Personal & Weblogs 22 Aug 2005 04:10 pm
A Blog Policy
Someone had asked me why I have said in my blog, on many occasions, "a friend of mine," without identifying them. This made me realize that some people reading this blog might not realize that this is completely deliberate. Since I rarely ask for permission to post things about people, and I am almost always posting about events and experiences from my point of view, it is my policy never to identify people, even by first name, unless there is a specific reason to identify them (basically because they have a blog/website/other public thing of their own I am referencing.) And I choose not to directly blog about my family, because it’s pretty obvious/easy to find out who they are.
This is a public blog. Many people in my life are private, and don’t have their own blogs/websites, etc. I’d rather not drag them into my own public sphere, unless they want me to.