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Hi, I no longer want my Keenspace account.I've gutted it so it no longer shows on a server, but some random pages are still around if you search my name on the internet. I''ve just finished an art degree and don't want any future employers seeing my lame-ass attempts at web design I did four years ago.

1)Will this stop if I cancel my account?

2)Can I cancel my account, please?

Thanks.

Caroline

Contact Kisai and ask her to do it.

blackthorn wrote:I''ve just finished an art degree and don't want any future employers seeing my lame-ass attempts at web design I did four years ago.

Why do you think your employers care about what you've done in the past? Seriously, if you want to end your account, do it. But I think this is uber-silly. As long as you have better works in your portfolio, you shouldn't be concerned about erasing your tracks on the internet, specially if those were done four years ago.

blackthorn wrote:Hi, I no longer want my Keenspace account.I've gutted it so it no longer shows on a server, but some random pages are still around if you search my name on the internet. I''ve just finished an art degree and don't want any future employers seeing my lame-ass attempts at web design I did four years ago.

1)Will this stop if I cancel my account?

Not immediately, since Keenspace doesn't control the entire internet, or the search engines you are using to find your name. Until those search engines decide the pages aren't working an delete them from their catalogs, your name will appear in them, regardless of if the link the engine provides actually goes to a comic anymore.

Rpin's point is valid too - no employer is going to search for your name on the internet, then dig through all the entries that aren't related to you, just to find the ones that are, and then say, "Hey, you did a webcomic four years ago. You must be some kind of loser."

Employers don't search the internet for your name prior to hiring you.

Kisai has said before that if you just delete everything off your site, autokeen will remove it for you.

rkolter wrote:

blackthorn wrote: 1)Will this stop if I cancel my account?

Not immediately, since Keenspace doesn't control the entire internet, or the search engines you are using to find your name.

There are things like webarchives, and all search engines have caches...
You can see pages that disappeared years ago...

one sure way would be to: track down all the search engines, I think all of them have a "remove" feature, you need to find it, and follow the instructions.

ie: to remove your site from google
insert this code in your page and then contact them.


I figure other searchengines/portals provide similar features.



However, if you were signing your site with your real name, you might want to get yourself a fake identity.
Think about it, it will not only erase ALL the tracks of your shamefull webcomic activities, you can use it for all sorts of things.
You could have two wives without all the divorce problems.
You could steal money from the mob, and then fake your death...
Or just avoid paying parking tickets.

And even if you don't do any of that you always get the experience in case you need one of these in the future.

How to obtain a fake identity?
Simple: find a pro, and pay for one. Make sure they are credible. However you might have problems with IRS.

Moderately difficult: get into witness protection program.
Stealing money from the mob may help you with that one.

Moderately difficult, highly amoral: kill someone that looks more or less like you, and steal their identity.
Pick someone anti-social, and people won't know the difference.
Remember to break contacts with family (both yours and their)
Oh, and before you do that, make a background check on your target, to avoid nasty surprises
ie. they might have debts, or they might own a pokemon website, with really poor design.

Thanks for all your help and highly amusing suggestions, guys.

I am not ashamed of my comic habit (though if I did suppress it I would have much more money), or consider writing/drawing a webcomic shameful
(My next effort, the Blue Cat Club, will hopefully be debuting in September , so this is a healthy attitude to have)

It's just that I started drawing my webcomic at 14-and my work has improved a hell of a lot on my degree. So some of my old work is deeply crap-in my opinion anyway and makes me itchy if I look at it too long.



tA

Caroline