tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post702579598904430189..comments2024-03-22T03:35:27.752-04:00Comments on Written Inc.: Talking on the radio about Facebookcarmilevyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360045114379957605noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-84477913411894210862010-02-09T18:46:28.076-05:002010-02-09T18:46:28.076-05:00Exactly. From what I observed in this generation t...Exactly. From what I observed in this generation there is a constant need to be "known" or "heard" to the point that the exercise of "freedom of speech" is transformed into something some may forever regret.Spahttp://www.lavendernthings.com/Lavender/spa-products.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-33945865757717658972009-11-26T00:27:56.808-05:002009-11-26T00:27:56.808-05:00No. I don't have my last name on my blog, but ...No. I don't have my last name on my blog, but if I did, I don't think that anything there would get me in too much trouble. And I don't have a Facebook page, or a Twitter account, and don't particularly want one.<br />I never post pictures of my family on my blog, or write about them, although if I really wanted to, I would ask them first.<br />Actually, we were discussing the legalities of posting photos of people on the internet - according to my husband, if you take a photo in a public place and there are people in it as an incidental part of the scene, you can use it, but if the person is the main feature, then you need their permission. (Not just for the internet, for any type of publication). I know copyright law varies a little from country to country but that sounds like a fair enough guideline to me.<br />I do wonder about parents who write about their toddlers' toilet training issues, blogging under their full names. Do they think about their child's friends searching for them on google in ten or fifteen years time?Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236329216260906624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-651466772650545332009-11-25T00:51:47.685-05:002009-11-25T00:51:47.685-05:00Most certainly do! Mainly I'm worried about p...Most certainly do! Mainly I'm worried about people misinterpreting something meant in humour. Or things I wrote being read by colleagues and becoming gossip fodder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-29871051877781454582009-11-24T19:32:34.600-05:002009-11-24T19:32:34.600-05:00I heard the facebook insurance story on the radio,...I heard the facebook insurance story on the radio, and thought good for the insurance company.<br />Gee, if I feel crappy, can I get paid time off and get my doctor to recommend I get out and enjoy life too?<br />Maybe Manulife will pay for my Maserati GT coupe, 'cause that'll cheer me up!invisiblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772375005034797148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-14370352917451242852009-11-24T14:16:40.958-05:002009-11-24T14:16:40.958-05:00Lol - I've censored a few of my own posts beca...Lol - I've censored a few of my own posts because, while I love where I work (good toys!), my employer wouldn't like it much if I posted about it. I also like to keep the blog anonymous, partly because a few of the people on my blogroll also keep their's anonymous.<br /><br />Not talking about the bad also helps in a way too. I'll talk about the better people at work partly because it deflects away from thinking about the annoying people (plus the better ones deserve a good mention :-)<br /><br />Facebook is another thing entirely - the access on that is a lot more locked down.<br /><br />Been seeing a few stories over here about Facebook being Evil, mostly in Murdoch-Media ... Funnily enough Murdoch-Media doesn't thump Myspace. Myspace being owned by Murdoch-Media, Facebook isn't. Funny dat ;-)<br /><br />PS Only 1 post on my blog that says where I work and there's just a few "Me" photos on blog & Facebook, all the photos have my head hidden in a helmet :-)Sleepypetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143274290029186546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-28946120142532830372009-11-24T13:12:09.891-05:002009-11-24T13:12:09.891-05:00This is why I'm always careful about the photo...This is why I'm always careful about the photos I choose for my blog. I very rarely post photos of people at all, and when I do it's only if the photo in question meets very specific criteria. If the subject couldn't be picked out of a lineup using my shot as a guide, I don't worry about it. People too far away to make out detail or with their faces obscured in some way don't worry me (usually) unless there's something else in the picture that would identify them. But I do make exceptions to that rule in specific cases. If you are appearing/performing in a public venue where photography is allowed and if it could be reasonably expected that photos of that event could appear in the media then I don't have a conflict about blogging it. Let's face it, if you're Barack Obama giving a speech at a rally two blocks from my office, your face is <i>gonna</i> be on my blog. Period. If you're giving a dance performance at Dorton Arena that's open to the public, you can expect to turn up on Page 6 of the local paper. You can also expect to turn up on my blog. I figure if you didn't want people to see you dance, you wouldn't be on stage, right?<br /><br />But then there are those "Girls Gone Wild" or "My Ex Girlfriend" videos. These aren't porn stars who make their living doing it for the camera. These are people who are maybe not even aware that there's a video camera around. And if they <i>are</i> aware, they're too impaired to make an informed decision to be broadcast to the entire living world. And yet, in a year or 5 or 10 or 20 that Spring Break video from college is going to turn up again. Maybe for some of them that's not embarrassing. But I'd bet they're in the minority.<br /><br />There can be no expectation of privacy in a medium that's globally accessible. Those are just mutually exclusive concepts. But the fact is that most of us -- intentionally or otherwise -- are going to wind up on somebody's website sooner or later. There's no avoiding it unless you live in a cave somewhere. You can minimize your exposure, but the truth is that anybody who lives in an urban area is routinely photographed several times a day. And it's gotten nothing but worse since 9/11. there are eyes -- and cameras -- everywhere.Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498213932233245032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-29813621783869749342009-11-24T13:11:33.401-05:002009-11-24T13:11:33.401-05:00I self censor a lot because I worry about how what...I self censor <i>a lot</i> because I worry about how what I say online will come back to bite me in the tuckus. Someday I'll probably trip up... My worry is more about hurting the feelings of someone in my family and less about what I do online hurting me professionally...Thumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02154314376352066709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-57178317857557808492009-11-24T09:57:48.527-05:002009-11-24T09:57:48.527-05:00I actually do. But not so much because I am an &#...I actually do. But not so much because I am an 'elder' It is those folks who will forget ten years from now what was shown or written and unless they are in the entertainment industry, they will most certainly have some embarassing regrets.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.com