About the misuse of LJ, IM and Email...

Once you put something in writing, you no longer have control over where it goes. If you then put it anywhere out of your own hands, then you might as well publish it. Expecting the internet, in any form, to be private is, at best, not logical, and, at worst, delusional. (See posts below for original context.)

I wrote these several years ago, and while I would probably word them more gently now, I am amazed and saddened that it is still just as important today as then. I really do wish everyone who considers themselves a friend or a would-be friend of mine would read them:

Emotional Green-Stamping, Letter Bombs & Public Humiliation
and
Secrecy, Lies and the Internet

Dawn's Axioms

Thirteen of the most important things I have learned, and keep trying to learn, are: ( Dawn's Axioms )