Comments on: Chilly climate for blogging? http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/chilly-climate-for-blogging/ Entomology. Gardening. Ranting. Nerdery. Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:45:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: thoughts from gut bacteria http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/chilly-climate-for-blogging/#comment-17927 thoughts from gut bacteria Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:03:37 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=859#comment-17927 <strong>Bad time for blogging...</strong> Swansont points out the physical/medical problems that come from blogging. A few days ago, Bug Girl blogged about some legal implications. (her etymology blog is great, btw) The above links are not the reason I haven’t been posting as much lately... Bad time for blogging…

Swansont points out the physical/medical problems that come from blogging.
A few days ago, Bug Girl blogged about some legal implications. (her etymology blog is great, btw)
The above links are not the reason I haven’t been posting as much lately…

]]> By: DougT http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/chilly-climate-for-blogging/#comment-17922 DougT Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:02:27 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=859#comment-17922 That's really unsettling. I blog under my own name and reveal a bunch of personal as well as professional stuff. My blog mentions where I work (though my boss is one of my readers, so it's not like I'm trying to hide anything here). Perhaps that's just part of the lesson that I've taken from being a gay man in the scineces. Hide nothing, and the malicious folks have that much less to hold over me. Still, this gives me quite a bit of pause. I hope you keep blogging, yours is one of the high points of my daily read. That’s really unsettling. I blog under my own name and reveal a bunch of personal as well as professional stuff. My blog mentions where I work (though my boss is one of my readers, so it’s not like I’m trying to hide anything here). Perhaps that’s just part of the lesson that I’ve taken from being a gay man in the scineces. Hide nothing, and the malicious folks have that much less to hold over me. Still, this gives me quite a bit of pause. I hope you keep blogging, yours is one of the high points of my daily read.

]]> By: Dave http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/chilly-climate-for-blogging/#comment-17911 Dave Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:06:56 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=859#comment-17911 Yes, "tremendous knowledge!" Think of it this way: your blog has appeal (to this reader anyway) because of the mixture of science, humor, and opinion that is unique to you. It ain't just a "pretty picture" blog...although I'm a fan of many of those too. I'm sure all those elements would remain if you weren't blogging, but fewer folks would see it. Yes, “tremendous knowledge!”

Think of it this way: your blog has appeal (to this reader anyway) because of the mixture of science, humor, and opinion that is unique to you.

It ain’t just a “pretty picture” blog…although I’m a fan of many of those too.

I’m sure all those elements would remain if you weren’t blogging, but fewer folks would see it.

]]> By: Peregrine http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/chilly-climate-for-blogging/#comment-17909 Peregrine Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:16:37 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=859#comment-17909 I know how you feel. I've read dozens of articles about how anonymity is becoming unnecessary, or a thing of the past. But every time I flirt with the idea of stepping out from behind the mask of my online handle, something comes up that makes me think I should stay anonymous for a little longer. And I'm not even a scientist. This is just basic stuff, like wanting find employment or something like that, without being Googled, and having years worth of forum and blog posts being taken into account. I know how you feel. I’ve read dozens of articles about how anonymity is becoming unnecessary, or a thing of the past. But every time I flirt with the idea of stepping out from behind the mask of my online handle, something comes up that makes me think I should stay anonymous for a little longer.

And I’m not even a scientist. This is just basic stuff, like wanting find employment or something like that, without being Googled, and having years worth of forum and blog posts being taken into account.

]]> By: Bug Girl http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/chilly-climate-for-blogging/#comment-17906 Bug Girl Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:20:32 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=859#comment-17906 Some of this navel-gazing on my part stems from my being indirectly "outed" to an online entomological community. The ESA isn't all that keen on me to begin with, since I"m not a proper faculty member; having a blog where I routinely say certain folks are full of it isn't really helping. Of course, it isn't really anything I haven't said to their face; and I also knew this could happen going into making an effort to be a more visible blogger. I'm sort of at a turning point in my career in a lot of ways, and of course I choose to work it all out in public :D And--"tremendous knowledge"? He he he he. Some of this navel-gazing on my part stems from my being indirectly “outed” to an online entomological community. The ESA isn’t all that keen on me to begin with, since I”m not a proper faculty member; having a blog where I routinely say certain folks are full of it isn’t really helping.

Of course, it isn’t really anything I haven’t said to their face; and I also knew this could happen going into making an effort to be a more visible blogger.

I’m sort of at a turning point in my career in a lot of ways, and of course I choose to work it all out in public :D

And–”tremendous knowledge”?
He he he he.

]]> By: Dave http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/chilly-climate-for-blogging/#comment-17905 Dave Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:56:56 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=859#comment-17905 I can sympathize with you BG. My blog is a direct offshoot of my business website, so I try to stick mainly to work related themes. (Trust me, there are times when I'd love to weigh in on plenty of other topics!) I think writing on a blog is similar to any other form of speech. You can't say (or write) whatever you want - ask how Kathleen Turner feels today after her recent experience! You have tremendous knowledge, and with that comes perhaps a higher level of responsibility. It would be a shame if you stopped writing because of this. If anything this is when people with convictions need to hang on! Remember...anyone with a couple hundred bucks and a lawyer can file suit. It's like the bogey-man. Scary, but kind of empty when you get right down to it. "Talents that are not shared are not talents!" :) I can sympathize with you BG. My blog is a direct offshoot of my business website, so I try to stick mainly to work related themes. (Trust me, there are times when I’d love to weigh in on plenty of other topics!)

I think writing on a blog is similar to any other form of speech. You can’t say (or write) whatever you want – ask how Kathleen Turner feels today after her recent experience!

You have tremendous knowledge, and with that comes perhaps a higher level of responsibility. It would be a shame if you stopped writing because of this. If anything this is when people with convictions need to hang on!

Remember…anyone with a couple hundred bucks and a lawyer can file suit. It’s like the bogey-man. Scary, but kind of empty when you get right down to it.

“Talents that are not shared are not talents!”

:)

]]> By: Kathleen Seidel Has Received a Sub-Poena: Streisand, Spartacus, Shoemaker, They Start with S and End the Same Way « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/chilly-climate-for-blogging/#comment-17904 Kathleen Seidel Has Received a Sub-Poena: Streisand, Spartacus, Shoemaker, They Start with S and End the Same Way « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:57:57 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=859#comment-17904 [...] absurd (mention) Bronze Dog of The Bronze Blog Anti-Vaxxer Thuggery (mention) Bug Girl (eponymous) Chilly climate for blogging? dkmnow (eponymous) Shoemaker’s Witch-Hunt: An Open Letter (dkmnow is a little hurt to have been [...] [...] absurd (mention) Bronze Dog of The Bronze Blog Anti-Vaxxer Thuggery (mention) Bug Girl (eponymous) Chilly climate for blogging? dkmnow (eponymous) Shoemaker’s Witch-Hunt: An Open Letter (dkmnow is a little hurt to have been [...]

]]> By: valown http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/chilly-climate-for-blogging/#comment-17903 valown Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:57:17 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=859#comment-17903 That is sad, but unfortunately not surprising in this day and age. I try to keep myself as anonymous as I can on my site and I don't even write anything particularly confrontational. My problem is someone finding out where I work. I write very positive things about my work experience, but you never know if someone is going to read something into what you've written that isn't there. For that reason and a couple others I've decided recently to start a whole new blog that is even more anonomous than the current one. In the end though if someone wants to find out who you are they probably can. I hope you keep writing. That is sad, but unfortunately not surprising in this day and age. I try to keep myself as anonymous as I can on my site and I don’t even write anything particularly confrontational. My problem is someone finding out where I work. I write very positive things about my work experience, but you never know if someone is going to read something into what you’ve written that isn’t there. For that reason and a couple others I’ve decided recently to start a whole new blog that is even more anonomous than the current one. In the end though if someone wants to find out who you are they probably can. I hope you keep writing.

]]> By: dissfunktional http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/chilly-climate-for-blogging/#comment-17900 dissfunktional Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:09:28 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=859#comment-17900 EFF site has badges; after reading this, I just placed one on my blog. I found them here: http://w2.eff.org/bloggers/badges/ (EFF's goal is to give you a basic roadmap to the legal issues you may confront as a blogger, to let you know you have rights, and to encourage you to blog freely with the knowledge that your legitimate speech is protected.) EFF site has badges; after reading this, I just placed one on my blog. I found them here:
http://w2.eff.org/bloggers/badges/

(EFF’s goal is to give you a basic roadmap to the legal issues you may confront as a blogger, to let you know you have rights, and to encourage you to blog freely with the knowledge that your legitimate speech is protected.)

]]> By: dissfunktional http://membracid.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/chilly-climate-for-blogging/#comment-17899 dissfunktional Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:44:22 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/?p=859#comment-17899 http://w2.eff.org/bloggers/ They help bloggers when this crap strikes. This is just unbelievable. Like sueing a laundry mat for millions over a pair of pants. Like sueing a restaurant because you spilled coffee on your own self. Stupid people shouldn't breed. http://w2.eff.org/bloggers/

They help bloggers when this crap strikes. This is just unbelievable. Like sueing a laundry mat for millions over a pair of pants. Like sueing a restaurant because you spilled coffee on your own self. Stupid people shouldn’t breed.

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