One of the reasons I stopped blogging last spring was because I was a bit concerned about identity safety--how smart is it to be posting all this stuff where anyone/everyone can read it? Real names, pictures, events... Yikes. Some blogs I've read use aliases and don't use pictures, especially of kids. Others post it all, and as a reader, I love getting it all. Another option seems to be limiting the blog to certain subscribers, but that takes some of the fun out of it (I don't like having to ask to read an acquaintance's blog), and I don't know if that is compatible with Reader/RSS feed. So for the last 8 months I've been posting pics/blurbs to Facebook, which feels safer because there are privacy controls, but I miss being able to post bigger blurbs. So, dear readers (both of you), have you struggled with this? What have you come up with? Is there some amazing technology that will do away with my dilemma? I'm all ears.
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Well, we use aliases for that purpose. They're not that difficult, but hopefully enough. I understand privacy in regards to names and addresses, but must confess I don't know why people worry about pictures of their kids. I just don't worry about it. I figure that the local sex offenders are a much bigger worry than the internet (which is what I assume people are worried about).
Obviously I don't worry about it too much... I do try not to show our last name or our hometown, but I'm sure some freaky dude could figure it out if they really wanted to. I also use sitemeter (its free) and you can check up who is looking at your blog and how often. If I ever see someone suspicious clicking out on our pics I might go private but so far no surprises.
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