The other changes I've made are changes that have been made out of necessity. First, the content of my blog will be somewhat different than it has been. In the past I've blogged about my experiences with my extended family. However, their church recently found my blog and felt it was more important to know who I am than to address the content in my blog. This has presented some issues for my extended family and I have decided that I will not write posts that specifically deal with them so as not to cause problems for them with their church. I'll still write about my personal experiences with other people, my opinions on different things, and secular parenting, and other fun stuff :)
Also, I received a comment on a couple of my previous posts today where the commenter used my initials. When I first started this blog, I was not as careful at protecting my identity. However, considering situations that other atheist bloggers have been through recently, I have decided that I must stay as anonymous as possible to protect my kids. I know that this is a little too late, but I'm going to do the best I can. So, I have a new commenting rule: You may NOT use any identifying information when addressing me in your comments. If you do, I will edit those things out. If it becomes a habit with a certain commenter, I will not allow comments from that person anymore. I would hope that any parent would understand and respect my wishes in regards to this. I cannot control who will read my blog, but I can control how much information about me is released.
I'm still trying to decide how to deal with comments while I'm on vacation. I'm hoping to schedule a few posts while we're gone. But, I won't always have internet access to view comments as they're made. So, at this point, I'm thinking that I will either need to disable comments or set them up for moderation. I'm thinking about it...and will be sure to write a post before we leave letting everyone know what I decide. I'm still open to suggestions, so if you have any let me know :)
Sorry this is such a boring post, I just wanted to acknowledge the changes being made and the reasons behind them. Here's an optical illusion to make this a little more interesting :)
"Co-op"
Circles appear to rotate. An op effect (scintillating lustre) is also include
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2 comments:
I would just like to point out that if you wish, you can most definitely control who sees your blog. Also, I'm sorry that it's necessary for you to take these steps, and this trend seems to be rising with atheists. Atheist bloggers seem to be put into a position to reveal little about their true identities. I just use the name enshoku due to an old RPC of mine though, though I pretty much refrain from topics involving family or friends.
Good luck continuing your blog.
I didn't know I could control who views the blog...I don't want to have to do that, but it's good to know that it's an option.
It's unfortunate that the expression of our opinions can cause such problems. If I didn't have children, I wouldn't be as worried about my anonymity. However, I have no idea who might read my blog and history has shown us that religion can inspire people to do crazy things. After I read about Possummomma's recent incident, I became a little more worried. I have no idea what happened, but if it warranted an early end to a vacation, I know it is something I want to avoid.
I have fun blogging and learn something new about it every day. So, I definitely plan on continuing at this point. I'll just be a little more careful :)
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