The Perils of Posting

People spilling their own tea is causing "experts" to question the long-term impact of blogging.

Experts say such incidents belong to a growing trend in which frank outpourings online are causing personal and public dramas, often taking on a life they wouldn't have if the Web had not come along and turned individuals into publishers.

Some also speculate that more scandalous blog entries - especially those about partying and dating exploits - will have ramifications down the road.

"I would bet that in the 2016 election, somebody's [blog] entry will come back to bite them," Steve Jones, head of the communications department at the University of Illinois at Chicago...

As an advocate of full-disclosure, I'm not quite so sure of the doomsday forecast this article evokes.

I, myself, have no intention of running for public office and am quite content to have my scandalous partying and dating exploits take on a life of their own, since I am, at this moment, no longer dating, partying or being scandalous.

If I'm being good in the present, can't my past, at least, be wicked....

And have these experts never heard of gossip? People, by nature, are notorious blabbermouths and whether you blog it or nor - somebody's got some dirt on ya somewhere, honey....

Trust.

The cautionary tale, wherein one wonders, "Will anyone at West Beverly ever talk to me again?" is here.