What is riskier than most people might realize?

I totally get what you mean! It sounds weird, but something I started doing sometimes when I see a comment on Reddit that seems like a lie or something is to go through their posting history to see if I can tell if they are a chronic liar or something...and you can absolutely piece together a person from their posting history a lot of the time! I started doing it to other Redditors sometimes as well, I am thinking about potentially writing a script that could guess someone's background based on their comments and I'm trying to see all the ways people write about themselves.

For instance I can tell you're very open on Reddit, I could really easily (I think, I'm not great at this...) piece together your appearance (105 pounds, B-sized chest, short and small - wears somewhere around a size zero, tan skin with yellow undertones, back-acne problems, etc.), your living situation and the city your condo is located in, quite a few family members and your past including your degree and university, and the exact day of your wedding. (Which I hope goes wonderfully by the way!). A lot more stuff too, not sure how accurate my guesses are (I'm definitely NOT a super sleuth or anything, haha!). You're fairly open on the site but it's amazing what you can get from people who aren't a fraction as active or confident and accomplished. I'm sure anyone could do the same for me.

It would just be amazing if there was a site or something that could piece this together and show people how easy it is to do it for nearly anyone so people might realize how much their history reveals about them.

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