Names
One of my friends has asked me not to use their name in the blog. Actually, it's not even their real name but they don't even want me using that. Many of you use the "first initial only" method of indentifying people in your blogs. Personally, I think this looks pretty lame and doesn't really improve the matter of privacy over using the "first name only" method, which is what I use. I don't want to switch to the "first initial only" method, but at the same time, I wish to respect the privacy of my friends in the way they would like.
So I came upon a compromise.
I'm just going to make up names. Nobody who isn't a friend of ours cares what our names are anyway. And if you really can't figure out who I'm talking about, you can just e-mail or call me and ask if you're a friend of mine. Besdies, this will allow me to mangle some nicknames up for people. He heh heh. Oh and the names are not going to be consistent either... I'm just going to make up a name every time so your name may be different from one entry to another.
Comments
Sounds good to me.
Posted by: C | November 4, 2002 3:03 PM
Just refer to me as vince
Posted by: vince | November 4, 2002 3:04 PM
Wow. What an incredibly annoying concept. ;) What's your take on the issue? Are we allowed to use your name? (i.e. should I go back and start searching for every occurance of your name in my blog?)
Posted by: freesia | November 5, 2002 7:11 PM