self censorship

[kinkyretep]

I don't doubt it. There are strange people every where. I think maybe the best response to this is to write my own version of the story, by which I mean my story based on the same central idea. As I said in the other version of this thread I think poor work is still valuable, it gives us a way to avoid others mistakes. Also as a peal forms around grit some times one or 2 interesting ideas from something that is other wise rubbish can inspire people to do amazing things. In that context consider 120 days of sodom. Very poor in my opinion but its been the inspiration to many. I've even heard of a very innovative larp based on it. Unfortunately I'm well aware I'm not yet in a position to write the story well. Another time maybe.

 

[shereads]

I pulled my one and only Lit story because of Google.

I happened to Google a phrase I'd used in a blog post and YIKES! There I was, at the top of the Search Results. Little me. Anonymous me. Uh-oh.

The post itself was no big deal. What felt like a slap was the realization that the internet has become such a small world, even an anonymous identity is no guarantee of anonymity: for us, and the people whose privacy we pocket-pick when we write about relationships. My Lit story contained just enough truth - a fraction of the truth about the end of a marriage - to cause a lot of pain to someone who deserves better. At the time I posted it, I felt confident he'd never see it. Now, not so much. So I self-censored, years after the fact.

When we write about relationships, we risk violating our friends and lovers. That's something we should only do for money.

 

[Edward Teach]

I pulled my one and only Lit story because of Google.

I happened to Google a phrase I'd used in a blog post and YIKES! There I was, at the top of the Search Results. Little me. Anonymous me. Uh-oh.

The post itself was no big deal. What felt like a slap was the realization that the internet has become such a small world, even an anonymous identity is no guarantee of anonymity: for us, and the people whose privacy we pocket-pick when we write about relationships. My Lit story contained just enough truth - a fraction of the truth about the end of a marriage - to cause a lot of pain to someone who deserves better. At the time I posted it, I felt confident he'd never see it. Now, not so much. So I self-censored, years after the fact.

When we write about relationships, we risk violating our friends and lovers. That's something we should only do for money.

I, too, have pulled work from here for the same reasons you cite and have thought about pulling some more. Currently, a former Litster is being horribly pummeled in public for work once thought to have been harmless and safe here on Lit. Sadly, she is being violated for political influence and money.