Did you know that today is officially National “Are You Stalking Me?” Day?
You didn’t?
It’s probably because I just made it up. (And what a great number of a day… 1/11/11. Perfect for a made-up national blog stalking day – if there is an actual day, and I just don’t know about it. Let me know, that would be neat.)
I have been thinking a little bit about security and how much of my life is online right now. With my blog, facebook, twitter, youtube, if a person wanted to, they could know a lot about me. I try to be safe about things and not post my address or phone number. I try not to announce to the internet world when I am going to be out of town and my house will be left unattended. I have even make it so my blog doesn’t show up in search engines like google when people search for my name… which is good and bad.
Undoubtedly, I do things that can be considered not safe. Posting my family’s real names or pictures of my little man. But I have chosen to do so, and have chosen to not make my blog private (yet).
Really, what I’m trying to say is that I have a love/hate relationship with technology. I love how easy it is to stay in touch with people you care about, or people you haven’t seen for a long time. I love that even though I may not talk to my friends on the phone regularly, I can still know what is going on in their lives. And I love that I can share what is going on in my life. But there are negatives to having so much easily available to the masses…
So to help make me feel a little better about it, I have declared today National “Are You Stalking Me?” Day!
Here’s what you do:
If you are stalking me, let me know.
I’m glad you’re here and don’t care if you read every time I post, just every once in a while, or if you just stumbled on my blog today. Just tell me who you are; leave a comment with your first name and (because I’m curious) how you read my blog (through a feed reader, by visiting every once in a while to see if I’ve updated, or another way). If you have a blog too, leave the address. I always love having more friends to connect with and more fun blogs to read.
If you are stalking me, and choose not to leave a comment… shame on you for being creepy.
Then pass it on. Post something like this on your blog and find out who’s stalking you. And stop secretly stalking. Say hello to your favorite blogging friends by leaving a comment and letting them know you are there (this is probably only important for personal/family-type blogs, I don’t think blogs who are trying to get followers care if you are secretly stalking them).
Thanks so much for sharing in National “Are you stalking me?” Day. I look forward to seeing who you are.
