Growing up, my son/daughter was very outspoken and opinionated. Luckily, though, his/her worldview now is much more nuanced and balanced.
Yet, as a teenager, he/she made several posts (without my knowledge or approval) to the Internet--articles, book reviews, comments, etc. To me, some of the posts seem dogmatic and even inflammatory, which S/D now realizes. There are roughly a dozen or so posts, and his/her uncommon name is linked to them.
S/D is now a young adult who will soon finish his/her post-secondary education and look for work. He/she worries that the Web postings could affect his/her employment prospects and personal life.
We were able to call some of the webmasters and get roughly 20% of the content removed. The remaining sites have no phone numbers (and sometimes no email) listed.
For the ones with emails, how would you phrase the email message to the webmasters. Since the ball is in the webmaster's court, I advised S/D to be polite, state that it was a youthful indiscretion made as a minor, kindly request a removal, and thank the webmaster for the consideration. Is there anything else that you recommend saying or doing?
For the sites without emails or any other contact information, how should we proceed?
Also, what if the webmaster(s) either doesn't respond or outright refuses? What can we do then?
Should we persist? Should we offer to purchase the content, or even try to backorder the domain name when it expires? S/D's best friend facetiously suggested hacking into the site, but I think that could create even more problems.
There is some positive content (scholarships, volunteer projects, achievements, etc) about S/D on the Web. I just worry what impact everything else would have on him/her.
Feel free to PM me.
Yet, as a teenager, he/she made several posts (without my knowledge or approval) to the Internet--articles, book reviews, comments, etc. To me, some of the posts seem dogmatic and even inflammatory, which S/D now realizes. There are roughly a dozen or so posts, and his/her uncommon name is linked to them.
S/D is now a young adult who will soon finish his/her post-secondary education and look for work. He/she worries that the Web postings could affect his/her employment prospects and personal life.
We were able to call some of the webmasters and get roughly 20% of the content removed. The remaining sites have no phone numbers (and sometimes no email) listed.
For the ones with emails, how would you phrase the email message to the webmasters. Since the ball is in the webmaster's court, I advised S/D to be polite, state that it was a youthful indiscretion made as a minor, kindly request a removal, and thank the webmaster for the consideration. Is there anything else that you recommend saying or doing?
For the sites without emails or any other contact information, how should we proceed?
Also, what if the webmaster(s) either doesn't respond or outright refuses? What can we do then?
Should we persist? Should we offer to purchase the content, or even try to backorder the domain name when it expires? S/D's best friend facetiously suggested hacking into the site, but I think that could create even more problems.
There is some positive content (scholarships, volunteer projects, achievements, etc) about S/D on the Web. I just worry what impact everything else would have on him/her.
Feel free to PM me.
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