Not sure at what point one would run out of content but "The Atheist Dollar" actually sounds like a great blog idea ....
Steve
· 2 months ago
@guinness416: After "How to Manage Billions and Billions of Dollars Like Carl Sagan" I'm not sure where I could go with it :)
jayme
· 2 months ago
I had never really given it much thought before reading this, but this is actually something i have struggled a lot with. esspecially with running a personal finance blog (as in my finances, and how i handle them) i have found it increasingly difficult to remain anonomous, especially since i want to create a sense of familiarity between me and my readers. I am still working on drawing a line about what topics i should avoid (religion) and what topics to include (like my hobbies). cause while i do not want to offend any readers i want them to know at least some part of who i am.
Curmudgeon
· 2 months ago
Steve, if I so desired, I could undoubtedly find out who you were and get fairly detailed information of you, your family, and your finances. The Internet is like that.
However, I grew up in an era when voyeurism meant a very specific thing, and was both extremely inappropriate and in some ways illegal. And you know, it is much more interesting and satisfying finding out something about someone else if they volunteer it as a part of conversation, rather than by visiting a few websites. There is give and take that lets all parties build a relationship.
So I applaud your setting limits. You may know that what I do for a living is rather public (just googled my real name and found 100K hits), which is one reason I am anonymous here. A while back that got me into some difficulty with an employer who believed I was also doing work for their competition. There is no good answer here, but we have to strive for is a balance we think we can live with.
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I am still working on drawing a line about what topics i should avoid (religion) and what topics to include (like my hobbies). cause while i do not want to offend any readers i want them to know at least some part of who i am.
However, I grew up in an era when voyeurism meant a very specific thing, and was both extremely inappropriate and in some ways illegal. And you know, it is much more interesting and satisfying finding out something about someone else if they volunteer it as a part of conversation, rather than by visiting a few websites. There is give and take that lets all parties build a relationship.
So I applaud your setting limits. You may know that what I do for a living is rather public (just googled my real name and found 100K hits), which is one reason I am anonymous here. A while back that got me into some difficulty with an employer who believed I was also doing work for their competition. There is no good answer here, but we have to strive for is a balance we think we can live with.