As for things not able to be taken back on the internet, I learned that one the hard way. Before anyone at all was reading my very first blog, I ranted about where I worked. I didn’t put my name in there, or the name or even type of business, so unless people knew specifically, they’d have no idea. I thought that was safe. A long, long time later, after I’d forgotten that was even on there, I showed my blog to a “friend” of mine from a different place of work. She was also my manager, but I didn’t think that would much matter because I’d long ago forgotten my rant. She was looking at starting a blog, and I said I’d help her out. Unbeknownst to me, when she saw the rant, she showed our boss, thinking he should know. It inspired some serious trust issues between us. Then he told my new boss about it when I moved on to a different work place — even though I had erased it long before, horrified at what had happened. So now I’m ultra, super careful never to say or write anything mean about anyone who could be hurt by it — especially online!