Privacy & blogs...
Since nearly everyone I know has a blog, I'm assuming that nearly everyone has also heard about this woman being sued for writing about a sexual encounter. Reminds me of the lack of privacy we have with today's technology. I was always told not to do or say anything that you wouldn't want repeated back to you. Truthfully, I can't say that I have never done anything I wasn't proud of, nor can I say that I would want to see the critiques of my personal encounters from the other person's point of view online. I can say, however, that I too have posted such intimate details about those I have come into contact throughout time...though I have referred to people simply with nicknames where applicable.
I also wonder why anyone would be so morbidly interested in reading such an entry with their details in it? I mean, if it was last night's encounter & you wanted an accurate critique, perhaps. But would that mean that you're some sort of egocentric prick or would that mean that you are a masochistic overanalyzer? But something that happened years ago? I can't remember what the fuck I had for breakfast yesterday so why would I even bother to remember someone I slept with years ago - let alone look up their online blog? So I guess you could say that curiosity would probably not get the better of me in this situation... but perhaps if I weren't a happily married woman - maybe if I were some bitter woman in a cycle of failed relationships - then maybe I could see wanting to know what may have gone wrong in the past - for personal gain - to not make those mistakes again.
Either way, we as bloggers need an outlet - somewhere to dump all this crap that weighs us down. I sometimes find myself reworking entries so that I'm not as much of an open book & I do recall making up random nicknames when I first started blogging years ago. But eh... those are my thoughts for the day.
I also wonder why anyone would be so morbidly interested in reading such an entry with their details in it? I mean, if it was last night's encounter & you wanted an accurate critique, perhaps. But would that mean that you're some sort of egocentric prick or would that mean that you are a masochistic overanalyzer? But something that happened years ago? I can't remember what the fuck I had for breakfast yesterday so why would I even bother to remember someone I slept with years ago - let alone look up their online blog? So I guess you could say that curiosity would probably not get the better of me in this situation... but perhaps if I weren't a happily married woman - maybe if I were some bitter woman in a cycle of failed relationships - then maybe I could see wanting to know what may have gone wrong in the past - for personal gain - to not make those mistakes again.
Either way, we as bloggers need an outlet - somewhere to dump all this crap that weighs us down. I sometimes find myself reworking entries so that I'm not as much of an open book & I do recall making up random nicknames when I first started blogging years ago. But eh... those are my thoughts for the day.