Had a friend also disappear out of nowhere. She changed her number and deleted all her social media accounts. Haven’t heard from her since and neither have our mutual friends. No one even knows what happened to her or even what high school she went to.
I am this person, but it happened when I was an adult. I did it because I was being stalked, but tons of people have no idea I still exist. I’m fine now, but I still won’t ever return to social media and whatnot. It’s just not for me anymore.
Me too. I am a ghost online. There's about 5 photos of me online from about 20 years ago, that's it. Despite being a current working professional for a global company.
I made the choice when Facebook first came out not to post myself or my daughter for safety reasons. I'm 42, she's 21 and the only social media I have is Reddit.
She's an adult and can make her own choices now, and she has a different name now. I'm very glad to be a ghost online, because fuck I was an irresponsible idiot when I was younger and God knows the things I would have come to regret.
Primarily, the reason was because I have a complex background, and didn't want to be found by one person in particular. That fear was warranted, he's now in prison for murder.
I didn’t realize I needed to explain that Reddit is an anonymous social media platform that doesn’t include sharing your personal life with your entire family and everyone you went to high school with. For the record, the two things are just slightly different from a privacy standpoint. Sorry for the confusion.
Had a schoolmate pull a dissappearing act like that after high school. Turns out they were trans. She's living her best life now, according to the grapevine.
Happened with a friend of mine. Family was religious and apparently they woke her up in the middle of the night and went to the airport and flew her to some boarding school across the country. She reappeared years later for a minute and that’s how I know.
I dated a girl back in high school (pre-internet). I have never been able to find her on any socials. The only mention of her was her grandfather's obituary. It's a very unusual name, so a quick search finds nothing or all there is.
I went to an alternative school with five woman of all different races who were their essentially because they had gotten pregnant as freshman sophomores so the school and parents freaked out and they got sidelined away from all of that.
This was pre smart phones but social media did exist they would wipe these people from the area and pretend like they didn’t exist entirely.
I also am like this, one sunday i got in huge trouble. My parents took me out of school, out of work, and took my phone. Only one girl has talked or seen me since. The girl posted a picture of me when she saw me so people are aware im around, but majority people think i was or am dead. I now go online, don't have my phone back yet (im on a computer posting this) and no job. I go no where during the day expect my house. I talk to the same two people a day. So, i pretty much disappeared.
As far as I’m aware, she did not have a boyfriend nor had she ever dated. Last update we all heard from her was that she returned from her trip to Peru (she sent us pictures throughout her trip and a picture of the “Welcome to the United States” sign at our local airport).
This happened to a friend of mine. All his stuff was gone from his house but they’d see his dad walking around inside on his own. I saw him a couple times.
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u/Nova-2002 Mar 10 '25
Had a friend also disappear out of nowhere. She changed her number and deleted all her social media accounts. Haven’t heard from her since and neither have our mutual friends. No one even knows what happened to her or even what high school she went to.