Fearing what you say will be read by people you didn't want to read it.

United States
July 5, 2011 8:59am CST
I used to have an online diary, I typed every single word of my day in it when I got home from whatever and I always thought in the back of my mind, "What if he/she were to read this? What would they think?" so one day, spur of the moment I decided to make it public and then I got comments on it like "Your life is so interesting" these people were not people I knew in real life, but it was just weird. I didn't even know how to react so I completely deleted my account on the site. Has this ever happened to you? Do you fear unwanted readers?
3 responses
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
15 Jul 11
yes. I fear unwanted readers. that is why when some people write very personal messages openly here I use to wonder about the courage they have. I have not deleted any diary/site for this purpose because I had none. good day.
• United States
10 Jul 11
I use my blog as an online journal/diary sort of thing. I could care less about making money with a blog. However, I do like to write and getting my thoughts out on paper or the computer screen often helps me to process and deal with things. I also find that a lot of people find reading about others to be interesting and oftentimes someone that is going through a rough patch in their life can read something and find that their life is not as bad as it seems. There are some things that I write about that I am worried about certain people reading. However, I have found a way to where I do not have to worry about who is reading it or having the wrong person see it. I simply do not use my real name in my posts. Sometimes, I will write anonymously. Other times I use a screen name that is nothing like my regular name or my regular screen names that I use. This has worked in preventing the wrong people from knowing that I am writing about them.
• India
5 Jul 11
I have never experienced this kind of problems but There is no problem in others reading your diary If you do not have a problem. If you have not done anything wrong or If you have not written anything there that you dont want to tell to any one else Then there is no problem in that