“Part of the reason that they post it online is the risk of being found out,” a panelist said in one of the best panels so far, Sexual Privacy Online.

They talked about how people would post up explicit material online and somehow found by blogs, forums, etc. And how an anonymous sex blogger was named. An inappropriate video passed around until it reached the parents. The uproar, the legality, and the right to freedom of speech.

I don’t ever intend to post up anything explicit. Granted, I may be super-conservative (to put it lightly). But it’s the fact that I am acutely aware that anything I post can be seen by anyone. Anyone. Back in the day, I would regularly admit that I had a blog. At even times, it almost comes off as a sin, a burden, a confession. But it’s supposed to come off as a hobby. A self-preservation. A thing that I just do.

But there are times that I wish I could be truly anonymous. To post how ever I wanted without affecting those around me. Or affecting my life. Like so many bloggers, I want to tell it as it is. Because as readers, we are all so easily attracted to honesty.