sometimes i forget that this is a public forum

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do you? i post stuff, then i realise at a later point that i have just put my personal feelings out there for any old person to see, whereas at the time of posting im thinking along the lines of " this is a place i can let it out to people i know and like"

― donna (donna), Thursday, 18 September 2003 06:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Yep, I do it all the time, Donna. Occasionally I wince after posting but most of the time I am very thankful to have this forum of pretty decent and understanding and accepting folks to interact with.

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Thursday, 18 September 2003 07:24 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah i've posted plenty of stuff i'd definately like to take back in hindsight. but this place is a lot of fun. i'll never be able to run for public office now though.

― Bob Shaw (Bob Shaw), Thursday, 18 September 2003 07:27 (twenty-two years ago)

*laughing* I wrote off public office as a possibility for myself a long time ago, I am proud to say.

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Thursday, 18 September 2003 07:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah I know what you mean, I have spoken about some personal stuff on here before, as you do forget & you just think that 'your friends' will be reading it. That said, I have never posted anything here that I am ashamed of, or that will come back to haunt me, so I guess it's no big deal. Although I do remember a thread where all the ladeez posted their monthly agony symptoms, which I am kinda shocked by now!! haha!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 18 September 2003 07:36 (twenty-two years ago)

old threads bug me a little, because i know how people judge you from first impressions. and i'm nowhere near as open now as i was then and there are a lot of things i wish i'd kept to myself.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Thursday, 18 September 2003 07:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I've always kept really personal things to myself, so fortunately I am not in that situ, but I can def sympathise Di!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 18 September 2003 07:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Urgh - I have some highly personal girl trouble related posts buried around here, all the more embarrassing since I've mostly made my peace with the girl in question. But I'm not one for regrets, so...

― Nathan W (Nathan Webb), Thursday, 18 September 2003 08:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I find myself getting a little too cheeky from time to time, all in good fun but not necessarily taken that way. I think everyone's learning these new rules of social interaction for this new medium, and often learning the hard way.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 18 September 2003 09:07 (twenty-two years ago)

i don't really regret anything i've ever posted, apart from the drunk stuff, obviously (bad thing about having friends who live across the atlantic - as they've probably only just got your earlier mail, you check yr inbox before bed, drop in on ile/ilm on the way and say STUPID things!). apart from one girl-related thread i started anonymously and then subsequently outed myself on, thanks to being a total technical fuckwit, there's nothing i'd want removed. also, in hindsight, i was surprised how lovely/concerned/helpful people were re that issue, so it's not so bad anyway, plus provided your comfortable saying what you're saying a bit of honesty about yourself is a good thing in a largely faceless "community" like this

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 18 September 2003 09:25 (twenty-two years ago)

No comment

― smee (smee), Thursday, 18 September 2003 09:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not one who is too bothered by anything I do say publiucally. I'll try and not mention the name of the co. I work for, for obvious reasons, nor things like my address or full name or the like. I've posted some personal things that could be seen as nasty/bitchy but I did them anonymously and it was probbaly obvious it was me anyway and really who cares anymore :(

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 19 September 2003 03:11 (twenty-two years ago)

the online world gettin' you down too eh trayce? if so i know what you're feelin'

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 19 September 2003 03:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Kind of yeah... not annoyed by anything anyones done, just feeling I really need some inspiring and I'm not getting it. Plus, browsing is letting me procrastinate too much from my creative worx...

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 19 September 2003 03:31 (twenty-two years ago)

you said it!!

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 19 September 2003 03:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Me and my insistence on using my real name. Jeez. All the stuff I've said around here...

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 19 September 2003 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)

i have trouble spilling the beans in truth. and then i admit something and i get accused of being a THROWBACK OCKER who would drive people to leave australia.

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 19 September 2003 03:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Ahh dont worry about it gaz :) As a mate of mine once said, "on the internet you live and die by your words" (or something similar) and I guess its easy to misinterpret a joke/parody such as what you did as real to someone who doesnt know you. I always use winkies or *grin* or something if I think I'll be misunderstood.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 19 September 2003 04:07 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks Trayce. and all i did was admit i have a juvenile snense of humour (ie laugh at the footy show)!

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 19 September 2003 09:44 (twenty-two years ago)

remind me not to post the pics of me when i was drunk & puking as an undergrad in 1996.

...oh wait.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 19 September 2003 11:53 (twenty-two years ago)

have I missed them? Damnit!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 19 September 2003 11:57 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, there was a link posted yesterday in one of the threads...

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 19 September 2003 12:14 (twenty-two years ago)

lemme see, lemme see, lemme see, lemme see.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 19 September 2003 12:19 (twenty-two years ago)

nope. gotta find it yourself, or find me in chat.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 19 September 2003 12:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Trayce, that's something a friend of mine says all the time. Hm.

― Chris P (Chris P), Friday, 19 September 2003 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Hee hee. I do recognize the public nature of this forum and I do also recognize just how much I've voluntarily spilled about myself on this public forum, but hey, this is my nature. I've never been one to be a Woman of Mystery and every time I try to be that I either fail miserably or end up appearing to be an ice princess, so obviously it'd be more favorable to do what comes naturally and be that open book.

― Legendary Nothingness (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 19 September 2003 21:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Sometimes I'd like to take back some of the things I've said (there's one thread in particular..) but mostly I figure hell with it. What I post on a message board isn't even a fraction of who I am.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 19 September 2003 21:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I just assume people will think it's some other Anthony Miccio.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 19 September 2003 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I suppose I am occasionally a little guarded about what I write on here(the reticence may in part stem from a lack of etiquette on my part, when I first posted here a year or so ago I put up some self-pitying thing or other about hating my job, and I'd only been here a couple of weeks. Asking for sympathy from people you don't know, albeit in an internet forum is still a bit silly. For the record, the thread got about three replies which were all derogatory and my lesson was learned). I'll only ever write good things about my girlfriend for example, when I'm feeling mean-spirited or seriously pissed off I'll generally keep it to myself. I'm actually a lot politer on here than I am IRL. That being said if I had something HUGE to worry about I would have no compunction about posting it here, in the safe assumption that the vast majority of regulars seem like decent, helpful, people.

― Matt (Matt), Friday, 19 September 2003 23:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I go by a pseudonym so I can say personal/work-related shit and still have a way to deny it's me. :)

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Sunday, 21 September 2003 04:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, me too. Though at least one ILXer knows, and probably if anyone cared to bother, it wouldn't be hard to figure out who I am (note: not D-Rog-a-t-is)

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 22 September 2003 13:58 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

^^^^ always wondered 'bout this guy???

― gershy, Thursday, 24 January 2008 05:48 (seventeen years ago)

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