Every Post…
When you blog under your own name, every post is an adventure. Will I write something that’ll haunt me someday? If a future employer finds this, will they be amused? Disappointed? What about those who read it right now, like my family, or the people I work with? Do they enjoy peeking into my mind, or is it just too much information?
When you speak to someone face to face there are certain filters that you use. If you know someone well, your filter is completely different than when you’re talking to a stranger. When I write, it’s like I’m leaking spit-polished bits of my internal monologue out there into the world. There is a filter, certainly, but it’s not the same as the kinds I use when I speak.
So, if you ever meet me, don’t be surprised when I’m nothing like you imagine I’d be.
I sometimes wonder if I should have a cut-off date for my archives. Does anyone need to read blog posts from several months ago? Years ago? Life is ever-evolving, and I’ve been known to change my mind about things. I mean, politicians are often haunted by statements they made, or papers they wrote, ten years ago. It could happen to me, too. It’s impossible to know what the lasting effects of my goofy-arse words may be.
For now, I’ll just hope that anyone who reads this thing has a sense of humor. *grin*
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I wonder the exact same things. Will this come back to haunt me? Will family or future employers find this and not like what I have to say? The only difference is I’m as open-worded in real life as I am online. I don’t really say things online that I wouldn’t say to someones face, because there is little I wouldn’t say..haha.
As for the archives, my only issue is that I personally like to go back through my archives, or if it is a website I haven’t visited, I like to go back and get to know the person.
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CAN you put a date limit on your archives??? I’d LOVE to do that… And I wonder the same questions you have about whether or not something you say will come back to haunt you! I keep telling myself that the most interesting blogs I read are the ones that don’t hold back, but then when I know that my boss reads the public of my blogs… I feel like I have to keep it a little cleaner. I enjoy your writing though!
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Yeah, I wonder the same thing sometimes. When you put yourself out there on the internet you always have to be careful. I have nothing to hide, though, I’ve realized in more recent years, and blogging is a big part of my life. I just don’t write anything I wouldn’t want my grandmother to see, you know?
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It’s come back to bite me in the ass a few times already, so by now I pretty much know what kind of filter I should have on my entries and what I blog about, to avoid it again in the future. I’d never delete old archives, though. I have a few blog posts dating many years back on my LiveJournal (2001) and going back and reading them now is pretty hilarious at times.
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I filter some stuff on my blog, but not too much. I figure that my blog simply represents me and who am I and I shouldn’t be ashamed of that. For that reason, I pretty much post whatever is on my mind.
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I agree about the internet being very easy to speak openly. It is very easy. When I’m face to face with someone, I”m more reserved and guarded about what I say to people and how open I am But online I am extremely open. It’s easy to be since you aren’t looking someone in the face to talk!
I don’t filter things from my blog that much. I figure that if people see it and don’t like it, oh well.
Don’t worry about it: everything you’ve written makes you sound like a funny, articulate, thoughtful, kind person. As long as you can maintain that persona, I think you’ll be fine
Thanks for checking my blog last week…
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Wow, even if that was all intended for humour purposes, you bring up a very good point…
I sometimes read back on old posts and groan because of what a loon I used to be (still kind of am?)… xD
Very insightful. Similar thoughts have crossed my mind as well, since I use my real name too. O_o I guess I’ll just have to see if it comes back and bites me in the darriere at some point down the road…
Ohsnap, risk-taking! I feel like such a badass.
I always ask the question about what someone would think if they discovered my site. Then again when I tried to hide behind another name I wasn’t successful.
BTW thanks for commenting on my post, the Renaissance festive is definitely going on my list.
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