Comments on: How Personal Should a Personal Blog Be?

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:38:25 +0000

I try not to post anything that I wouldn’t want my in-laws to read! *lol* And I’m stingy with photos of people. Actually, I’ve had to ask a couple of friends to take down photos of my kids because they were accompanied by personal info. On one hand, I get paranoid, and on the other, I figure if Dooce can live with people knowing who she is then I shouldn’t worry too much.

By: notsquare

notsquare — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:38:38 +0000

when it comes to being conscious on privacy in my blog, i am not very consistent…
my blog is not for family consumption, its really for my online friends. thus i also do not use my real name, but most of my online friends are now real life friends, so sometimes when they comment they refer to me with my real name, hehe
also i sometimes use real names of friends and of my fiance. hehe
but so far no untoward incident has come out of it, thank gawd. and i hope it remains that way!
oh well. yes once in a while i have recieved comments wherein total strangers have totally lambasted me. but since i dont know them, i also dont give a damn on what they say.
its nice too though that my online friends and real frineds are still open enough to be honest to me. they just know how to properly say it online, and i am very thankful for that!

By: Shai Coggins

Shai Coggins — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:20:22 +0000

Kari: Sounds awful. Hope that never happens again. Strange indeed that it was someone you know in real life, huh?

Jura: Absolutely. But, unfortunately, it DOES happen.

Jon: It is interesting how this comes up isn’t it? We’re all ‘more open’… and then not. :-p I guess, we all just have to exercise some kind of ‘street smarts’ online.

By: Jon Y

Jon Y — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:43:55 +0000

I agree. I’m very careful to never put personal or family info on the web. I think the most I’ve done is the LinkedIn profile .

Definitely agree that there should be privacy limits on the term ‘open web’.

By: Jura-Capresso

Jura-Capresso — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:23:30 +0000

I have never been attacked on my personal level online and don’t want that it can happen

By: Kari

Kari — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:16:48 +0000

I had a one time friend turned cyber stalker on me. She would visit my blog dozens of times per day and obsess by analyzing things to anyone who would listen. I changed my blog domain, but then it carried over into real life. She would drive by my work and home constantly. I finally had to get a restraining order against her to get some peace and quiet. I’ve never had this problem with the ‘strangers’ that read my blog. Just the one I knew in real life. I suppose it’s more about how much a person is willing to put up with. I never say anything in my blog that I intend on keeping private. If I must vent, it’s in a password protected entry.