People-search site Reunion.com has launched a new feature, “Who’s Searching For You,” which does exactly what its name says: it lets you find out who has been looking for you.
"People are constantly losing touch as their lives change," said Reunion chief executive Jeff Tinsley announcing the new feature. “Statistics show that nearly 40 million households in the U.S. move every year, and more than 40 percent of Internet users have changed their email address at least once in the last two years.
“That's why we see our role in keeping people in touch online as so important,” he continued. “As time moves on, it's more than likely most people would lose contact completely without a quick and easy way to stay connected."
Tinsley said the early statistics on the feature’s use are showing impressive results. It has “quickly become the way for Internet users to learn if people are trying to contact them,” he said. Through this unique online service, our members benefit from the opportunity to not only look for lost family members or friends, but also reconnect with important relationships by learning who has been searching for them."
When a Reunion member discovers who might be searching, he or she has the chance to contact that person through the site’s private message service instead of revealing direct contact information, and – in a further bid for privacy protection – searchers can delete their own history so their searches won’t be made public.
Reunion plans to bring forth a feature letting a user know of the person they’re searching for is added to the site’s social network days, months, or even years after the original search, Tinsley said.
