Blogging philosophy

[tinyjo]

My only other piece of advice for a new blogger would be for her to ask herself, who is the one person you would not want to read what you have just written? And now imagine that person finding your website and reading it because it will happen. Are you comfortable with that? If so, carry on. If not, maybe you should consider keeping a private journal. If that person doesn't exist, well then aren't you lucky.

Thus says Heather Armstrong in an interview by Rebecca Blood. And she's absolutely right.

Comments

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I agree -- which is why I think LiveJournal is so useful. No security method is perfect, which is why I don't write things in my journal that would be truly devastating if they were known. But things I wouldn't want my hypothetical aunt flora to read? I'm OK with writing them friends-only.