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 During the summer of 2003, I had a summer job. I didn't like or dislike it, but I worked because I needed some kind of experience. I did mostly administrative work, on occasion web and graphic art work. I was well into writing online by then, writing about personal and daily things. I didn't really have a filter then, but that's how we are when we're young. I began reading Dooce before I started writing, so I was well aware of what being dooced meant. But for whatever reason, I thought I could get away with it because, well, I was young and thought I was crafty enough to elude anything and anyone. One day, a co-worker called me into his office. I walked in, thinking he was going to give me something to do but instead, he motioned me over to his computer monitor where I saw, in absolute horror, my blog on his screen. I think I stopped breathing for a few minutes. He looked at me and quietly said, "While there's nothing bad written here—it's entertaining—please take it off. Remove everything." He wasn't going to tell anyone, just our secret. I started breathing again and nodded. Within the next few days, I backed up all my writing and moved everything offline. I eventually resurfaced under a friend's kind hosting and, well, here I am. My writing has evolved through the years, and the way I write online now, I don't consciously hide or disguise things. I write so everyone can somehow relate, so that it's kind of universal. But I won't deny that the above incident shook me a little. So in Dooce's words: BE YE NOT SO STUPID. |
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Hi, my name is Amy. Be well, and say hello!
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I have a real fear of being dooced, and I try to keep what I blog about light and not too personal. I've definitely developed a filter, and while I know it's a good thing, and that in the years since I have become a stronger writer, I'll still never write the same way I did at seventeen.
You're scaring me, Amy. After finding out my website was showing up when my name was Googled, I took it down... but then I decided to put it back up after I got it removed from search engines and one of my friends convinced me, "Fuck everyone else, just write." I'd never thought about it affecting jobs though...