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Until blog do us part
: Blogs are not a marital aid:
Dear Harriette: When my wife gets mad at me, she writes on her Web site what I did wrong that day. We are in counseling, but sometimes my words will be twisted around on the site. She tells me not to go to the site, but I know one of our neighbors does and I want to know what is being said about me on a public Web site. Any advice? — Tom, Texas
[via Blog Herald]
This “bloggles” the mind. I’ve never quite grasped the idea that people think they can put up invisible barriers for who reads their blog — kids who say parents aren’t allowed to read theirs, employees who think employers aren’t reading, spouses or partners who ask or tell their other halfs to stay away. I can see warning someone that staying away might make them feel better but isn’t transparency one of the points of blogging?
That wife should be doing it anonymously, or in a friends-only access environment. Otherwise she’s headed for a Google-induced train wreck.
The parental issue is a more complex one. I seriously wish there was a technological way to keep parents from stumbling across your weblog… for now telling search engines to go away in the headers is the only thing I’ve come up with.
I guess you could ban ips originating from your ISP or something..
But the advantage of being totally identifiable is that you don’t post anything that would get you into a mess.
Tom,
There are many attorneys with blogs. Perhaps one can give you a referral and you can start to save on the counseling bills.
That, my friends, is nothing:
http://www.badmarriageblog.blogspot.com/
As I mentioned on my site, this man requires medical attention.
So, does that mean that any divorce attorney worth her fee will have to do an search on blogs to find incriminating info in the future? Beautiful.
J
I wouldn’t want to stay married to someone who posts intimate details of our relationship for all the world to see. Kin you say . . . . triangulating?