I heard on BBC radio recently that a recent related term is “googleganger”, which refers to typing your name into Google and finding someone else’s details.
Aife N.:
October 19th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
That really is kind of scary, as far as what people spend their time thinking up…googleganger. Somehow, I don’t think it will last long. It sounds a bit like what elementary school teachers call a cyberbully.
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RolyMole:
January 16th, 2008 at 9:12 am
I heard on BBC radio recently that a recent related term is “googleganger”, which refers to typing your name into Google and finding someone else’s details.
Aife N.:
October 19th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
That really is kind of scary, as far as what people spend their time thinking up…googleganger. Somehow, I don’t think it will last long. It sounds a bit like what elementary school teachers call a cyberbully.