My boss’s bff reads my Facebook statuses and tweets. How do I know this? That person mentioned something I said on Facebook the other day while all 3 of us were talking. It wasn’t anything bad. People in my organization read my blog and my Facebook notes. Again things I have said here have been mentioned. Both sides of my family, Hi Mom!, read my blog, statuses, tweets, etc.
As a person who puts myself out there that doesn’t bug me. If I had a real problem with it, I would not link my Facebook and Twitter from my posts. I would not put a link to my blog on my Facebook. There are way to keep it all separate. As my mom always said about people knowing things about my life, “you had to tell them, it’s not like they could look it up in the library.” I am an open book and have nothing to hide.
Sometimes I wish I was like one of my family members. This person doesn’t like anyone to know any of this person’s business. This person is extremely private and I respect that. In fact when I refer to this person I change their sex, the place, any little detail that will link a story back to them because when everyone is hanging out I don’t want to them to be telling a story and someone say, “I read that on Buck’s Blog/Twitter/Facebook.”
The problem is that was the most difficult paragraph I have ever written. I am transparent. I have problems keeping things anonymous. Another problem is I sometimes write things from my BlackBerry, my work BlackBerry. I fear that somewhere there is this thick file of all the things I write. I also probably crack up the IT people if they read even half the stuff I send from this device and my email.
The other problem is if I want to vent about something at work or in my life, I can’t because people read this. I find myself editing my thoughts because fear of offending, pissing off or just seeming negative. But that’s okay because I really didn’t have anything to say anyways.
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I totally feel your pain on this.
My Grandma, Mom, Sister and Dad read my blog almost every day. The amount I have to censor stifles my writing. I am constantly editing myself.
Luckily only a select few know about my blog at work. I still worry that my boss will somehow find out,
Luckily everyone who truly knows me well knows I don’t censor myself anywhere except *maybe* when I’m at Army functions with my husband. But even then it’s usually just limited to I won’t bring up certain subjects, but if someone else does, I’ll certainly throw in my 2 cents. I tend to lack that filter from brain to mouth.
I hear ya. Part of me likes to be anonymous too, but how can you ever talk about your real life, things you do, places you go…without people knowing who you are? Seems pointless for a blog. If you want to be anonymous, keep a diary under your bed
Janna Bee- I made the mistake of writing about something for my department on my blog once (positive) and their Google Alerts blew up. Also I made friends on Facebook with all of them
Amanda- I have no filter except around “my elders” than I try to watch my mouth and since some of them read the blog I try to be respectful
Emily- My handwriting sucks so I would never be able to read what I wrote in my diary, plus those locks are so flimsy
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