Since today is Second Life blogger Friday, here's an open forum thread just for them, to unburden. Topic: What post do you regret writing, or in retrospect, wish you had written in a different way, and why?
I'll start first: a few years ago, I interviewed a Resident who didn't want his name revealed when I quoted him, and I agreed, and made sure to leave his name out of the text. Then hours after I had published the post, a reader pointed out the dude's name was quite visible -- in the post's accompanying screenshot. Blogger fail.
So that's one of mine, how about you?
Similar situation, I was making a public apology in my blog and pasted in the bit of conversation I was apologizing for, and implicated other people in participating in the conversation. (I'm not a good editor) So, then I apologized for the apology and made the error AGAIN.
Posted by: Jordyn Carnell | Friday, July 31, 2009 at 09:13 AM
Probably http://slmeangirls.blogspot.com/2007/11/quadgate-o7.html Quadgate in November of 2007. I still stand by the fact that it needed to be written but I wish I would have waited until they made a public announcement.
Posted by: JellyBean Madison | Friday, July 31, 2009 at 09:26 AM
No regrets.
-ls/cm
Posted by: Crap Mariner | Friday, July 31, 2009 at 11:11 AM
No regrets here either.. so far.
There are however blog posts that I wish I *had* written, that I would probably now be writing that I had regretted.
Yes. I regret not having written posts interesting or controversial enough to consider having regretted them.
Posted by: Isle Lunasea | Friday, July 31, 2009 at 11:23 AM
I regret nothing in my blog.. as long as a post gets people talking and thinking, it's been worth it.
Posted by: Prad Prathivi | Friday, July 31, 2009 at 01:10 PM
It's difficult to imagine something as inconsequential as an SL-related blog post inducing an emotion as strong as regret.
Posted by: Johnny S | Friday, July 31, 2009 at 02:39 PM
Prad said it very well.
Posted by: Adric Antfarm | Friday, July 31, 2009 at 03:20 PM
"Non, rien, rien..." --I wish.
I fell for an April Fool joke once and posted about it to my blog.
Posted by: Melissa Yeuxdoux | Friday, July 31, 2009 at 03:45 PM
All of 'em.
I should have stayed in World of Warcraft, crafting squirrel merkins.
I was so much happier then.
Posted by: Kanomi Pikajuna | Friday, July 31, 2009 at 11:20 PM
The only one I really "regret" is the one I did way back on the custom gown I commissioned from a now departed avatar (article at http://harperganesvoort.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/custom-couture/). The pictures from Star Trek that accompanied that gown have become the biggest traffic magnet to my blog, while other pieces (news, commentary or fashion) have basically been left in the dust.
If it comes to sticking my virtual foot in my mouth, though, I luckily have not done that yet (whew!).
Posted by: Harper Ganesvoort | Sunday, August 02, 2009 at 06:19 PM
As a general rule, I usually regret the things I HAVEN'T done more than anything boneheaded I've done. Missed opportunities always haunt me a LOT more than learning experiences, which is the bulk of the latter category *shrugs*
Posted by: Arcadian Vanalten | Friday, August 07, 2009 at 09:10 AM
Hmmm, I once wrote a silly, nasty stab at RL London city that lost me a good friend in-world.
Still, I didn't delete it as a) it was meant in humour and b) it was funny :-D My only regret is not being able to work it out with my friend despite my trying :(
Posted by: headburro antfarm | Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 02:35 PM