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Ok, I understand what The Electronic Frontier Foundation is trying to say with saying that in order to protect yourself from unwanted consequences from blogging, you should blog anonymously and not be googleable. But seriously, how stupid is that?
If I wanted a diary that no one would find or know was mine, I’d buy a regular paper diary and write in it. I have a blog because I don’t mind if people see it. So why on earth would I do it anonymously? That makes you look guilty of something, because frankly, it makes you look like you have something to hide.
Suggestions like not putting your name on your blog, not putting details that could lead to someone figuring out where you work, making sure your site can’t be indexed by the search engines, etc, to me, defeat the entire purpose of carving out your own space on the web. People WANT to be found. They WANT to be read. In some cases, it’s a matter of not being able to say what they need/want to in front of someone, but being able to let it all out on a blog. If the person they need to say it to sees it, great, if not, that’s fine as well.
I mean, I can understand saying that you don’t want your place of business named specifically, etc but don’t tell me I can’t say whatever I want to on my blog when I’m blogging off the clock. I don’t blog on the clock, so anything I say, work related or not, should not have a bit of bearing on my employment status.
And by the way - these states that have it set up so you can be fired for any reason need to change their laws. It’s BS to be able to be fired because you blogged or because someone in the office has a grudge against you for something. I live in one of those states, so I’ve seen it first hand and it needs to have an end put to it.
August 7th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Yeah… that’s why I try not to say what town I live in on my blog or where I work and stuff…if someone badly wanted to know, I have a unique name LMAO