Classmates.com

budman72 · Apr 26, 2005

I registered with classmates.com a couple years ago, never sent them any money, just gave my name, school, years & e-mail address. Now I got an e-mail saying some of my former classmates wanted to look at my profile, so I should fill it out. I got this questionair that started outsimple enough, how many kids, what kind of car I drive, then it started on my household income, political views and at that point I quit. Thats none of anybody's business that I don't personally know and want to have that kind of information, even if I was intimate with them 30 years ago. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

Next thing you know they'll want to know about my sex life! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Gatorboy · Apr 26, 2005

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

GerardC · Apr 26, 2005

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

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

hobbyfarm · Apr 26, 2005

You can bet on two things by doing that:

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

slowrev · Apr 27, 2005

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

BB_TX · Apr 27, 2005

You have it figured out, that site is just a data mining site. 
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 · Apr 27, 2005

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 · Apr 27, 2005

However when I went to the site a year or so ago it had no students from my school in there. 

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 · Apr 27, 2005

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 · Apr 27, 2005

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.