This is a private blog for obvious reasons. Like how much I talk about private things and private parts. There are no names, places and events are meant to be vague. And most importantly, no person in my real life knows this URL. It's supposed to be like that.
What I wanted is to be able to express my thoughts without fear of people being offended or embarrassed, myself included. However, I place it in a public sphere because I want other people in the world to be able to read it. To read another person thoughts and realize that you are not alone is extremely comforting at times. To have the love and support of an anonymous is always comforting. And sometimes, the opportunity to have thoughts and opinions without them being assigned to you The Person, but rather you UntrustUs, some asshole on the internet who makes words.
And I want people to read in take comfort or interest in the words of UntrustUs, and not in My Real Identity. Because it's easier that way.
Which is why I found it so unsettling to find that Google has been linking my accounts with other easily identifiable accounts. Accounts that have my full name on them and such. It's slightly terrifying. I don't know why google is so adamant on the concept that we should be completely accountable for all our words all the time. Surprisingly, I don't want my post about buttsex to show up on my google+ news feed for all my friends and old professors to see. Imagine that!
Oh well, in the end. Words are words. I will continue to write them, just like I hope people continue to read them.
Oh my god, really?
ReplyDeleteIt's obnoxious enough that you can't sign up for blogger without a gmail that is linked to other gmail accounts but this sucks. :( Did it only link your blogger to google plus?
Thankfully it appears not to have linked to my google plus. But it did have my first and last name and linked to my youtube account (which has videos of my clearly recognizable face) So I deleted that account. Hopefully that should close off any recognizable ties to my real self. For now...but geez that scared the shit out of me.
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