The danger of treating a weblog like an online diary is the danger of posting your diary on the Internet:
"Amanda Lenhart, a researcher at Pew who tracks young people’s Internet habits, says she’s increasingly hearing stories about the perils of posting the equivalent of a diary online.
"She heard from one man whose niece was a college student looking for a job. Out of curiosity, he typed his niece’s name into a search engine and quickly found her blog, with a title that began ‘The Drunken Musings of ….’
"’He wrote to her and said, "You may want to think about taking this down,"’ said Lenhart, chuckling."
As with any new toy, most people eventually learn how to play with it appropriately. But one does have to wonder why anyone would think it appropriate to create a blog titled "The Drunken Musings of …" and insert their real name.
