Who knows that you blog?
Question for the audience: Do you tell people you blog?
I was reflecting on this recently, after I inadvertently mentioned to a colleague that I had blogged about a topic a few days earlier. That, of course, started the questioning from them: Oh, what's it called? What do you write about? Can I see it?
I reluctantly recited the web address. I have no idea if they did/will look. But then I wondered: Why was I so restrained to promote my blog to a real-life-person-type.
Public is Public
I totally accept that everything I say online is Public. I often remind people that what they are saying on the socials could haunt them in the future. Nothing is really private on the internet.
My test for what I recount online is simple:
Would I stand in the middle of a town-square, and proclaim this to anyone who stops to listen?
If the answer is No, then I would not write it online.
Nothing to hide
I've therefore nothing to hide in what I have said. I stand by it all.
So why do I not tell people that I blog?
I'm not sure I have the answer! I am not ashamed. I just feel that this is my little outlet, that requires no discussion with my friends or family! My other-half knows I blog but has never once asked what I blog about, or what the address is!
I appreciate some people like to be anonymous when blogging. That's their choice. I am an open book. You can ask me anything and I will reply honestly, as long as it conforms to my town-square rule.
Back to you: Do you tell people you blog?