Comments on: Caution: Online Publishing is Permanent http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/07/27/caution-online-publishing-is-permanent/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:20:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: DrkFusion http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/07/27/caution-online-publishing-is-permanent/#comment-5278 DrkFusion Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-5278 <p>Seems like an interesting discussion. This goes in line with what many people dread and oppose - a physical notice being assigned to anything virtual. Which will inturn lead to policing.</p> Seems like an interesting discussion. This goes in line with what many people dread and oppose - a physical notice being assigned to anything virtual. Which will inturn lead to policing.

]]> By: mrsmiley http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/07/27/caution-online-publishing-is-permanent/#comment-5279 mrsmiley Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-5279 <p>I've warned people in past on this very issue, especially related to blogs. While the obvious point is that companies can see things are defamatory to them, imagine if you were posting items that could be seen in a negative light if a potential employer did a search for your name on the Internet? Now you need to think about future prospects as well. This stuff is around for a very, very long time. There is no way I want to be in a situation where I lose a job, or contract based on something that I published on the net in a seemingly "fun" or "silly" moment.</p> I’ve warned people in past on this very issue, especially related to blogs. While the obvious point is that companies can see things are defamatory to them, imagine if you were posting items that could be seen in a negative light if a potential employer did a search for your name on the Internet? Now you need to think about future prospects as well. This stuff is around for a very, very long time. There is no way I want to be in a situation where I lose a job, or contract based on something that I published on the net in a seemingly “fun” or “silly” moment.

]]> By: johnroc http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/07/27/caution-online-publishing-is-permanent/#comment-5280 johnroc Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-5280 <p>This just goes to show that what my mother told me when I was a little kid is still correct. Watch what you say. You may regret it later, and you can't go back and change it.</p> <p>Even without the Wayback Machine, you never know who may have saved a copy of what wrote. If it was libel, revealed confidential information, was part of a fraud, etc. there can be legal problems. Even if perfectly legal, a future employer may find it offensive.</p> This just goes to show that what my mother told me when I was a little kid is still correct. Watch what you say. You may regret it later, and you can’t go back and change it.

Even without the Wayback Machine, you never know who may have saved a copy of what wrote. If it was libel, revealed confidential information, was part of a fraud, etc. there can be legal problems. Even if perfectly legal, a future employer may find it offensive.

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