Comments on: who am i?

By: badassdadblog

badassdadblog — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:16:21 +0000

Some of the comments on this post were lost in the move from Blogger to WordPress. Until I figure out how to fix that, you can read them here.

By: My Bottle's Up!

My Bottle's Up! — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:55:48 +0000

such a good post! very thought-provoking… i put it alllllll out there. well, in terms of me and my son. i have to censor some stuff with my husband because of his work. but the way i see it, it's my blog… so i'll write about what i want to write about and if i happen to be writing about someone else or a topic that concerns someone else, i do ask their permission. i'm not a total dickface about it. but yeah, i put myself out there, wear my heart on my sleeve… love me or leave me.

By: Nenette AM

Nenette AM — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:07:53 +0000

I don't often use my last name online, but I haven't gone out of my way to keep it secret. I don't use my husband's and kids' names in my blog or anywhere else I write online, but I -- like you -- link to my blog on Facebook where I do use their real names.

I have on occasion fantasized about starting up a new completely anonymous blog.

Ah, yes, business cards. I should get on that myself one of these days...

By: JustMiss

JustMiss — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:00:00 +0000

If you google my name, married or maiden, you won't find my blog. You wont find my twitter. You wont find my flickr. The only thing that will come up is Facebook. On Facebook, you will find my flickr but not twitter or my blog. Flickr connects me to nothing actually. The reason for this is that I don't need my ex finding me or any part of my online life. If he found me on Facebook, he'd have to request to be my friend before he saw anything. I have co-workers on facebook but like I said, no blog or twitter connection there. My parents and some co-workers know I blog and twitter but they haven't asked for the URL and I haven't given it up either. I'm fine with that. I enjoy my small degree of being anon because I CAN say what I want.

I'd say that unless you want to make money off this here blog, or use it as writing example, I'd leave it off your professional resumes or business cards. But that's just me.

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:05:34 +0000

This is a REALLY great post. I wish I had some greatly written response, bu alas it is early in the morn. But I couldn't not let you know that this is pretty darn brilliant.

I say that you keep your blog to yourself, your friends, your famlily and keep work out of it unless that's the type of work you go into.

It's just a weird line these days and everybody's different about blogs, etc.

But you do what feels right to you.

By: Al_Pal

Al_Pal — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:35:42 +0000

There are streams that don't cross, for sure.
I've been debating for a LONG time whether to let more RL friends join me on twitter with this handle, and I still just don't know.
The semi-anonymity I have there is pretty fun.
But sometimes I want to be more connected, to more people, and have more late-night tweeps, which would be maybe-easy if I added people from more sections of my life. Hrmph.

By: Maura

Maura — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:54:12 +0000

The various versions of me are not fully integrated, and I like it that way. I have one calling card for my blog (also Twitter) and a separate one for my everyday me. I would not consider putting my blog URL on a card to give a prospective employer unless it was directly related to the "me" online (which is highly unlikely).

My boss does not know I blog, but then she has made no effort to get to know me, so that's no real surprise.

My mom isn't on Facebook, nor is any of the rest of my small family, so I don't have to deal with that. But very few of my friends on FB are those outside my blog & Twitter friends.

There are streams that I simply do not allow to cross, and while it's important to me, I recognize that it's not important to everyone. I'm a lot more "me" on Twitter than anywhere else online.

By: notdrowning

notdrowning — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:09:50 +0000

Very interesting post, Mr Badass. And wonderfully written to boot.

I fall into the "assumed name" category of blogs - although I've toyed with the idea of

This was because a) my real name is one of the most google-able names on the planet and b) I'm writing about my children and other people's children.

However, just because I'm writing under The NDM cloak of disguise, I don't feel this gives me license to write whatever the hell I like about other people.

I try to only write those things I would be comfortable talking about face-to-face with the people involved. And more often than not, I check with people before using their material, although I have a core group of friends who pretty much entrust me with their lives (they obviously don't read the blog very often).

Of course I've mis-stepped along that rocky blog path - upset a couple of people along the way - will probably upset a few more. Alas, the nature of blogging, of writing, of being...

The business card thing is an interesting dilemma. I think you made the right decision - was going to write "the write decision" but then probably would have hated myself for being such a stupid punster for the rest of the day, even if I am a largely anonymous stupid punster.

The end, by me.

By: pamelaperez

pamelaperez — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:05:34 +0000

wow very interesting..

Yes I'm friends with my mom on FB, on myspace, and hi5 but only because I have to and I feel she would get her feelings hurt if I didnt add her. The good thing is that my family doesnt know about twitter, or if they do know about it, they havent joined yet, THANK GOD, by the way.

I find that my personality on myspace and facebook is different from my twitter one. On twitter, its just I tweet whatever the hell I want and whenever the fuck I want. No restrictions. No hiding.

Twitter and blog me is the same person. or should I say me. except that in my blog I dont cuss as much as I do in Twitter, because I know that some of my family reads my blog. Why? No fuckin idea.