I think a background check , would be just that . You'd learn some specific details about , for instance arrest records , but you wouldn't learn their on going personality traits . Just something to allow you a certain amount of reassurance , that it's probably alright to get to know them better without the risk of being murdered in your sleep , having your home burned down around your ears , finding yourself in deep debt , because they ran up charges you didn't know about on your credit card ,

I'd be curious what they turned up.

Yes.
No, and it's been done already to me & I've no problem with it. It was interesting to hear what the person found and what he thought. LOL

And for any of the F-TARDS who dogpiled me on the topic this was the "minds his own business" neighbor! Pffffft!
He ALSO sleuthed my girlfriend next door!

With all that I did for shits & giggles run one on myself & my late dh. There was a loooot of incorrect, jumbled information out there. If anyone knows of a particularly accurate background checker I'm all ears.

No,during the 8 years I was in the Air Force,routine checks were done on my background,finding old neighbors and School mates to ask about my stability.When I got a job at General Dynamics/Convair,the same checks were done yet again. I worked around Nuclear weapons in the service,and several "Black" programs at General Dynamics.

Nobody can be too careful! I have nothing to hide, so check away!

I should imagine it is pretty common for people to do this nowadays. I come from an earlier generation where it was all finding out from scratch with new partners. I am sure some people must regret putting out so much personal history onto social media.....it can come back and bite!

Yes I would and nope don’t care if they check on me. Can’t be too safe in this world. Would rather at least know than find out later that he has wives on both sides of the country.. too much lifetime network in the 90s to not see that coming..

I ran a background check on myself . That's when I learned I was teaching a dance class in New York . I've never even lived within commuting distance of New York .

I do research on people sometimes. One person trying to scam me was using pics of a porn star as their own. Google helped me find out who that pic really belonged to. (There were several pics and even a Facebook page.) The scammer dropped me pretty quickly when confronted with facts. The last I heard from her/him was "maybe the porn star was scamming them." LOL

No.

I know that I have no fear on what they might find out about me and I sure wish I had known more about my exes.

I do some research on some people. It matters for certain reason, for some reason it is important to know if they are who they say they are. Actually running a background check may cost money and if I needed to spend money I probably would not do it. With the internet much can be learned by just paying attention to what they say.

Without even blinking -yes to both!

Yes, I would consider doing it myself. No, I would not be offended. Especially not someone from a dating site where interactions are entirely digital. Not only would I not be offended, I would encourage it. When it comes to a significant other, someone you could be potentially investing a lot of time and emotional attachment into, better to dot the i's.

Ladies, I got a speeding ticket in 2006 or 7 and I forgot to renew my tags for a couple months once. I'm basically Al Capone.

If my suspicions are raised enough to run a background check, I'm already outta there.