What are your thoughts?

[wayfaringwordhack]

Many people keep the names of their children, spouses, and various family members "secret" on their blogs, only referring to their loved ones by nicknames. For those of you who do, why do you do it? For those who don't, why not?

Also, what are your thoughts on photos of children on the Internet? Locked post, fodder for all, or not at all?

*just wondering if Little Bean will someday be known as _________ or if he/she will simply graduate to Sprout*

Comments

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

I keep family names secret because my last name is extremely uncommon, and so it wouldn't be hard for someone to put the two names together and ... well, who knows. For my friends, I'm not as anal because I don't use their last names, so there wouldn't be any reason to think someone could track something embarrassing back to them.

As far as the kids go, I will always use code names. It just lets me feel like I'm protecting them... and along that line, I'll never post pictures of other people's kids. Who knows what whack jobs are out there cruising the Internets, and once you put those pictures up, they're out of your control for good. So, I will never be responsible for something inappropriate happening with a picture of The Niece, The Nephew, Rupert, or any of my friends' children.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

I think that feeling of doing your part to protect someone is important. If ever something did happen and you felt the blame could be traced back to some inadvertent you, that would be a terrible thing to have to cope with.