Chapter 2
Entering the Blogosphere
IN THIS CHAPTER
Knowing what you're getting into
Realizing what happens when you publish
Blogging with standards
Keeping your job while blogging
Staying out of hot water with Mom
Protecting your identity online
If you put something on a public blog, anyone can read it. Blogs, like all public websites, are accessible anywhere in the world at any time, and anyone with unlimited access to the Internet can read it. (Many blog platforms do allow privacy settings or password protection; if you use these options, you have more — but not foolproof — assurance of privacy.)
And, as with all public websites, people can print, duplicate, and fax blog posts, tape them to lampposts, distribute them to a class, or post them on social networking websites such as Facebook. A reader of your blog can even copy and paste the text of your blog posts into a text editor ...
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