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Hi, when I was about 16 I made an thread on your site, a rather bad one, with lots of question and exclamation marks etc., with my real name. Every time somebody googles me, that thread shows up. Is there any possiblity that you could erase that thread. It would really mean a lot to me in terms of future employment.

The thread in question:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/04/msg04273.html


Thank* you very much!

On 07/28/2012 05:32 AM, Srdja Micic wrote:



Hi, when I was about 16 I made an thread on your site, a rather
bad one, with lots of question and exclamation marks etc., with
my real name. Every time somebody googles me, that thread shows
up. Is there any possiblity that you could erase that thread.



Basically, no.




It would really mean a lot to me in terms of
future employment.



The thread in question:



http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/04/msg04273.html





... and you've just drawn more attention to it (and probably
increased that message's page rank in Google).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streissand_effect







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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
eduardo@kalinowski.com.br

On Saturday 28 July 2012 04:32:34 Srdja Micic wrote:
> Hi, when I was about 16 I made an thread on your site, a rather bad one,
> with lots of question and exclamation marks etc., with my real name. Every
> time somebody googles me, that thread shows up. Is there any possiblity
> that you could erase that thread. It would really mean a lot to me in
> terms of future employment.
>
[thread snipped]

The Internet (and the Web) are quite unforgiving and rather retentive.
If you contribute to an open software project and/or to helping others out by
answering their questions seriously, than the thread in question will over
time become more and more insignificant for prospective employers.
Helping a software project does not necessaraily involve programming or
packaging. You might want to translate, proofread or do testing.
You seem to be proficient in English and translating into your mothertongue
might help to bolster your reputation and support other users at the same
time.

Kind regards
Eike


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On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 10:32:34AM +0200, Srdja Micic wrote:
> Hi, when I was about 16 I made an thread on your site, a rather bad one, with
> lots of question and exclamation marks etc., with my real name. Every time
> somebody googles me, that thread shows up. Is there any possiblity that you
> could erase that thread. It would really mean a lot to me in terms of future
> employment.
>
> The thread in question:
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/04/msg04273.html
>
>
> Thank you very much!

I looked at the message with the help of google translate and it didnt look
that bad to me. It also looks like you sent this message to more people than
was needed. I'm not a Debian project member but from reading past messages
about similar requires, they usually dont delete posts as that is not the
nature of Debian, it defaults to 'open', and also the fact that your post would
be mirrored to more places, so you'd still have to ask every other website to
do it to be truly effective. Another good point to learn is about anonymity,
pseudonymity and the need to create less traceable aliases on the internet.
Because when we are only allowed to use 'real names' on web site, your problem
is made worse, and its even worse for people who are part of minority groups or
under military regimes.

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On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 10:32:34AM +0200, Srdja Micic wrote:
> Hi, when I was about 16 I made an thread on your site, a rather bad one, with lots of question and exclamation marks etc., with my real name. Every time somebody googles me, that thread shows up. Is there any possiblity that you could erase that thread. It would really mean a lot to me in terms of future employment.
>
> The thread in question:
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/04/msg04273.html
>
> Thank you very much!

What's bad about that post? OK perhaps the punctuation is a little bit
excessive, but not horribly so.

If you post more stuff on lists in the future, eventually that will be
what people find in searches rather than stuff from 11 years ago.

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Len Sorensen


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