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November 12, 2003
it's not voyeurism
i've had many friends and family members over the last year, sheepishly admit that they have been...gasp...reading my blog.
now i assume that occasionally people i know might stumble across it. but in my mind, it's not voyeurism if i've put it out in the public domain. it is by nature, public information. there is some etiquette on this however, which i've found was best articulated by ariel.
so, if you know me in person and we're chatting or whatever and i start to mention something that you've already read here, please let me know. i won't be offended, in fact, i may be relieved at not having to repeat myself.
on the other hand, if you know me and you've read something here and reference it in real life, i'd sure appreciate your mentioning that you knew that by reading it. it's always creepy when someone reads through the blog, but then uses the information to seem as though they "know you really well". i can always tell when someone does that. and i hate that.
of course then there's always the potential that your mom finds out about blog. (courtesy of the onion, thanks for the link judi / mike) *snicker*
Posted by heidijanet at November 12, 2003 02:24 PM
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