If you Google your own name you'll find a lot of examples... Other people with the same name, who might be confused with you, or who have staked out a domain, email address or beat you to a social media site.
Have you ever tried to contact someone else with the same name? Jon did.
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| Audio: APM's Future Tense 3/22/10, Host: Jon Gordon. | |
3 of 4 comments about this story on the Future Tense site were left by other Jon Gordons who weren't in the story.
Lots of people find online duplicates... And some find love:
Having a name that's not gender specific opens up possibilities, but it's not just couples connecting via social networking.
The BBC found clubs of people who share names within Facebook. For example: the "Our Name is David Nelson" group, or a 52-member group called "We Are Paul Quinn." They are strict about an exact match and won't even accept Paulas or Paulines.
The San Francisco Chronicle consulted the director of the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University, who suggested there's a certain "fascination" to finding a person who shares our name but no other component of what makes us who we are.
So, have you Googled yourself lately?
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