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I like this blog. I enjoy writing here.
My blog used to be more anonymous. Other than Pdad, no one but strangers read it because I didn’t tell anyone where to find it. In its most recent incarnation, it’s been anonymous in that I don’t use any of our actual names. However, almost everyone who reads it with any regularity knows me personally (although some of you are getting pretty fuzzy on what my children’s real names are), so it is not very anonymous in that sense.
On my about me page, I wrote about my religious beliefs, which were never meant to be hidden. However, because I have many friends who are not Latter-day Saints (Mormon), I ended up leaving out some of the specifics of my life because I didn’t want this to be one of those blogs written by Latter-day Saints for Latter-day Saints. I was hoping to write something more widely accessible and interesting.
However, I find that this is not working for me. In hoping not to be too narrow, I seem to end up not writing about things that are an important part of my life. So, I’m thinking I’m going to go local. I am going to write more from my perspective as a Latter-day Saint, because it’s a truer view of where I am. This is my blog and it’s about me, as embarrassing as that sometimes is. Also, even though it challenges my desired anonymity a bit more, I am going to write more specifically about living in the Provo/Orem/Salt Lake City Utah area. It’s where I live and it’s what I know about. (And for those of you who live here too, I have a really wonderful restaurant to recommend!)
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Are you going to start using your kids’ real names too? I know you’re trying to keep them safe and all, but I’m definitely one of the ones who is getting fuzzy on their real names! It’s a sticky issue, anonymity vs. being who you are in the blogging world. I’m glad we’re going to get to hear more about you!
Excited to hear about the restaurant!
Always love a good restaurant suggestion. Is it in Provo?
I think it doesn’t hurt to use you and your kids’ first names. As long as you don’t use your last name, you’ll probably still be able to stay fairly anonymous.
I would stick with the pseudonyms, but I’m an old guy, internet savvy but suspicious, so you may not be able to trust what I say.
And I want to know what the restaurant recommendation is!
Oh, I will definitely stick with the pseudonyms. It makes one of my children more comfortable about being written about. And it makes it so that if you google them, my blog does not come up. I would actually be more anonymous if I could, but I can’t figure out how to write about what I want to write about and attract readers that way.