Published Oct 8, 2003
What goes on a blog? It’s tempting to say “whatever I like.” But this is not true; the medium is a public one. Thus, content has to pass a kind of “smell test” — is what I write appropriate for everybody? Is it appropriate for those whom I know read the site? Is it appropriate for those whom I don’t know read the site? Is it appropriate for strangers? Is it appropriate for people who find this site through Google in five years?
In an entry I made a few days ago, the content was only appropriate (or useful) for a few ears. There was no reason it should’ve been on a public site. Why did I publish it? Well, a whole bunch of reasons, but reasons can become excuses and excuses aren’t useful.
So: I apologize to those about whom I wrote negatively a few days ago. I should not have impugned you in a public area, and I certainly should not have done so without talking to you first, offline, y’know, like folks have done for 30,000 years now. Now that I’ve talked to you, it’s clear that I was given incorrect information and based my opinions upon that. So not only was I wrong to write about what I felt, I shouldn’t have felt it.
I’ve deleted the entry, as I no longer believe it ever should have been in a public blog. Where does this leave juniorbird.com? Same place it was before. The abovementioned content was an unexpected topic to add to this site, and I don’t think there is a need for me to have a place to express the kinds of feelings I wrote about then. I’ve got happy, interesting content that I can mostly fill the site with. Well, not so much today, because today I woke up to Governor Schwarzenegger. But there will be jolly, amusing content other days.
Dude what did you write about that was inappropriate? Who was it about? Can you please post it again? Thanks!