Comments on: A blog PSA http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/30/a-blog-psa/ dawn friedman's blog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:16:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Anonymity, Blogging, Privacy, Safety « Kaleidoscopic http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/30/a-blog-psa/#comment-14189 Anonymity, Blogging, Privacy, Safety « Kaleidoscopic Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:26:45 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/30/a-blog-psa/#comment-14189 [...] A while ago, Dawn posted a “Blog PSA” (and a follow-up post ) on the subject of anonymity. I chose to blog pseudonymously because I didn’t want people to find the blog by Googling my legal name. On the other hand, I chose not to limit myself in the ways necessary to maintain real anonymity (such as those listed by Dawn, with getupgrrl as an example). I assume that eventually somebody I know will find the blog. They may or may not tell me that they are reading. [...] [...] A while ago, Dawn posted a “Blog PSA” (and a follow-up post ) on the subject of anonymity. I chose to blog pseudonymously because I didn’t want people to find the blog by Googling my legal name. On the other hand, I chose not to limit myself in the ways necessary to maintain real anonymity (such as those listed by Dawn, with getupgrrl as an example). I assume that eventually somebody I know will find the blog. They may or may not tell me that they are reading. [...]

]]> By: Jana http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/30/a-blog-psa/#comment-14188 Jana Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:40:37 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/30/a-blog-psa/#comment-14188 Heh heh. I think I'm the biggest breaker of the blog-privacy rule that I know. I post other people's conversations and EMAILS, for pete's sake, without asking their permission, and sometimes without changing names. E&E had dial-up at home, and aren't the most internet savvy, so I assumed they'd never find it. I rely on sitemeter to guess if that's correct. Crap. I know it's unethical. I think some of it is that I'm just a nosy person myself -- if I found a stranger's dairy, you can bet I'd read the whole thing! But also I crave understanding, and community from the adoption-blogger circle out there, and so I want people to know exactly what I'm going through. Giving them the exact same words that I hear seems like the easiest way. Perhaps I flatter myself that it's all so interesting as to warrant pages and pages of quoted conversations. Heh heh. I think I’m the biggest breaker of the blog-privacy rule that I know. I post other people’s conversations and EMAILS, for pete’s sake, without asking their permission, and sometimes without changing names. E&E had dial-up at home, and aren’t the most internet savvy, so I assumed they’d never find it. I rely on sitemeter to guess if that’s correct.

Crap. I know it’s unethical. I think some of it is that I’m just a nosy person myself — if I found a stranger’s dairy, you can bet I’d read the whole thing! But also I crave understanding, and community from the adoption-blogger circle out there, and so I want people to know exactly what I’m going through. Giving them the exact same words that I hear seems like the easiest way.

Perhaps I flatter myself that it’s all so interesting as to warrant pages and pages of quoted conversations.

]]> By: suz http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/30/a-blog-psa/#comment-14187 suz Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:00:14 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/30/a-blog-psa/#comment-14187 Not sure of the author, but a previous commentor on this thread reminded me of my personal approach to life, blogging, etc. "Live your life as if everything you do can and will be known by someome" If I cannot/wont stand behind it, I dont write about it. There is LOTS to my story I intentionally leave out to protect my daughter, her father, etc. Not sure of the author, but a previous commentor on this thread reminded me of my personal approach to life, blogging, etc.

“Live your life as if everything you do can and will be known by someome”

If I cannot/wont stand behind it, I dont write about it. There is LOTS to my story I intentionally leave out to protect my daughter, her father, etc.

]]> By: Karen M http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/30/a-blog-psa/#comment-14186 Karen M Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:40:52 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/30/a-blog-psa/#comment-14186 DD - It's not hard to change an IP address, if one really wants to. In some cases, it's a matter of logging out (on a Mac) and logging back in. Most people don't bother, but some do. If you're going to block IPs, it's best to block a range of them. Oh, and if you have a blog out there, your relatives will find it, whether you tell them or not. It's merely a matter of time. Trust me. I never write about my in-laws anymore. Never. Right now I'm wrestling with when to stop writing about my daughter. She starts school in less than a year, so we're facing some big, big privacy issues. DD - It’s not hard to change an IP address, if one really wants to. In some cases, it’s a matter of logging out (on a Mac) and logging back in. Most people don’t bother, but some do. If you’re going to block IPs, it’s best to block a range of them.

Oh, and if you have a blog out there, your relatives will find it, whether you tell them or not. It’s merely a matter of time. Trust me. I never write about my in-laws anymore. Never.

Right now I’m wrestling with when to stop writing about my daughter. She starts school in less than a year, so we’re facing some big, big privacy issues.

]]> By: shannon http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/30/a-blog-psa/#comment-14185 shannon Sun, 01 Oct 2006 15:27:33 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/30/a-blog-psa/#comment-14185 "Everything we write will be used against us, or against those we love. These are the terms: take them or leave them." Adrienne Rich “Everything we write will be used against us, or against those we love. These are the terms: take them or leave them.”

Adrienne Rich

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