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I haven't been online much yesterday or today -- my Internet connection was acting up, and I've been at Marscon. I returned this evening to find much of LJ in a tizzy over some service that would make friendslocked posts public, or something along those lines.

I don't think I've yet put up a friendslocked post. I mostly use friend-ing as a reading list, rather than a list of All the People Who Get to Know Secrets About My Life. But I respect the privacy of those who do use the friendslock feature. I can think of examples where violating confidentiality would be the Right Thing to Do (such as stopping a suicide attempt, to use an example that comes up sometimes in online communities) but doing so for pure entertainment value -- yuck. No, I don't do that, nor would I, nor will I.

I do think it's a good idea for people to remember, when posting online, that the Internet is an extraordinarily public, extensively archived space. I try to remember, each time I post, that my in-laws could be reading this and I wouldn't know. (My parents, however, have big mouths, and would be able to read for maybe a day and a half before they spilled the beans. I'm kind of amazed that they haven't tracked it down yet. Clearly they don't realize the extent to which I use this journal to talk about Molly and Kiera.)