Checking What a Stranger Can Find About You on Instagram
Periodically search your own name and handles the way an unfamiliar contact would. On Instagram, where the dominant catfish pattern is stolen photo sets repackaged as a lifestyle/influencer account to build false credibility, this applies directly: It's easy to underestimate your own public footprint because you never see it from a stranger's starting point.
Steps
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Search your own full name and review what comes up on the first few pages.
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Search your commonly reused handle across platforms.
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Note anything you'd rather a first date not find in the first five minutes, and address it.
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