Comments on: Opening Myself Up to the World

By: Beatrice

Beatrice — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:12:34 +0000

Since you blog about your finances, I recommend keeping your profile anonymous for security reasons. Perhaps you could post an avatar with similar features as yours in place of a real photo. That way your readers have an idea of what you look like without it being too revealing.

By: mochimac @ save. spend. splurge.

mochimac @ save. spend. splurge. — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 12:16:03 +0000

I can tell you that I personally do not put my name or face on the page because I don’t want people to see my net worth updates and ask me questions at work.

Otherwise, if I didn’t post my personal numbers, I wouldn’t be Anonymous but I would definitely censor what I write.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 19:16:57 +0000

In reply to Liquid. Great points. I'm definitely a secret millionaire so maybe I need to keep this blog hush-hush. Thanks for the comment!

By: Liquid

Liquid — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 09:09:26 +0000

I like to blog anonymously for security reasons. I wrote a post a few days ago about why it’s a bad idea to tell people how much money you have lol, and since I expose all my investments I don’t feel comfortable letting people in real life finding out about it. But I think it’s possible to put yourself out in the open and still feel comfortable talking about anything you want like many other bloggers do. You will probably get a lot more attention in real life with people asking about how your blog is doing. Plus it’s more likely for acquaintances to secretly stalk you lol. I think if you’re a secret millionaire but never blog about that aspect of yourself, or if you have nothing to hide, then go ahead and bridge the gap between your online and offline lives, otherwise you should think twice 😀

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 02:43:21 +0000

In reply to Michelle. Ha! I do like to complain sometimes and I know that I would have to delete a bunch of family posts if I ever went public. That is definitely kept me from revealing my identity so far.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 02:42:37 +0000

In reply to K. Thanks K. I have tried to keep this blog very personal without revealing too much about myself. I think it's the no going back part that I fear the most!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 23:15:44 +0000

I used to be anonymous, but not anymore. It really hasn’t changed too much. The only major change is that I can no longer complain about how horrible my mother is.

By: K

Tue, 03 Sep 2013 22:45:50 +0000

I have wrestled with the same question. Several years ago I had a blog that was more of a business, and I had my real name on it. Then I transitioned to a more personal blog, and here I also used my name and the address was pretty identifiable. I DO feel like I held back – would I want my grandmother to find out what I had written? I just recently restarted my blog with an intention to be more anonymous. While if someone wanted to dig, I’m sure they could figure me out, but I do like the idea of sharing and creating community without putting everything out there – both that’s mine AND that of my family. I’ve actually quite admired how you’ve managed to write an engaging blog while maintaining your privacy. It’s up to you whether you’d like to keep it up, because there’s no going back.