the forum is open to search engines
That is why I was so paranoid in regards to the personal avatar.
I sometimes think that people on community forums, especially those that are quite a tight knit group (like RP members) sometimes forget that we are not in our own little world and surrounded by a protective bubble.
Everything we post is completely open to scrutiny to anyone, anywhere in the world, as long as they have access to the world wide web.
Personally that is why I don’t have a facebook or myspace account.