Privacy
So I’ve slept a bit more since writing that last entry. I feel bad for writing it, but I knew I had to write about that dream and the situation at hand. When I write, I am being completely honest with myself, but sometimes I really need to write just for me. That last entry was definitely one of those entries just meant for me. I’ll leave it fav’s only for a while but I figure I’m probably gunna have to make it private at some point. That kinda saddens me, but it seems to world has come to that.
I just hate this whole privacy thing with the internet. I want my diary to be full of pictures of my friends and my adventures and stories of what I get up to. I want to be able to read back on this when I’m old and remember all the good times I used to have. I want to be able to look at the pictures and put an image to my words, and be like ‘Oh I remember that now.’
But I feel guilty for using an image, you know? Does anyone else feel that way? I guess it’s because when I was dating an ex-bf he got infuriated with me one day because he reckons I revealed all of his personal details on my diary. Yeah right, as if I’d reveal phone numbers and addresses and shit – seriously.
But does privacy worry any of you guys? It does me – even my facebook – I actually have probably well over 1000 photos, but most people can probably only see a few of them – i keep a separate private album on there so that I can link to my diary here – it just works a lot better for me. I went through the days of trying out snapfish and photbucket – it just seems to work better. I just cut my friends list down from 900+ to less than 300 – even though I have my privacy settings how I want them on facebook, I still didn’t like the idea of all those people I don’t know being able to see even the limited stuff they could.
My entries with photos in them are usually always favourites only, but still, you can never be truly sure who you’re dealing with can you? I know a lot of my friends use fake names and stuff, but I know what I’m like – I’ve tried it, and I’ve gone back through my old entries sometimes reading them, and I read a name and I’m thinking ‘who the fuck was that?’
So yeah, I have to deal with the issue of privacy issues, and the problem of being honest with what I’m writing about in my blog! Why should some other person using fraud or identity theft ruin me just trying to write about my own life in an honest way? Is there a level of respect I need to show my friends by leaving photo entries out? Should I just make them all private? I mean, I like to share my life with you guys – I like knowing some people like reading about me, even during the rather mediocre stages of my life.
I guess this huge identity fraud story going around in the papers at the moment in Queensland has kinda added fuel to this fire.
I want to know your views on this? I read you guys – I see your wonderful pictures sometimes and I always smile when I can put a picture to a person’s written life. Should i feel guilty using a photo every now and again? I do, but then I think ‘who cares’ – if I can’t show my true self here in my entries, where can I?
That’s all.
I rarely ever make anything private or “Friends only”, if I do, it’s usually because of legal implications. I don’t really believe in privacy because I feel like that’s the cost of technology. Privacy has gone the way of the Tooth Fairy and Santa Clause.
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I never have been a very private person, myself, but my family has turned almost psycho in their perceptions of what is and is not acceptable online! I don’t care what they say about my diary. They don’t read it, they don’t know how to access it (except my wife), so it’s MINE all MINE. I will write or post whatever I feel like in my diary, because it’s my own personal record, as well as a public forum to air all kinds of laundry, be it dirty or not!
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I love all my friends but I love my bitches more… Huggs and Kisses Mermz
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Ask yourself, would he want his picture up in the context of which you’re using it? I ask myself, would I want to be portrayed this way? When referring to someone else or using their pictures.
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I chose to make my entries FO because I wanted the freedom to write what I wanted, about whoever I wanted, without fear of it being found. On top of that, I’m about to become a teacher, and I’m frightened it could be found and jeopardise my job. Plus, only two people in my real life know about it, and it’s not like they would snoop. xxxx
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I like seeing peoples pictures. But I update from my phone and unless someone can talk me how to post pics from an iPhone it’s not happening. I post pics on facebook and only worry about my sisters ex seeing pics of my neice. He is evil. Other then that I don’t care much.
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The thing you need to remember is that nothing on the internet ever goes away – no matter what. You have to be conscious of the fact that what you say or post can have repercussions for you and those around you. That is why even though only Derek is aware of my diary, I tend to be vague about some things – I don’t want what I write to have a negative effect on others even in the future. Wil
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this is tough, i don’t purposely try to hide stuff when i write, like i will talk about where i went, who i saw and stuff like that without hiding names, maybe i should i don’t know, i honestly don’t think anyone would bother to stalk me though, LOL and it does make me sad that we should be wary about what we write about in our own personal venting space. Sucks that life isn’t so safe anymore
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I’ve recently changed to FO and my main motivations are because I talk a lot about work and because I’m happy with who reads me but for all I know there is somebody I don’t want reading me if I’m set to public so it’s just easier. When I started here I was young and needed advice and some support which public helped with, now I feel like I want to just share what’s going on in my life with a select few. I dunno if that’s rude or not but it’s what I feel comfortable with. xxx
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*Random Noter* I don’t worry about privacy nearly as much as I used to… I used to give everyone code names, but then it got to the point where the only place I called them the nicknames was here, so it got all twisted & then in the middle of a story, I’d slip & use their real name & throw my readers off… Now, the only thing I really worry about is pictures of my friends’ kids (pervertslurk out there) and negative things I say about my relationship with my boyfriend (because he doesn’t understand my need to get advice on certain issues). But I don’t let myself get too paranoid, because I do enjoy coming here & talking to everyone & I don’t want that taken from me. ~Ashley//
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In your public entries you often refer to your previous favourite-only entries. Kind of confusing for those of us who aren’t able to have read those particular previous entries.
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I risk it…. because I need this outlet.
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Oh man. Lot on my mind these days!
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I agree with Tobi–for me, privacy is kind of a moot point, because I know the things that I’m comfortable sharing with people and the things that I don’t want everyone to know. The things that I usually keep private, I end up writing in here. Very rarely do the two lines cross each other. It may not be the best way, but it works for me.
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The entries I have with photos are all FO. I don’t really like the idea, but it’s “safer” I suppose. Although most of them are on Facebook anyway, so they’re all out there. I did the codename thing years ago but had the same problem of not knowing who I was talking about. Luckily I’m yet to have a friend to even know about my diary, let alone not want me to write certain things.
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*RYNs* Thanks and Thanks! I pretty much wrote that entry in the hopes that he would get curious and read it, lol… See? Sometimes NO privacy is a good thing, lol!
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New pic of Hermione up hehe
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