Lessons: learned

[evanescently]

After all the recent blog-accessibility issues going on within my inner circle of colleagues and friends, I'm hesitant to post something new. Anything new, really.

But, I hate letting things stop me, you know? I like my blog -- however mindless and frivolous my posts are -- and I don't really want to get rid of it.

I suppose any *damage* has

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[anonymous]

>>>what's the point of having a personal blog if you have to censor what you say?

It's the same reason we censor what we say with our mouths. Cause that's just the way it is. Blogs are just permanent records of what we say.

Nate

[waiting4beckett]

It's an interesting issue, especially since it seems to only really be hitting the public consciousness now, after several years of people spilling their guts to the world (and to Google) in their blogs. I'm even toying with the idea of going through all my old LJ entries and friends-locking all the entries that might reflect poorly on me as a professional. (No entry comes to mind in particular, but I'm sure they're there.)

But the most compelling blogs I've read are the ones where the authors are open and honest about themselves and their lives. So I dunno. I guess there needs to be a balance between writing freely and keeping a keen awareness of audience.

Sorry to babble. This sort of thing really interests me. I'm curious to know what blog-accessibility issues you're talking about. I only know about the conversation Jason mentioned.

[slarg]

FYI, friends-locking isn't necessarily good enough. There was a big hubbub a couple months back because people realized they could hit LJ friends-only posts with some search enginge trickery. For that matter, even deleting isn't necessarily good enough because there are so many archives of so many random things on the internet.

[waiting4beckett]

Good point. I suppose if someone really wants to find something I wrote, they're gonna. I'm thinking more along the lines of making things difficult to stumble across for the casual searcher.

Right

[waiting4beckett]

Kurt, you're absolutely right. And that's why they say you can't hide on the Internet. It's true in almost all circumstances I'm afraid.

Nate

[medearedux]

Instead of making certain entries private, just make the whole thing private. Any entries that were once public can still be googled, but not accessed (unless you're REALLY trying to, and who really cares about your blog THAT much? If they do, then you have other issues. Like, that you have stalker). And no new entries that you post can be googled or viewed. I think that's the solution.

Incidentally, that's what Devon did when I saw our Mom looking at his livejournal. He just made the whole thing private.

[medearedux]

So your response to the dilemma was to stop writing all together? ;)