… was the provocative title of a session at the Blogher conference. I am delighted to see that the audio for that is now available. Also see a partial transcript of the session by one of the people attending.

Some notes off the top of my head - From 7:30 (and throughout) the panelists and those listening talk about what they perceive as the benefits of “identity blogging” (a new term for me). On the other hand at 22:26 I heard that the author of I, Asshole found the contents of her blog being used (unsuccessfully) against her in a child custody action on her divorce - a risk of personal weblogging I had not hitherto considered!

And lastly, a contribution at 38;00 from Amy Gahran who has a blog, Contentious and who says that in the coming weeks she is going to be adding a page to her professional site saying, “by the way, I am polyamorous” because as she puts it, “I want people to know I exist”.

I respect and admire her desire and willingness to reveal a stigmatised identity to help others with that identity (a common theme among those at that talk and a theme explored by McKenna and Bargh) but to put that information on her professional site? It’s hard for a repressed Brit to get his head around (and I know at least one of my friends is poly)…

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