Tory Hoke

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(Experience this as a TikTok.) “Play is the work of childhood.” – Jean Piaget “or children, play is serious learning.” – Mr. Rogers Adult learning is

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Oh, this can’t be good.
Yeeeeee!

Of course, this site is merely an aggregator. All of this information can be found off of Spokeo in five minutes (White Pages for my address, then Google Maps to see what my residence looks like.)

But it’s extra spooky to see it all on one handy place, with the promise of a “report” with more information.

Also interesting that some of it is WRONG; I am not nor have I ever been married.

More like SPOOKY-o, amirite?

So I click on “Privacy” at the bottom of the site:

I don't give a damn about a bad reputation.

And I see this site is sort of like an enormous ad for a service to “protect” your personal information online.

Wow. So it’s like, “Nice online identity you got there. Be a shame if something happened to it…”

Reputation.com, eh? I wonder how much that costs…

Like high school, a good reputation is too expensive to be worth it.

Wow. $100 a year? To remove your name from sites (Spokeo, Peoplefinder) that will happily do it for free?

Dang.

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