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Topic: How come people keep erasing their posts here?
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pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 381
From: ON Canada
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 08, 2011 03:40 PM
  
I'm just curious... I swear, everytime I come here to see some awesome writing and read creativity, they've been edited away!!!!It's so sad. I have things left here from 2004!!! It's nice to see old writing, and I wish people would keep their words here as a record of where they were- writing is a cathartic process, and I would really love to be able to share and learn and read.
Don't be shy! Leave up your poetry!!!! IP: Logged |
blugrey
Knowflake Posts: 864
From: Portland, OR USA
Registered: Nov 2010
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posted August 08, 2011 04:49 PM
I don't like to keep them up for privacy. If people want another look I don't mind reposting, but for the most part, I just want to keep it as my own.IP: Logged |
pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 381
From: ON Canada
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 12, 2011 02:08 AM
Yeah *wistful sigh* I guess... I swear, the other day I was here and every post I clicked on, it was erased. I thought it was some new trend. I have erased some super personal or stupid impulsive ones....but I try so hard to overcome that insecure voice, and just let it be, even if I'd like to fix a million things about it. IP: Logged |
future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 264
From:
Registered: May 2009
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posted August 13, 2011 04:41 AM
I deleted all of mine when I entered some of them in writing contests at school. I have to assume that they could be cross-checked to ensure authorship and I was worried a google search might lead here, which would result in a lot of personal info getting into the wrong hands. It bums me out when I see that an intriguing post has been deleted, so it was disappointing for me to make the decision I did. I still feel it had to be done, but I kind of miss being a part of the fabric here. IP: Logged |
pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 381
From: ON Canada
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 13, 2011 12:25 PM
Yeah- You're so big time.. you won, didn't you? Of course you did. You write spectacularly! Seriously. Always moving and incredible!IP: Logged |
future_uncertain
Knowflake Posts: 264
From:
Registered: May 2009
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posted August 15, 2011 12:33 AM
Ack! Yeah, I did win, but I didn't mean to imply that I was big time. 
What I meant is that the university takes plagiarism pretty seriously, and it's common practice to google snippets of submissions to ensure authenticity. Anyway, the thought made me a bit paranoid-- enough that I didn't want a trail.
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pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 381
From: ON Canada
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 16, 2011 11:16 AM
No, I said that- like "You're big-time baby!" It was a compliment.
Because you are!See? Of course you won!!! IP: Logged |
GypseeWind
Moderator Posts: 5471
From: Love Street, she lingers long on Love Street..
Registered: May 2009
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posted August 17, 2011 01:33 AM
Damn google. Seriously, don't google your name, unless you have a glass of wine or something first. EEEK.
I almost erased tons of stuff that I've written here, and about half of my pic off of photobucket, but in the end, I felt like Pixel,
I mean, this IS my life.
I DID do the stuff I wrote about,
so, it's part of the journey, and if someone reads it and judges me, well then,
I guess they've never been human
OR
they've never been brave enough to talk about it!But, I do understand the poetry stuff.
I only put a slim, tiny bit of mine up.
The ones I do have on here throughout time look nothing, or very far from what they look like now
because I have posted them here before revision. Something about seeing it in black and white LIVE helps with the revising, I think. Congrats Future, on your contest!  IP: Logged |
pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 381
From: ON Canada
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 17, 2011 06:10 PM
True dat! I embarrass myself right out of my head, but you know? I learned from all of it.IP: Logged |
SunChild
Moderator Posts: 2410
From: Australia
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 18, 2011 07:29 PM
I've googled people before and sometimes if something is gone, I've used the 'cached version' on google and sometimes it is still there!
Or archive.org
Just thought I'd mention that. IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 10949
From: The Goober Galaxy
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 19, 2011 01:51 PM
Google spiders us constantly.IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 10949
From: The Goober Galaxy
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted August 20, 2011 03:12 PM
It's one of the perks/perils of being such a popular site.------------------
"To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing." Aristotle IP: Logged |
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