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To Tear Asunder the Blogging Veil? « Between a Laugh and a Tear — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 03:42:30 +0000

[...] Comment Posted by Daniel R. Partain on February 29, 2008 Gideon was writing about the subject of piercing the blogging veil. His article has gotten me to wonder whether the “anonymity” of the Internet is really [...]

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To Tear Asunder the Blogging Veil? « Between A Laugh And A Tear — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:36:59 +0000

[...] Tear Asunder the Blogging Veil? Jump to Comments Gideon was writing about the subject of piercing the blogging veil. There are times where I wonder if the “anonymity” of the Internet is liberating or just [...]

By: Gideon

Gideon — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:36:52 +0000

Thanks and thanks for reading

By: TexPD4Parity

TexPD4Parity — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:12:06 +0000

No worries. I appreciate you saying that. You do make a good point. I just wish I hadn’t been such a newbie when I started my blog. And I haven’t been harassed or criticized or had any feedback after the outting. I don’t know anyone who knows me has seen the spot where I’m ID’d, but knowing one’s name is out there is pretty creepy. I’ll shut up now. Love your blog and we all appreciate you managing PD Stuff. That’s as close as I’ll come to kissing your feet, Lord Gideon. Heh.

By: Gideon

Gideon — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:47:18 +0000

Sorry, didn’t mean for it to come across that way. I guess I’ve seen plenty of careers ruined because of blogs and unyielding bosses, that by now, I have no idea why anyone would do it.

Sorry it made things bad for you.

By: TexPD4Parity

TexPD4Parity — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:44:35 +0000

Well, I never thought of myself as being stupid, but I take your point. I got careless either in the cybersphere or trusted someone I shouldn’t have. The problem is trying to write about local issues without irritating someone. As I was told years ago, all education is expensive…

By: Gideon

Gideon — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:35:00 +0000

Which is why I don’t write about my job specifically or the people I work with or my bosses or their bosses. Not that I have anything critical to say, but if someone did, it would be quite stupid of them to write about it on a semi-anonymous blog.

By: TexPD4Parity

TexPD4Parity — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:32:48 +0000

I understand the whole fear thing. I was outed in a major way and I don’t know how it happened. Either I got careless online somehow or someone with an axe to grind did it. It’s definitely had a chilling effect. Although, since no one ever read my blog, it’s not a great loss. Another blogger I know of (who had a fairly good readership) went off the air after being outed. In that case, word reached the blogger the governmental “powers that be” were upset about critical statements in the blog.

By: shg

shg — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:16:24 +0000

I’m really Gideon. I mean, Gideon’s really me. And I’m not SaucyVixen, just in case my wife is checking these comments.

By: Gideon

Gideon — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:26:07 +0000

NolleQueen: You’re going to have to tell me who outed me. Send me an e-mail. Also, I’m pretty sure that any favorable impression you have of me will almost certainly disappear upon meeting me in person. Just ask the SaucyVixen or Miranda. No one listens to me in the office.

SaucyVixen: You’re on your own tomorrow.