How to Dissuade Yourself from Becoming a Blogger
What a buzz all the bloggers are making these days! It seems like just about everybody is pouring their musings into a text box. Are you feeling tempted to start a blog of your own? Here are some ways to bypass the trend.
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The information you post on the Internet is likely to linger for years and years to come, as web pages are archived by "snapshot" services like the Wayback Machine. Once it's out there, you can't take it back. An employer running a Google search on your name years down the line might be turned off by your now documented obsession with your cat.
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On Sep 18, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
"Jordan & I have gotten several requests lately to delete posts from the lbo-talk archive. This is a lot of work for Jordan, and in most cases, we're not going to do it. He doesn't get paid to host the list, the archives, or my radio archives, and he's already massively generous enough with his time and bandwidth. If something is going to cause you trouble, don't post it, or post it anonymously. Sorry to be so harsh, but this is the price of living in a google-able world."
Marta Russell wrote:
"OK what would he charge me? Is that a possibility? wish I had just thought first."