Burning Freezer: Hot and Cold: Of blogs and anonymity part 2

Take a look at the picture.

So you go to google and under the 'more' tab scroll down till you hit blogs, and then you can search for stuff in people's blogs.

And the simplest part is, you just need to find any person's blog because this person will have 100 links from his or her blog and then you can navigate from there, to read everyone's blog.

You can see from the picture, that the entry I posted yesterday can already be found.

What's the purpose in telling you this?

Very simple. Just one.

#1: Your blog can be seen by anyone in the world.

That's all. Whether people are free to go and read, it's a different story altogether. The fact is, it can be read by anyone. If you only want it to be accessible by readers you know, then install a password (though some say it can be hacked)

It is your own diary, yes, but that doesn't mean you can write about anything in the world. You have read stories on Singaporean bloggers being fined or sentenced to jail because of racist comments.

You may want to click the following link to find out more:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBS_enSG261SG262&q=Singaporean+blogger+goes+to+jail+for+a+month+for+%22sedition%22

As a simple rule, please think before you post. It is not what you think it is, like many blogs have those templates of "I am blah blah blah...if you don't like to read please f*** off."

It's not as simple as that.

Sensitivity
If you want to complain about someone, please do not do it in a blog. How would you feel if you were the 'victim' and everyone talks about you in a bad light? Worse, hurling insults and insensitive comments about this person; that's very mean, and disrespectful.

Blogging is supposed to be fun. If your posts are just about flaming people, then there is something wrong. Take note, that everyone can see this blog. Although people should not be judgemental about what they read from another person's blog, surely there's an impression formed from the way you type, or criticise. Who knows, your future employer might remember your blog and dislike the way you behave, just because of your online behaviour.

Some even talk about terrible things about the school. What a shame. Totally embarrassing.

Conclusion

Basically, I hope this is not scary, but for a lack of a better phrase, I would like to say that "everyone is watching". Sure, you want to type LikE ThIS aLl ThE TiMe, or l13t t4i5 also can, or in your own act cute language spelling "like" as "lyk" or whatever, or using net lingo like lol or roflmao, or more derogatory terms like wtf or even knn or even the f word, that is your own choice, but just pay attention to what you are saying when you are talking about other people.

You can't use the argument saying that THIS IS MY BLOG I DO WHAT I WANT.

THIS IS MY MOUTH I SPEAK WHAT I WANT.

THIS IS MY HAND I PUNCH WHO I WANT.

See? No can do.

So, on that note, happy blogging! =D