Classmates.com

[Gatorboy]

You are not forced to answer every question. Just fill out what you feel comfortable with.

 

[GerardC]

<font color="blue"> You are not forced to answer every question. Just fill out what you feel comfortable with. </font>

I agree. Just fill out the ones you want and forget about the rest. Some like to tell all, others don't.

 

[hobbyfarm]

You can bet on two things by doing that:

Someone will sell that information
and someone will buy that information.

 

[slowrev]

Hobbyfarm,
You have it figured out, that site is just a data mining site.
Ben

 

[BB_TX]

<font color="blue"> You have it figured out, that site is just a data mining site. </font>
That may be true to some extent, but I have never had a problem with it since I registered a couple years ago. And I have received some e-mails from long lost friends. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Also received some news about former classmates that have passed away. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[slowrev]

Well Bill, Maybe it is not just a data mining site. However when I went to the site a year or so ago it had no students from my school in there. So apparently all the logins are supposed to build their database for them.
Ben

 

[GerardC]

<font color="blue"> However when I went to the site a year or so ago it had no students from my school in there. </font>

Are you sure you had the correct State and Town? I know that there are quite a few school names that are the same all over the US. Just a thought.

 

[BB_TX]

Ben - That is quite a surprise. There are 48 members of my graduating class of about 130 that are registered. I don't remember having to do anything special to get access to that list. I graduated in 1964 (telling my age /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif) in small town Texas. Maybe it varies a lot by locale and/or time since graduation.

 

[Gatorboy]

You can get a list of students for FREE. If you want to email someone directly, plus look at more details of someone's profile, you need to pay for a full-membership.

There are 112 members from my graduating class on there.

 

[BB_TX]

Don't know if if has changed since I registered. I did the free registration, not the paid membership. I got 3 or 4 e-mails from them soliciting a paid membership, but I did not do it and they soon stopped. I can't e-mail the person direct, but I can e-mail them. It gets directed thru the classmates.com server and they are notified they have an e-mail. Likewise, if someone e-mails me, I am notified by classmates.com that I have an e-mail and I can log in and get it. Then you can exchange direct e-mail addresses if you want.

 

[Bird]

Probably the only reason I remember how many were in my graduating class is because there were 58 of us who graduated in '58. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Ten of us are registered on classmates.com, but I only did the free one, quite a few years ago, and I'm still getting the e-mails trying to sell me a paying membership. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[Marine1]

budman and everyone else,
Be careful who you give information to. I was almost taken by a fake Pay Pal E-Mail. The E-Mail looked just fine but I got a weird feeling. I E-Mailed Pay Pal and told them I got this E-Mail and they said it was bogus. I turned the address into a couple of security sites. I received another E-Mail a couple of days later from another fake site. These Phishers can get there websites to look like the real thing. When I get an E-Mail or phone call requesting info I hang up and call them back myself with the number I have or send an E-Mail to the address I have myself. I would hate to here how someone was taken in by these people. Be careful out there.

 

[riptides]

Use a variety of internet search engines will get you a lot of information on someone for free.

The more you have out there the more likely you are to be approached.

Even this board can be peaked at by google.

-Mike Z. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[BB_TX]

Well it looks like they have changed it. I tried using the classmates e-mail last night and it would not let me do it any more. Said I would have to pay a membership to access e-mail. Oh well. I had not used it in a long time, so I won't miss it.

 

[slowrev]

Gerard,
Yep, no one from my school was in there. This was a year or more ago though, have not been back there since. Maybe some of my old classmates have input their data by now.

Ben