Recently, my friend M wanted to see my blog. I am not sure how I feel about this. Is it better to have more readers who know you? Or does that cause you to censor yourself?
I am thinking that maybe I would be softer in my approach or decide not to write about certain subjects if I know that I will be judged by people who know me. There is something about anonymity that is appealing.
But then again, none of us are truly anonymous. In fact, everywhere you have been on the web, any purchases you make, heck your location via cell phone or pda are probably all known. It would be pretty easy to track us down and take inventory of what we purchase and like.
We were away on vacation in Santa Barbara with a rowdy bunch of families. I say rowdy because most of the Moms were 24/7 working moms, the kind who are told they don't have a "career" (HA!), the kind who kill themselves for their kids. They had counselors for all the kids, all ages at this place we stayed. I am telling you, it was like sailors on shore leave. Anyhow, one of the moms was telling us a hilarious story about the "rabbit" or the "wild monkey" toy for adults that her niece had discovered, by accident, in her closet. She recommended it. Imagine someone tracking that purchase.
My friend's son bought porn on the On Demand feature on his TV not realizing, (very young), that his parents would know the title of his purchase.
All of these things, now are public. Anonymity might be a good thing.
Where/when would you most want to be anonymous?
1 comment:
Tricky. It's tough when you have to self-censor. On the other hand, my MIL reads it and learns things, and then I don't have to talk to her about them... :)
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