Comments on: Sensitivity and social media during disasters http://strange.corante.com/2007/04/24/sensitivity-and-social-media-during-disasters Picking out patterns in the chaos Wed, 16 May 2012 21:04:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Suw http://strange.corante.com/2007/04/24/sensitivity-and-social-media-during-disasters#comment-2553 Suw Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:52:58 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2007/04/24/sensitivity-and-social-media-during-disasters#comment-2553 Kevin and I worked on this post together, although the bulk of it is his, and when he said 'when is public a blog meant to be private' he means 'meant' as in 'what was the assumption of the blogger'?. Did the blogger mean to do something in private, but actually did it in public? There seems to be a 'privacy through obscurity' mentality in some quarters which is unrealistic. You're totally right that there are plenty of platforms that provide real privacy, but I think we need to educate people that what they publish online in public really is in public. Obscurity has never been a good way of providing either security or privacy, but people do have to understand that and factor it into their decision when they choose which platform to blog on. So I totally agree with you that if someone publishes on a public platform, they can't really be outraged if they are quoted or contacted. Kevin and I worked on this post together, although the bulk of it is his, and when he said ‘when is public a blog meant to be private’ he means ‘meant’ as in ‘what was the assumption of the blogger’?. Did the blogger mean to do something in private, but actually did it in public?

There seems to be a ‘privacy through obscurity’ mentality in some quarters which is unrealistic. You’re totally right that there are plenty of platforms that provide real privacy, but I think we need to educate people that what they publish online in public really is in public. Obscurity has never been a good way of providing either security or privacy, but people do have to understand that and factor it into their decision when they choose which platform to blog on.

So I totally agree with you that if someone publishes on a public platform, they can’t really be outraged if they are quoted or contacted.

]]> By: Tina Lang-Stuart http://strange.corante.com/2007/04/24/sensitivity-and-social-media-during-disasters#comment-2552 Tina Lang-Stuart Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:24:17 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2007/04/24/sensitivity-and-social-media-during-disasters#comment-2552 Kevin - to your question when is a blog meant to be private? Private bloggers can chose certain platforms that allow them to only post to family & friends. Vox is such a platform but there are others. If bloggers select the most common public platforms to voice their opinions, their outrage is misplaced. Kevin - to your question when is a blog meant to be private? Private bloggers can chose certain platforms that allow them to only post to family & friends. Vox is such a platform but there are others. If bloggers select the most common public platforms to voice their opinions, their outrage is misplaced.

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