[Air-L] public/private [part 1 of 2]

[Conor Schaefer]

My first thought was that if jcu is genuinely interested in blogging in 
private, yes, use a freaking word processor offline, as Sarah noted. 
Failing that, at least place the blog behind a password. This is a /very 
/trivial procedure (just log in your cpanel and add a password to the 
blog directory). If the blog author does not do even this, I'm sorry, I 
simply do not believe there's an interest in privacy.

Stop having sex in front of the huge picture window in the living room, 
curtains thrown open. (You can pry my real-world analogies from my cold, 
dead hands.)

Conor

Jeremy Hunsinger wrote:
> I would advise you to remove your blogs then because it is very  
> likely that if it is linked to anywhere or hosted on a major blogging  
> platform that it is in one of the research compediums of blogs.  if  
> we can find it through google blogsearch or technorati, then it is  
> likely it is in one or more research collections.
>
> it is not that you are putting up a window...   it is that you are  
> sending out broadsheets and posters on the fence, on the side of your  
> house, probably into public mailboxes, etc. etc..   i don't have to  
> look into the window to see what you've done, i can take photos from  
> the street, comment on the architecture, etc.  If i
>
> a disclaimer won't really solve your issue either, it might be  
> respected, but only if you do it in a machine readable way.  a  
> robot.txt file excluding all search engines will go much farther than  
> a disclaimer.
> On Aug 13, 2007, at 7:15 AM, jcu wrote:
>
>   
>> Thank you for your reply here.
>> Here is a personal anecdote ...
>>
>>
>> I keep a few blogs because I use the blog format
>> as a writing tool. Although I do allow comments,
>> I do not actively solicit commenters (ie. I do not 'blog'
>> by visiting others' blogs and dropping comments on
>> their sites to get them to visit mine). Nor do I often
>> respond to any comments that may get left on my blogs
>> (ie. I do not encourage blog traffic or blog noise).
>> The main purpose of my blogs is to use them as writing
>> tools, for me to 'see' my writing 'published' for the sake
>> of playing with literary form and visual design.
>>
>> My blogs are for me, even if, every once in a
>> while, someone discovers them. But based on your comments,
>> I will now add a disclaimer to the bottom of my blog which
>> states "No research here".
>>
>> It would be highly unethical to me if any researcher quietly
>> observed my blogs for the sake of "research".  Like someone
>> peering through an open window in the name of research and
>> claiming the contents of the window as 'public domain'
>> (even though I do not publish my actual name anywhere on my
>> blogs, nor do I write any questionable material that names
>> or harms others). If a researcher were to reveal their presence
>> and their research agenda to me, I would say no without
>> hesitation. If they refused, I would immediately remove my blogs.
>>
>> The point is, you can't assume anything about anything
>> in virtual space.
>>
>> respectfully,
>> jcu
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Lois Ann Scheidt" <lscheidt at indiana.edu>
>> To: <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
>> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 7:21 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Air-L] public/private [part 1 of 2]
>>     
>
> jeremy hunsinger
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> School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee  
> (www.cipr.uwm.edu)
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