Blogging can be harmful to your wallet

For some reason, people seem to forget that what is said on line is PUBLIC and anything said on line can and will be used against you. Even if you blog anonymously, your identity can be found out if the person looking at your blog has the technical know how.

Story on Hugh Hewitt, a doctor who was on trial for malpractice was blogging, anonymously, about his trial (stupid) and the plaintiff's attorney found the blog and confronted the doctor on the stand. The doctor said all sorts of things about the plaintiff, the plaintiff's attorney and the defenses strategy. The doctor agreed to pay the plaintiff what ever they demanded and the case was closed.

Bottom line, don't say on line what you would not say in public to the person your talking too. It seems to be common sense, but as this doctor has shown, common sense seems to be uncommonly rare.

Have a good day.