Private Blogging: Who does it...

private blogging..hmm. yeah , yup, it does make sense. I think a lot of people do it.

But sometimes I just need that privacy...that privacy that allows me to be 110% me....

That's what I have a diary for. Flagged "private" or not, I wouldn't transmit anything I didn't want anyone to see. You never know what could go wrong.


"Custom audience" is the closest I've gotten to "private blogging." For a while I had a "trusted bloggers" group for whom I would write articles I didn't care to share with the world in general. Then most of my "trusted bloggers" either left or got exiled. One got into a snit with me. By the time it was just about down to only kingbee and me, I pulled the plug. At that point I may as well just be emailing.

The only other use I've had for "private" articles is when I wanted something to have a specific date but wasn't finished with it. I've put up a place holder and made it public later. I've also done that with an occasional article I felt like "sneaking in." I've left them private till they've scrolled off the "most recent" list then made them public.

I have a large number of blogs that are for my eyes only. well the eyes of colleen too.

I have several, but not a lot.  More likely I use either Custom Audiences, or just not posted to the Forums.

I've done a few, but it's mostly cases of ranting/venting or just plain contrariness.

Usually, those that I mark private, I don't end up submitting and just let them flow off my back.

~~private blogging..hmm. yeah , yup, it does make sense. I think a lot of people do it.~~

Not sure if you know what I mean. The audience I am mostly "speaking" to consists of regular Forum users...and it has me wondering which of us use the "private" option...

~~That's what I have a diary for.~~

Yep, I kept a journal myself for many, many years...but I love the options that this site gives me...I can choose at the drop of a hat whether I want my writing private, semi-private, or publicized for the blogging world to see...

~~I have a large number of blogs that are for my eyes only. well the eyes of colleen too.~~

Ah, well that is the most important type of audience, isn't it.

~~I have several, but not a lot. More likely I use either Custom Audiences, or just not posted to the Forums.~~

I have yet to use the custom audience. The "regular" blog thing I have done, though.

~I've done a few, but it's mostly cases of ranting/venting or just plain contrariness. ~

Same here...it's not regularly that I do it, but I am thinking I should take advantage of it more often.

~~I keep my private thoughts on word documents, what I write here is for public consumption and scrutiny.~~

I actually do have some unpublished blogs (unfinished ones, too) that I have in one of my desktop folders...they might just stay there permanently.

I keep a diary. I don't use the private blogging at all. I've only ever not put anything on the forum once I think. But most of my writing I do for others to read and get feed back on. It helps my thought process especially when there's something really bothering me.

I actually do have some unpublished blogs (unfinished ones, too) that I have in one of my desktop folders...they might just stay there permanently.

Oh I have quite a few of these! I haven't gotten the chance to put them on the computer yet. I keep a journal of ideas and thoughts that sometimes lead to blogging topics!

I have never used it. If I want it to be private it will never hit the web, and likely will never hit any digital format. Easier to keep track of a physical copy.

I don't private blog, but there's a valuable possibility in private blogging that a lot of people don't consider.

If the blog service is dependable, you can store your writing on their server rather than your own hard drive, until you need it later. Their server is usually more secure than your own system.

Just one of many possibilities.

I have yet to use the custom audience. The "regular" blog thing I have done, though.

It is a hassle as you have to create the group and maintain it, but it has its purpose.

If the blog service is dependable, you can store your writing on their server rather than your own hard drive, until you need it later. Their server is usually more secure than your own system.

Actually doing both is a good idea.  People use to laugh at me when I would save my programs (when I was one of those!) to a floppy to take home, the network, and my hard drive!

But I did not lose any.

Sometimes I write an article, post it, and then will make it private for personal reasons....

that doesn't happen too often though.

FS~~I keep a journal of ideas and thoughts that sometimes lead to blogging topics!~~

Now, that's a neat idea...

BD~~If I want it to be private it will never hit the web, and likely will never hit any digital format. Easier to keep track of a physical copy.~~

That's passed my mind, too...but besides fellow JUsers, my b/f and my sister, no other people know that I even blog on here, so it's not too much of a worry for me, at least not yet.

Gideon ~~If the blog service is dependable, you can store your writing on their server rather than your own hard drive, until you need it later. Their server is usually more secure than your own system.~~

DG~~Actually doing both is a good idea. People use to laugh at me when I would save my programs (when I was one of those!) to a floppy to take home, the network, and my hard drive!~~

Well, better safe than sorry, doc. I do both...I have yet to delete any articles, and actually enjoy looking through them once in a while (just like I would a regular diary)...and most of what I have written is still in my hard drive.

~~Sometimes I write an article, post it, and then will make it private for personal reasons....~~

I think I did that once...posted one then decided to "hide" it later on.

Some of my private blogs are so private that not only have you not seen them, I haven't even seen them. Now that is private.

I'm only kidding I have no private blogs, and if I did you know you could see them.
Hell, you seen my privates many of times. Wait! That didn't come out right.

I used to do that a lot when I had a lot of stuff I had to get out of my head that I didn't want to share with others.

I've also done a custom audience article or two.

They are nice options to have, and sometimes you need to write something down, but it's too personal to share or share with folks beyond the ones you trust. Or sometimes it's something no one else would really be interested in reading about.

I could just save that kinda stuff on my PC, but it's nice to have it all organized in one central location (my blog).

PS - A HUGE chunk of my articles are marked as private now due to a melt-down I had nearly a year ago. They aren't personal, but are stuff I posted to the forums and then later made private. I could un-private them, but it would take A LOT of time and effort. Meh.

Some of my private blogs are so private that not only have you not seen them, I haven't even seen them. Now that is private.

Leave it to you to do a Don Adams routine!

--Leave it to you to do a Don Adams routine!--

Don't you dare "Get Smart" with me, Doc!

--Leave it to you to do a Don Adams routine!-- Don't you dare "Get Smart" with me, Doc!

"Missed it by that [] much!"

I'll use a private blog to save a work in progress "just in case" if I'm going to be busy on other things. Another good thing is to e-mail a word document as an attatchment to yourself.

TW~~They are nice options to have, and sometimes you need to write something down, but it's too personal to share or share with folks beyond the ones you trust. Or sometimes it's something no one else would really be interested in reading about.I could just save that kinda stuff on my PC, but it's nice to have it all organized in one central location (my blog).~~


Nothing like good 'ol fashioned pen and paper journal writing, but yes, like you, I do like the options of publishing my stuff or not, and of keeping everything in one place.

~~Another good thing is to e-mail a word document as an attatchment to yourself.~~

hmmm...nice idea. Never thought of that one for my blogs.

UDig~~Some of my private blogs are so private that not only have you not seen them, I haven't even seen them. Now that is private.
I'm only kidding. I have no private blogs, and if I did you know you could see them. Hell, you seen my privates many of times. Wait! That didn't come out right.~~

now you've gone and made me blush.