote: »

Is there no romance left in the world!

its your eyes there so pretty they make diamonds look ugly

Del 2.0

stupidusername wrote: »

Is there no romance left in the world!

That's what I thought when I heard this first.... But I'm guessing you might find some juicy stuff too that could help

Seachmall

stupidusername wrote: »

Is there no romance left in the world!

Romance =/= being abducted by 400lb man because you didn't check out FB.

AckwelFoley

Never really bothered. I liked to take people at face value.

Besides, google'in randim womens names would likely arouse the suspicions of my wife, and as a "cut bollox off first ask questions later" type of lady i tend to avoid such activity

Battered Mars Bar

stupidusername wrote: »

Is there no romance left in the world!

It shows you're interested. Well a few girleens said it to me so I thought it was the norm but I made the mistake of mentioning that I did it once and the stalker alerts went off, but most people add ya within 5 mins of knowing you so what's the big deal.

I'd be very surprised if people didn't check each other out first. No, actually I wouldn't believe it.

Stiffler2

This is how I do my stalking research...

stupidusername

Snowie wrote: »

its your eyes there so pretty they make diamonds look ugly

awh
the fact that we're friends on FB makes this slightly creepier :pac:

Del 2.0 wrote: »

That's what I thought when I heard this first.... But I'm guessing you might find some juicy stuff too that could help

What would knowing 'juicy stuff' about them help with?

Seachmall

stupidusername wrote: »

What would knowing 'juicy stuff' about them help with?

It could give an indication as to when you're going to hit that ass so you can invest the appropriate amount of time into the relationship.

The sooner you hit that, the more time you invest. Simples.

mackg

Seachmall wrote: »

Romance =/= being abducted by 400lb man because you didn't check out FB.

If a 400lb man manages to abduct you then you deserve to be abducted. What's he going to do sneak up on you and then make a quick getaway? Not very likely now is it?

Old Tom

Del 2.0 wrote: »

Was very surprised in work today to hear two girls talking about how anytime they meet a new guy, they look him up on Facebook and Google before they'll go out with him. Is this the new norm?

Nope I leave it to loosers.

stripysocks85

Never heard this to be honest, but I suppose if I met a dude out & we were chatting and thentexting or whatever, I'd have no objections to him adding me on FB to see if he wanted to meet up again or not. I've nothing to hide on FB!

stargazer 68

Well the guy Im currently seeing sent me the link to the company he works for to check him out that he was legit etc. I would never have asked but he did anyway.

Del 2.0

Dovies wrote: »

Well the guy Im currently seeing sent me the link to the company he works for to check him out that he was legit etc. I would never have asked but he did anyway.

So do you think people do it as a safety thing or just being plain nosey?

Snowie

stupidusername wrote: »

awh
the fact that we're friends on FB makes this slightly creepier :pac:

Im just creeping about :cool:

stargazer 68

Del 2.0 wrote: »

So do you think people do it as a safety thing or just being plain nosey?

Probably a bit of both. But we met online so thats probably why he sent it to me - just for my peace of mind. I did check it out (just to be nosey)!

Hill runner

Del 2.0 wrote: »

So do you think people do it as a safety thing or just being plain nosey?

The girl in work did it and she found out the guy she was going to date is Bisexual and a member of Irish Swingers Club.

FloatingVoter

I generally spent some time living in their attic - I find it helps to break the ice when I do ask the lady out.

Checking out FB profiles is just creepy.

Immaculate Pasta

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Checking out FB profiles is just creepy.

I've experienced conversations with girls at college trawling through a Facebook event page they're going to and stalking guy's profiles they don't know as they've clicked confirm and saying things like "Oh he looks fit I'm going to try and get with him..." :rolleyes:

Seachmall

mackg wrote: »

If a 400lb man manages to abduct you then you deserve to be abducted. What's he going to do sneak up on you and then make a quick getaway? Not very likely now is it?

He could be disguised as a beautiful, petite lady and then when he gets close *BOOM!*; he has you in a bear hug.

You can never be too careful, these are scary times.

hightower1

pipl.com is for the pro dater.

check out their email address, username or real name for their digital footprint and see what your getting yourself into first.

YOUR WELCOME AH.

leggo

No you absolutely have to suss them out beforehand imo (sure I wrote a blog giving 'tips' on creeping beforehand!). Especially if you met while pissed, to see if they're not actually minging sans beer goggles.

If they put the information out there themselves, then you'd be a fool not to use it. If you know what to look for, it tells you all you need to know about them that texting or dating in the early stages (when they're only showing you the side of their personality they want you to see) simply doesn't.

Ishmael

I would class performing internet searches and snooping around on facebook pages as disrespectful of someone's privacy to be honest. While you should never put anything that you want to keep private on the internet, we cannot control what other people put up on the internet about us, like tagging in facebook photos and the like.

If you are interested in the person, I think adding the person on facebook is fine as the person is aware of what they are letting you see to a certain degree.

Seachmall

hightower1 wrote: »

pipl.com

I used that a while back to track down the mo-fo who's been stealing my username and registering on various sites with it.

Turns out he's part spammer, part asshole, most likely in his 30s, most likely Canadian.

Some day I'm going to show up at his door and ask him what the fuck he's doing with my username.

Hill runner

Be careful when you search for people on Facebook and this site comes up.

www.abouteveryone.com, another scam site and you have to pay to get rid of the fake, nasty comments.


http://news.inprogress.us/tag/abouteveryone-com/

Nothingbetter2d

hehe set your FB profile to private... they wont get any info without first friend requesting ya

Lord TSC

I dont get the privacy thing tbh. Facebook is all about putting info up in the public sphere. You shouldnt put anything on it you dont want people to see or know. If friends put up bad stuff, ask them to take it down. Not rocket science. And if theres a big secret you want to keep from an individual but yet your still posting about online, maybe you need to ask yourself if thats a relationship thats going to hold up...

Del 2.0

Hill runner wrote: »

The girl in work did it and she found out the guy she was going to date is Bisexual and a member of Irish Swingers Club.

WTF!!! This totally validates it IMO. Chances of finding that out quickly are pretty slim.... unless that's the club where she met him

Abi

Del 2.0 wrote: »

Was very surprised in work today to hear two girls talking about how anytime they meet a new guy, they look him up on Facebook and Google before they'll go out with him. Is this the new norm?

I hope not. It's a bit on the mad side..

Hill runner

Del 2.0 wrote: »

WTF!!! This totally validates it IMO. Chances of finding that out quickly are pretty slim.... unless that's the club where she met him

100% the truth. She put his email address in google and the Swinger website came up with his name and the exact email he was using to communicate with her. He doesn't bother use the fake name on that site.

kfallon

Can't say I'd do it tbh! Have to take people as you find them imo!

Oh and even if I gave ye my real name you'd not fnd out anything about me on the internet, I am completely anonymous on the world wide web!

As far as ye are concerned the only thing ye'd know about me is that I'm partial to a bit of unconsented prostate massaging :pac:

Tho I'd consent 100% of the time

Del 2.0

Still think the Bisexual swinger is the best ever.
Think that'll be hard to beat

Sleazy Rider

Any potential Doris who I found out had been checking me out on tinternet would be immediately binned. Not that she could anyway as my privacy is locked right down on book of face.