naming ceremony

Sometimes when we blog, we talk about gatherings, meetings, events, happenings, etc. Then some names will appear, some with hyperlinks to blogs, and sometimes we include photographs.

I realize that doing so may not be something that they like. They may not want their face to appear, they may not want their name disclosed, or they may not want their employers to find out that they have been talking to crappy big-mouthed bloggers.

It is not the first time that people request me to take down contents from my blog. Sometimes they ask nicely, sometimes they demand with that whole-world-owes-me face. Sometimes it can be a battle between upholding your blogger's dignity vs losing your friend. It's not about intending malice or cooking up stories, nowadays facts can be harmful. Things like "I had dinner with miss spicycrap last night" can make people unhappy as well.

Oh, and some friends are very paranoid about talking to me in real life. They are scared that I will write about them in my blog. One guy told me he reads my blog regularly cos he wants to see if I have written anything bad about him. -_-" I thought not naming them would help, but it doesn't. They will own up themselves by telling others that I wrote about them or replying to the entry, when I didn't even say who or mention name.

Oh well. it seems safer to talk about non-living things.