It may be that the person in question set up a "Google alert". It's a service Google offers whereby you can get an automated email every time someone posts a certain phrase (like your name, or the name of your company) on the web.
But it is creepy to find out that, when it comes to the internet, big does not equal anonymous anymore.
I heard of a person who posted a nasty review of a book on their blog only to have the author creep by the same day to politely rebut some of the comments made. Wouldn't that be mortifying?!
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Date: 2007-09-20 02:08 am (UTC)But it is creepy to find out that, when it comes to the internet, big does not equal anonymous anymore.
I heard of a person who posted a nasty review of a book on their blog only to have the author creep by the same day to politely rebut some of the comments made. Wouldn't that be mortifying?!
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Date: 2007-09-20 02:32 am (UTC)I think that