[Publib] 1st Amendment Rights

[Lisa Guidarini]

Theresa, after reading your post another thought popped into my mind.
What about people who publish their unexpurgated memoirs? There are some
out there that are pretty raw. I expect there's some measure of
psychological freedom associated with getting all that out, and that it
helps others dealing with the same subjects. But I wonder how everyone
thinks that compares to things like blogging very personal things? Could
memoirs also come back to bite you?

 

Lisa Guidarini

 

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From: Theresa M. [mailto:niagarasailor at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:31 AM
To: Lisa Guidarini
Cc: Lynne Ingersoll; brad thomas; kristie_boucher at hotmail.com;
publib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Publib] 1st Amendment Rights

 

"Google keeps track of everything we search. Where does that go? Nobody
really knows."

Use a proxy server. From the safety of your own home. 

 

I'm going to throw my two cents in here and say that unless you're
someone really special, or have someone out to get you, no one really
cares what you write on the internet. I do keep many things private
because I'm a private person, and maybe future events will prove that
all those silly people posting things online made a biiiig mistake, but
I don't think that will happen. Googling my name pulls up very few
results actually related to me... And none I would particularly want to
hide. 

 

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Lisa Guidarini <lguidarini at aapld.org>
wrote:

If you admit to "playing hooky" from work one day, someone considering
hiring you may decide not to. Ditto if you say you're going on vacation,
or will be away from home. That's like telling the world - "Hey, my
house will be empty!"

 

It depends what you write. There may be consequences for anything. Then
again, there may not. That uncertainty is the unknown.

 

For me, I don't have a common name. I'm super easy to find. My brother
in law Googles me for fun sometimes, then quotes me back to me. It's
annoying, but not serious. And what if I Google a venereal disease?
Google keeps track of everything we search. Where does that go? Nobody
really knows. I could be Googling for an innocent reason. Or maybe not.
I could Google fascism, how to join Al Qaeda, anything at all, for
reference. But those keeping track don't know that.

 

Again, the unknown. It depends on your degree of trust. I have none.

 

Lisa

 

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From: Lynne Ingersoll [mailto:lingersoll at blueislandlibrary.org] 
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:32 PM
To: Lisa Guidarini; 'brad thomas'; kristie_boucher at hotmail.com 


Cc: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Publib] 1st Amendment Rights

 

Ok, I Googled myself.  I had to.  Found out there are quite a few other
people with my name.  They are probably more interesting than me.  There
were 778.000 hits.  I looked at the first 3 pages; I think 4 or 5 were
actually me.  Nothing inflammatory or derogatory.  Well, maybe my
Facebook photo, but it is actually me.  You just can't do anything on
the Internet without a sense of humor and fearlessness of consequences.
What's the worst that could happen?  Somebody might not like what I say?
Oh dear.....

 

Lynne S. Ingersoll

Lynne S. Ingersoll

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Technical Services Manager

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(708) 388-9301 Fax

 

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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Guidarini
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:39 AM
To: brad thomas; kristie_boucher at hotmail.com
Cc: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Publib] 1st Amendment Rights

 

But what we write on the internet stays forever. We may change our
opinions on anything, but just not write about it so the world can read
it so no one would know. The internet is forever. Other postings aren't.

 

Lisa

 

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