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[quote=Anonymous]I don't do this often, maybe a couple times a year when I think of someone I went to school with or someone comes up in conversation.

However, one thing I've noticed is that when I do google people now, I'm less likely to find anything about them online than I was a few years ago. I think part of it is that people are more likely to make their social media accounts private than they used to be, so back in 2015 or so, I might have found their Facebook page but now I probably won't unless I am already a friend of a friend and search them on Facebook.

Sometimes I find LinkedIn accounts but I'm an age (late 40s) where there's a big divide there. Some people have them and it's obvious they maintain them and want them to be discoverable, but a lot of people I might have grown up with maybe live in a small town, have had the same job their whole lives, or are stay at home parents, and they either don't have an account or will have one but it's clear they haven't visited it in a decade.

I think it's good that it's harder to find people online these days, even if it makes for less satisfying searches when I get curious about someone.[/quote]

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