Comments on: Problem, AND it’s A-GONe http://creativedestruction.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/problem-and-its-a-gone/ No Assumption is Sacred Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:20:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: S. Weasel http://creativedestruction.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/problem-and-its-a-gone/#comment-30101 S. Weasel Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:04:24 +0000 http://creativedestruction.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/problem-and-its-a-gone/#comment-30101 I would regard myself as a civil liberties absolutist, too, but I don't agree that what you do on your own time should never affect your job. Civil liberties shield you from <i>government</i> inteference. Employers can and do put restrictions on behaviors outside the workplace (i.e. on what you get caught doing on your own time). And, as owners of a business, that's THEIR civil liberty -- to fire you if you become notorious for something they don't want their company to be associated with in the public eye. However, Marcotte was hired for the very thing she may be fired for -- her blogging cred. I'm guessing whoever hired heard "big name blogger" and that was enough. <i>That</i> person deserves the most heat here, for not more carefully examining the merchandise before offering to buy. But disappearing old, embarrassing posts is not only blogging's big ethical no-no, it's also unbelievably stupid. Besides the Google cache, there are bound to be all sorts of feeds and trackbacks and responses that preserve whatever it is you're trying to erase. So you get to eat your words AND look pathetic at the same time. I would regard myself as a civil liberties absolutist, too, but I don’t agree that what you do on your own time should never affect your job. Civil liberties shield you from government inteference. Employers can and do put restrictions on behaviors outside the workplace (i.e. on what you get caught doing on your own time). And, as owners of a business, that’s THEIR civil liberty — to fire you if you become notorious for something they don’t want their company to be associated with in the public eye.

However, Marcotte was hired for the very thing she may be fired for — her blogging cred. I’m guessing whoever hired heard “big name blogger” and that was enough. That person deserves the most heat here, for not more carefully examining the merchandise before offering to buy.

But disappearing old, embarrassing posts is not only blogging’s big ethical no-no, it’s also unbelievably stupid. Besides the Google cache, there are bound to be all sorts of feeds and trackbacks and responses that preserve whatever it is you’re trying to erase. So you get to eat your words AND look pathetic at the same time.

]]> By: Off Colfax http://creativedestruction.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/problem-and-its-a-gone/#comment-30075 Off Colfax Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:48:29 +0000 http://creativedestruction.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/problem-and-its-a-gone/#comment-30075 One might not catch something before it goes into the deletion sink, but an RSS feed can see it even if you're asleep when it happens. One might not catch something before it goes into the deletion sink, but an RSS feed can see it even if you’re asleep when it happens.

]]> By: toysoldier http://creativedestruction.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/problem-and-its-a-gone/#comment-30069 toysoldier Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:33:31 +0000 http://creativedestruction.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/problem-and-its-a-gone/#comment-30069 Assuming one could catch it before it was done. Assuming one could catch it before it was done.

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