Gothamist: Ethical Blog Reading by Randy Cohen

Cheshire

Tue, 24 Jun 2003 03:08:15 -0500

Um, apparently "??1/4??\" is elite-speak for "Good to know..." I hadn't seen that one in any of the L337 5P34K compendia.

Cheshire

Tue, 24 Jun 2003 02:59:59 -0500

??�??\know Randy Cohen is familiar with the world of online journals. Now, if only he'd find his way to my parody of his column. It's a tad dated now, only three months later, but I'm hoping he'll forgive me for that. Bless your heart, Gothamist, for potentially reducing the degrees of separation.

johnny

Mon, 23 Jun 2003 22:30:16 -0500

I thought it was a guy initially as well, but i think that might have less to do with the gender inequality of blogs, but rather too much Jerry Springer.

jake

Mon, 23 Jun 2003 15:53:26 -0500

when i first read this piece, i assumed that his friend was a guy- i guess i assume all bloggers are guys unless otherwise told. i wish blogger came in a male and female form- like blogger for boys, blog-gal for girls.

Jen

Mon, 23 Jun 2003 15:42:18 -0500

Rachel, you bring up a good point. Gothamist needs to go to school for "Keeping Our Mouths Shut 101."

Rachel

Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:53:38 -0500

I didn't listen to the interview but I think that we really have far less "privacy" than we think we do. Not in the government-spying sense, but whether it's a blog that's meant to be private (which seems to be an oxymoron) or a secret told to a trusted friend, you never really know where your words/feelings/secrets will wind up, so I think if you truly do not want someone to know something, just don't tell anyone. The guy would likely have found out sooner or later I'd imagine that his friend had a crush on him.

jake

Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:39:20 -0500

a friend of our growing up had a dad who was an ethicist- i think it just made the entire family crazy.